Freshly Baked Homemade Cookie

It is hard to resist a freshly baked homemade cookie. However cookies, whether store bought or homemade, tend to be high in trans fatty acids and hydrogenated fats, not to mention refined carbohydrates. This vegan oatmeal cookie recipe offers you a truly healthy alternative to traditional oatmeal cookies that are probably loaded with sugar. You can feel good about baking these cookies for your family every now and then.

Ingredients

Makes about 12 medium sized cookies

1/2 cup sucanat(natural cane sugar,available at Baxtrom's)
1/3 cup honey
3 tablespoons organic coconut oil
1/4 cup tahini(sesame butter,available at Baxtrom's and Farmboy)
1 tsp baking powder (aluminum free, available at Baxtrom's)
1/4 tsp baking soda (aluminum free, available at Baxtrom's)
1 cup organic flour
1 cup oats
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup raisins or organic chocolate chips

Preparation

1.Place sucanat,honey,coconut oil and tahini in a large bowl and mix together.
2.Dissolve baking powder and baking soda in about 1 tablespoon filtered water and add to mixture.
3.Add flour, oats, vanilla, and cinnamon. Incorporate ingredients thoroughly. The dough should be thick and pull away from the sides of the bowl into a ball. If it is too thin, add equal amounts of flour and oats until you get the right consistency.
4.Once the dough for your cookie recipe is at the right consistency, fold in the chopped walnuts, raisins or chocolate chips.
5.Chill the dough in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, or until cold.
6.Form into balls and set on a cookie sheet with ample space between the cookies. Bake this in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
7.Let the cookies set for 2-3 minutes, then remove them from the cookie sheet to a rack for cooling.

The only thing left to do is, enjoy them!!!

Sylvie Thibert