Cajun French: le tit gâteau (lu tee ga-tō) – cookie
Everyone enjoys a sweet now and then…
Since we try to eat healthy and limit sugar and animal fat, sweets are a food group we struggle with and are always looking for new ideas. When we saw a recipe for cookies that had no egg or animal fat we grabbed it and went to work. As usual we adapted the recipe to fit our likes and found something that satisfies our sweet tooth.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Ingredients:
3 bananas, mashed
1/3 cup applesauce
2 cups oats
¼ cup coconut milk
1 Tbl cane syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
½ cup cranberries
1 Tbl rum (optional)
½ cup pecans, broken in chunks
Preheat oven to 350
Place cranberries in bowl and pour rum over them to hydrate
When mashing bananas, leave some chunks – they give textue to the cookies
Combine mashed bananas and applesauce mixing well
Add oats to mixture, blending
Add milk, syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and salt mixing well
Add cranberries and pecans, blending
Let mixture stand for about 5 minutes so oats can absorp mositure
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or foil
Place tablespoon of mixture on cookie sheet
Place pecan half or whole cashew in center of cookie, push down
Leave some cookies plain with no nut topping
Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350
If using foil, place foil on rack and cool
Once cooled the cookies will pull away from the foil
Turn cookies upside down and cool
This is a great snack or dessert
