Dining Detour

I found these cookies on a food blog, Heather Eats Almond Butter that I read religiously (well besides dining detour). I thought they looked really healthy and sounded great. Plus, all the comments on them said that their husbands LOVED them. Healthy and their husband’s loved them? Sign me up!  I actually have experimented with the recipe a little bit.

However, after reading the comments and making them a few times I decided on two things. One, I think the chocolate hazelnut spread that’s listed below really adds a chocolately richness to the cookie without adding or changing the nutritional content of the cookie. Two, Maple Syrup is expensive and I didn’t want to use 1/2 cup of it every time I made these. So, I use 1/4 cup maple syrup and 1/4 cup homemade applesauce and it comes out PERFECT.

Maple Nut Oaties recipe: adapted from Heather Eats Almond Butter

Ingredients

• 1 cup toasted rolled oats.  Toasted in the toaster oven set on 350° for a few minutes.  Watch them as they burn easily.
• ½  cup all natural peanut butter (However I do ¼ cup peanut butter and ¼ cup of this Chocolate Hazelnut Spread, I kind of think this makes it so much better)
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup sliced or whole almonds
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°.

• Combine all ingredients and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Scoop cookie dough by TBSP onto parchment lined or very lightly greased cookie sheet. You should get 12 cookies out of the mix.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.
• Let cool for a minute or so before placing on the cooling rack.

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