Ingredients
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2 cups oats
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1 cup flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 (14 ounce) can white kidney beans
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1/4 cup butter
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1 cup brown sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1/2 cup chocolate chips
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1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
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1/4-1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/4-1/2 cup pecans
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2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
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1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Place oats in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse flour. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & salt & process until combined. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Put beans in food processor & pulse until roughly pureed. Add butter & process until well blended. Add brown sugar, egg & vanilla & pulse until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
- Poor bean mixture into oat mix & stir by hand until almost combined; add chocolate chip, raisins, nut & flaxseed & stir until just blended.
- Drop large spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray, & flatten each one a little with hand.
- Bake 14-16 minute.
- Makes 2 dozen. Each cookie contains 138 calories & 3.5 grams fat.