Delicious AND Nutritious

In the form of a COOKIE. Mmhmm. That is right, my cookie monsters.  For the first time in my baking career… I have concocted a successful recipe that actually tasted good.. ON MY FIRST TRY!

I usually end up making change..after change.. after change. (Most often because there is not enough sweetness).  But not this time.

And just for kicks – I decided to throw the ingredients into spark people to figure out the nutritional stats of my precious creation.

Drum roll please…

Ladies and gentlemen, Beyond Banana’s readers of all ages, I present you with:

Choco-Nana PB Cookies

(Makes 36 cookies)

Ingredients

• 1 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c. peanut flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 5 grams stevia (I use packets.. so 5 packets)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder (I used Hershey’s Special Dark )
• 3 bananas, mashed (extra ripe) (about 1 c.)

• 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter (I used PB & Co.)
• 3/4 c. applesauce, unsweetened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp smart balance light, melted

Preperation

• Preheat Oven to 350*
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl
• Mix until well blended

• Drop rounded tablespoons of cookie batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet

• Bake for 10 minutes
• Remove from sheet and let cool

Like I said, I entered all of my ingredients into sparkpeople.. and came up with so

So – like I said.. I did something I rarely do.. I went to spark people to figure out the nutritional information for these choconana delights.  The reason I did this was a result of my utter shock for how great these tasted. Considering the lack of “normal” baked good ingredients.. I just had to know.  Allow me to provide you with a little snap shot…

Mhmm.. that is right. 30 calories a cookie. LESS then one gram of fat.  Very little sugar.. very few carbs.  I don’t think it is too shabby for a nice sweet snack.And they do taste okay.  It isn’t just my wack healthy taste buds.  Because Justin has been chomping them left and right.

His response to when I showed him the nutrional stats…

“So, this means I can have 8 of these.. and it is still only 240 calories.”

He is a true mathematician.

If you make these cookies.. (or any of my recipes for that fact) .. please let me know what you think. Especially these. Because I am obsessed with them right now. I spent alllll Saturday night tootin’ my own horn!

Catching up from the weekend? (If you were doing something really fun.. please share… I am sure I will be jealous!)

Well, on Friday, I had trouble deciding what I should do to my hair… and then on Saturday, I made that decision and went to the hairdresser.  Sunday… well it started off rather silly (read… REALLY ANNOYING!) and then went to a kick-ass boot camp class!

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