Snack Recipes

Oatmeal Chia Cookies

By Kara Peters

Ingredients - makes 15 cookies

  • 1 ½ tbsp chia seeds
  • ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 ripe bananas (mashed)
  • ¾ cup old fashioned oats
  • ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • ¼ cup pitted dates (chopped)
  • ¼ cup dark chocolate chunks or carob chips
  • 1 tbsp creamy nut butter
  • large pinch cinnamon

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. In a small bowl, stir together chia seeds, almond milk & let it sit for 10 minutes or until chia seeds created a nice gel-like consistency
  3. Pour chia seed gel into medium sized mixing bowl and add bananas, oats, coconut, nut butter & cinnamon until well combined. Gently stir in dates and chocolate
  4. Scoop a generous tablespoon of dough onto a greased cookie sheet & press down with a fork into cookie shape. 
  5. Bake in oven for 17-20 minutes and allow cooling before enjoying.

 

Nutrition Information - Per serving

Makes: 15 cookies - Serving size: 1 cookie

Calories 77; Total Fat 3g; Sodium: 5mg; Carbohydrate: 12g; Dietary Fiber: 2g; Sugar: 5g; Protein 1g