Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie

Craving a chocolate chip cookie; but don’t want to sabotage your healthy eating plan?  Try this healthy cookie!!  It super simple to make and it’s also gluten free!  Just make sure you use gluten-free oats.

Ingredients:

• 2 large bananas
• 1/2 cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup fat-free milk
• 1 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups dry old fashioned oatmeal

Directions:

In a large bowl, mash bananas. Add applesauce, milk, cinnamon and vanilla; mix with spoon. Stir in oats until well blended. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Spray cookie sheet and drop by 1 tsp and bake @ 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Cool on cookie rack. Makes 20 cookies.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Servings Per Container: 20
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 53
Total Fat 1.1g
Saturated Fat 0.4g
Cholesterol 0.1mg
Sodium 1.5mg
Calcium 4.7
Potassium 58mg
Phosphorus 6.4mg
Total Carb 10.3g
Dietary Fiber 1.3g
Sugars 3.4g
Protein 1.4g

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie

Healthy and only 4 ingredients.  Also, gluten-free if you use gluten-free oats and vegan if you use raisins in place of chips.  You may substitute any dried fruit, such as, dried cranberries or dates.  Either way, they are delicious!

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 1 Cup Pumpkin
• 1 Cup Oats
• 1/4 Cup Chocolate Chips
• Dash of Cinnamon
• 1/4 Cup Raisins (Optional)

 

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together.  Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.  Spoon mixture onto cookie sheet and press down. Bake for 15 minutes.  Let cool.  Makes 15 cookies.

NUTRITION INFO:

Serving Size = 1 Cookie (without raisins)

• 40 Calories
• 1 g Fat
• 0 Cholesterol
• 0 Sodium
• 7 g Carbohydrate
• 1 g Fiber
• 2 g Sugar
• 1 g Protein

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

These peanut butter cookies are quick and easy!  They have no flour and no butter!!  If you use Jif peanut butter, they are also gluten free.  Moreover, they taste amazing!!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1-16oz Jar Jif Peanut Butter (2 Cups)
• 1-1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 Teaspoons Vanilla
• 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1/4 Cup White Sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Beat peanut butter and brown sugar until smooth.  Add eggs, vanilla,  and baking soda.  Mix for about a minute.  Shape into balls, and  roll in white sugar.  Flatten with a criss cross pattern with a fork.  Bake for 8-9 minutes, don’t overbake, and let them sit on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Makes 4 dozen cookies.

NUTRITION INFO: per cookie; 92 Calories, 6 gm fat, 9 gm carbohydrate; 3 gm protein