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Ms. – the next post I will be a Mrs.! This will be the last post for me for about a week. My fiance and I are heading East to get married! And I don’t have a laptop (gasp). Yes, this blog is a huge technologic leap for me. But that is another story for another time. Instead I will leave you with a somewhat unhealthy sweet treat. But in all fairness I’ve see way worse. It’s my husband to be’s specialty .

But first check out what he found last night:

I think that’s a good luck sign and very symbolic of the joining of our lives! How cool! Talk about perfect timing.

Ok, here is the sweet treat:

Flourless Chocolate chip Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup all natural peanut butter

2 Tbsp Butter

1 Cup Raw sugar ( This is key since it adds a little crunch, I use Trader Joe’s Organic Turbinado Raw Cane Sugar )

1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Semi Sweet Chocolate chips

1 egg

Pre heat oven to 375. Mix PB and butter together. Stir in sugar and then vanilla extract. Add in egg, stir until well combined then fold in chocolate chips. Drop into little balls ( he he he she said…) on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Makes approx 18 cookies. Delicious! We’ve tried almond butter, that works as well, but the Peanut butter gives a better contrast. I am already thinking about other twists to this one- like Rice Krispy treats for crunch… Hmmmm… Stay tuned…Ok off to become a Mrs.!!!!! Wish us luck!

Is indecisiveness even a word?

At work its go, go, go. Then I come home and I have the hardest time making the simplest decisions. Does this sound familiar? These tasty snack cookies are the result of this inability to decide.

I say snack cookies because they have a whole bunch of good nutrients not to mention protein from yogurt and eggs, and healthy fat from almond butter with very little added sugar. The recipe came about because I had a whole bunch of bananas quickly turning brown, and I wanted to make a somewhat healthy cookie. I had a hard time choosing what would go best with bananas: coconut or chocolate. It all sounded good together, so I thought why not?? Then I had to decided what type of chocolate: chips or M&Ms? Apparently my inner kid made an appearance because both were chosen as well. And as you can see by my flour list I stuck to the variety theme. It’s the spice of life right?? You could make your life easier and just use 1 or 2 different types of flour, but that isn’t fun right??

I lucked out- they ended up really moist and delicious! Got a thumbs up from the fiance. Next challenge- sticking to very small ingredient list while baking. Hmmm

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies (with a twist)

Ingredients:

Trader Joe’s – Oatmeal Organic, 3/4 cup

Hodgson Mill Oat Bran Hot Cereal – Oatbran, 1/4 cup dry

Bob’s Red Mill – Almond Meal/Flour, 1/4 cup

Trader Joes – White Whole Wheat Flour, 3/4 cup

Bob’s Red Mill – High Fiber Coconut Flour ¼ cup

Bob’s Red Mill – Tapioca Flour, ½ cup

Trader Joe’s – Organic Turbinado Raw Cane Sugar, 1 tsp

Trader Joe’s – Organic Blue Agave Sweetener, 4 tbsp

Whole Foods – Unsweetened Shredded Organic Coconut, 8 tbsp

Trader Joe’s – Organic Nonfat Plain Yogurt, 3/4 cup

Eggs – Whole Egg, Large, Canada Gr A, 2 egg, large

4 Bananas mashed

Trader Joe’s – Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips, ¾ cup

M&Ms Plain ¼ cup

Earth Balance – Butter – Original, 1 Tbsp

Trader Joe’s – Almond Butter, Creamy With Sea Salt, 1 Tbsp

1 TBsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 Tsp salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie pan

2. Combine flours, add other dry ingredients (minus sugar).

3. Whisk eggs, add in yogurt, butter and sugar. When mixed, then add in remaining wet ingredients.

4. Gently add wet ingredients to dry stirring carefully. When mixed, add in mashed bananas. Fold in chocolate goodies.

5. Drop onto cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Be careful not to overcook, they will not brown too much.

Depending on the size of your cookie you can get 60-70 cookies out of this recipe!