We’ll be visiting the farm of a dear friend tomorrow and I needed to make some treats to take along with us. I thought of Dorie Greenspan’s Apple Cheddar Scones. But I was craving something sweet and yummy and I only had a little bit of time on my hands. After flipping through some blogs I settled on a quick, easy and (sort of) healthy cookie on 101cookbooks.com

I made some modifications to suit what I had on hand and my sweet tooth, and unhealthy need for cookies with texture, has been satisfied. The child proclaims them A+ as well.

Cocoa-Nana White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (2 cups)
1-1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup Olive oil
2-1/3 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup almond meal
1/3 cup coconut sweetened flaked coconut
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
3 teaspoons dark cocoa powder (I used Black’s Organic)
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 ounces white chocolate chopped

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment or use a silpat

1. mash the bananas, oil and vanilla in a large bowl.
2. Combine the dry ingredients (sans white choclate) in a seperate bowl.

3. Stir the dry into wet ingredients until combined
4. Fold in the white chocolate

5.Drop by rounded spoonful onto your cookie sheet…about ping pong ball, bite sized drops.

6. Place in the top third of the oven and bake for 15 minutes…do not overcook!

These are delightful, I will HIGHLY suggest you make a double batch and share them with someone you love

Have a wonderful Friday and do something delicious! (Like make a batch of cookies!)

Colleen

www.foodwineartdesign.com

PS. It seems my uber favorite chef (you are reading the sarcasm in that right?!?!? I think it’s pretty evident from posts on this blog how I feel about Rachel Ray) is opening a new restaurant! WOOO WOOO! And it will feature, what else? BURGERS! Here’s the link Isn’t it enough that I am getting like a gazzillion emails each week from readers who want to know what I think about her pet food?  (No, please don’t buy it. It’s made by  Dad’s, so just save yourself the money and buy that if you want  to feed an economy brand-of course I don’t recommend that either).

I think my head just exploded again.

First, I need to apologize that I have no pictures for you. If you will look below this post you will see a pile of adorable little peepers. I was so completely engrossed in these little cuties that I forgot to snap a few pics of my cookies before they were devoured. I hope you understand

On to the chipsters…what can I say. Fabulous. Nothing else describes them except nutty, crunchy, chewy, delicious and perfect. Did I mention fabulous?

The texture of these is perfection. The only cookie I have ever tasted that comes close in texture is the chocolate, chocolate chip oatmeal cookies at Wegman’s Patisserie in Ithaca. It seems almost to defy logic in its consistency. You wouldn’t expect something that is so full of heavy ingredients to be so “light” in texture.

the flavor combination is a classic, chocolate and peanut butter, who can mess with that? The sweetness of the chocolate tempered by the oats…just awesome. I made a half batch and made them quite large, another reason why none are left to photograph. Next time there will be a full batch…