If you are looking for a healthy cookie recipe, there really are many to choose from. The main factor is that they don’t use butter, milk, eggs or sugar. The great thing is that you really don’t have to follow a recipe, you can experiment and come up with your own recipe. You just need to stick to a few guidelines.
Besides being healthy, these cookies are vegan. By having no animal or dairy products you are eating vegan.
While you won’t use sugar and butter, you do need to use some kind of fat, something to flavor the cookies and something to sweeten them. Agave nectar is an excellent sweetener and pretty healthy. Different kinds of nut butter, like peanut, almond or cashew can substitute for butter. For flavorings, almost anything can be used, but cinnamon and vanilla and two reliable ones.
Something to be aware of, in a report recently agave nectar was cited as being as bad for you a high fructose corn syrup. Of course there are many people who dispute this, especially makers of agave nectar. It seems not all agave nectar brands are not made the same, some are highly processed and some are more naturally processed. So if you are concerned about this, you should do some research to see if the brand you use is one of the better versions.
When decided what to use to experiment on a cookie recipe, start with what you have around the house. You can base your tests on a simple recipe:
Nuts – 4 Cups
Nut Butter – 1 Cup
Brown Rice Flour – 1 Cup
Agave Nectar – 3/4 Cup
Vanilla – 1 Tablespoon
Cinnamon – 1 Teaspoon
Mix the ingredients together and cook for 10 – 12 minutes at 325 degrees. You will want to little oil the cookie sheet so the cookies won’t stick. You can also use a silicone sheet as an alternative to oiling or buttering the cookie sheet.
Something to keep in mind, as long as you don’t use eggs you don’t have to completely bake the cookies. Sometimes slightly undercooked cookies are great with that chewy inside.
If your first batch doesn’t taste right just adjust the amounts or try some different ingredients. This basic healthy cookie recipe should give you many options to make healthy cookies that taste great. Also, now you will see that vegan baked goods are not the icky tasteless items that people make them out to be.
