I don’t really care for food or eating, but this recipe makes a highly excellent in (taste and nutrition) snack that can keep my fatigued self going. This stuff has a dash of chocolate, whole old fashioned oats, NO oil, butter, or egg, and best of all: no added sugar.
Thanks to stephchows for the initial inspiration!
Oat Peanut Butter Awesomes
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups old fashioned (or rolled) oats
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup semisweet or dark chocolate chips
3/4 cup raisins or other small dried fruit of your choice
Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the top third.
Mix peanut butter, applesauce, and vanilla in large bowl (might help to have the peanut butter a little bit warm… I keep my pb in the fridge to keep it from separating after I stir it, so I set my metal mixing bowl on the exhaust vent of my stove and a little heat helped mix). Combine the dry ingredients except the chips and fruit in another bowl. Mix the dry into the wet, fold in the chips and fruit afterward. Either spread in dish or shape into cookie shapes and bake 10-15 minutes.
It’s a pretty loose mixture, I may add a little more peanut butter next time. Some of this I didn’t even bake and it tastes great. Mix with strawberries or toss with a tiny bit of chocolate syrup too!
