A Fuhrman Recipe for you...

I made this recipe for the first time a couple of weeks ago.  I really like it!  It's super easy and totally adaptable.  You could put just about any nut, dried fruit, choc chips(!!) in these cookies (more like a muffin, really) and it would be delicious.  This is my current go-to snack when I'm craving junk.  Not low in calories but healthy and filling so definitely helps.  Wouldn't really work in the Zone, though.  Too many carbs.  

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Jennifer Shmoo

Serves: 12

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

2 cups old fashioned oats

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

4 medium ripe bananas

1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds

1/3 cup raisins or currants

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 300ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment and spray with nonstick spray.

Use a high-powered blender to process the oats into flour. Pour the oat flour into a mixing bowl and add the baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.

Put the bananas into the blender and blend until completely smooth. Add to the oat mixture along with the sunflower seeds and raisins or currants, and mix until well combined.

Use a 1-ounce cookie scoop to place spoonfuls of the cookie dough on the baking sheet. Dip the scoop in water to keep the dough from sticking. Use lightly moistened fingers to flatten each cookie down slightly. Bake 15 minutes.

Cool cookies on a wire rack and store in an airtight container. Makes about 24 cookies.

Per Serving:

CALORIES 115; PROTEIN 3g; CARBOHYDRATES 22g; TOTAL FAT 2.7g; SATURATED FAT 0.4g; SODIUM 106mg; FIBER 2.9g; BETA-CAROTENE 11ug; VITAMIN C 4mg; CALCIUM 9mg; IRON 3.7mg; FOLATE 15ug; MAGNESIUM 22mg; ZINC 0.2mg; SELENIUM 2ug