Saturday, June 15, 2013

Second Try Cookies: a cashew oatmeal chip masterpiece

Ingredients:
1/2 cup cashew butter
2 T butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
some vanilla
some cinnamon
3/4 t baking soda
1 T flaxseed meal
2 T almond meal
1/3 cup oat flour (just toss some rolled oats in the cuisinart until it looks like flour)
3/4 cup quick oats
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup dark chocolate chips (optional, but highly recommended)
1/4 chopped cashews (optional)

Instructions: 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees 
  • Combine wet ingredients in a bowl until smooth
  • Sprinkle some cinnamon on top of wet ingredients, then sprinkle the baking soda on tops, followed by the flaxseed and almond meal. Stir to combine.
  • Stir in oat flour and quick oats. Stir in the rolled oats last.  
  • Add chocolate chips and/or cashews if you want. (I tend to scoop a few plain, then add stuff in to the rest of the batter.)
  • Scoop generous tablespoon size balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Keep cookies about two inches apart. Squish down and form into pretty looking cookie shapes. 
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, until edges start to brown
  • Best consumed with coffee or before/during/after long bike rides :-)