Description
I bake with my three-year-old at least once a week. We have tried a plethora of different cookies with different fruits and bases. This one was a hit! My three-year-old and older child both loved these, and I did too! They are super simple to make and sneak fiber, protein, and other nutrients into dessert! I used one cookie sheet for nine cookies, three rows of three fit well.
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup water
- ⅓ cup quinoa
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- ½ cup applesauce
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Place a cover on the saucepan
- reduce heat to medium-low
- and simmer until water is completely absorbed
- 15 to 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
- Mix cooked quinoa
- coconut
- oats
- flour
- brown sugar
- mashed bananas
- applesauce
- peanut butter
- vanilla
- salt
- baking soda
- and baking powder together in a large bowl. Fold chocolate chips into quinoa mixture.
- Drop dough by spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned around the edges
- 20 to 25 minutes. Allow cookies to cool and firm a few minutes on the baking sheets before transferring them to a rack to cool.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 18