Today was one of those cloudy, rainy days that just BEGS me to do one thing, and one thing only:
SLEEP. But, alas, I have two small children in the house who (despite my repeated efforts to train them) can't quite run the place while mommy takes a nice, long nap. So, after a snooze, what's the next best thing to do on a cloudy, rainy day? Bake!
Since we've made the decision to switch our family to a whole-food, "clean" eating diet, I had to hit the interwebs for a little inspiration. Let me tell you, there is NO shortage of recipes for healthy snacks out there! I was amazed (and slightly overwhelmed) at the number of websites that are solely devoted to this quest for a cleaner, healthier way of eating. I quickly pinned a few ideas that peaked my interest to my clean-eating Pinterest board, and decided that the first thing I was going to tackle was a cookie. I found this recipe at Amy's Healthy Baking and used it as kind of a "road map" while I was in the kitchen. Below is what I came up with, and I think they turned out pretty darn well!
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| Notice something missing? That would be the cookie that Olivia begged off me just minutes after these beauties left the oven. |
After posting a pic of my goodies on Facebook, a friend told me that today was "National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day." I had no idea, but that totally justified the use of mini chocolate chips (not clean, unfortunately) in this recipe. Of course, you can add whatever you want: dried fruit, nuts, etc. I also reduced the amount of cinnamon from what was called for in the original recipe. If the thought of cinnamon in your chocolate chip cookies doesn't jive with you, feel free to completely omit it (I think I might do so next time, as hubby thought it was kinda weird.) You could also switch out the melted butter for coconut oil (or any other sort of oil you prefer) and the honey to agave to make these vegan friendly. Also, if the banana you're using isn't quite as ripe as you would like, you can always add a little more honey to help with the sweetness.
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| Preschooler Approved! |
A note about chilling the dough: this step is totally not something you can skip! If you're like me, you see a recipe that calls for chill-time and you're like "Welp, not making that! Who has time to sit around and wait?" But, trust me - these are well worth it. Just give the kitchen a little clean and your oven some time to warm up while you wait. I chilled my dough for 30 minutes and it worked perfectly. I'm not sure if this dough would freeze well (if you try it, please let me know in the comments!), but I definitely think you could leave it in the fridge awhile and slice-and-bake as you needed. There are no eggs, so you can also slice a piece off and just eat it on the spot if you'd like (it's really yummy, just so ya know.)
**Note: In step two of the recipe, I forgot to mention that you add melted butter with the banana, vanilla, and honey. I'm making a new recipe card, but wanted to let you know in the meantime!**
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