Cooking in the Smart Kitchen

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010


Dark Chocolate Coconut Banana Cookies

Makes 36 bite size vegetarian and gluten free cookies

How can you NOT love chocolate, banana and coconut!

Ingredients:

3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup coconut oil, olive oil or butter

2 cups quick cooking rolled oats- use gluten free Lara’s ots

2/3 cup ground almonds

1/3 cup shredded coconut

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

6 - 7 ounces or dark chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl combine the bananas, vanilla extract, butter/ oil. Set aside.

In another bowl stir together the oats, ground almonds, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined.

Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips.

Drop dollops of the dough, each about 2 teaspoons in size, an inch apart, onto a pre greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 12 - 14 minutes


Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1/36 of a recipe (1 ounce).

Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving

Calories 98.2

Saturated Fat 2.44g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium

16.16mg <1% Fibre 1.81g

Sugar 1.78

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