After being caught off guard since I didn't have any ripe bananas in my home, see Banana Oatmeal Cookie recipe it was time to try something different to hit that sweet spot. Just a few ingredients including aqua faba produced my favorite oatmeal cookie yet! Crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside, the perfect consistency.
Ingredients
1/2 cup aqua faba, whipped up in a standup mixer or with a handmixer for 5 minutes. If you can get stiff peaks, great. If not, it doesn't matter since you have incorporated a lot of air and lightness which will give these cookies it's texture.
2 cups of oats (if gf, ensure they are gf!)
pinch of salt
2 tbsp flax meal
1-2 tbsp of sweetener of choice
1 tsp baking powder
Optional: 1/4 cup chocolate chips
Optional: 1 tbsp of melted peanut or other nut butter or PB powder
Optional: cinnamon, vanilla, dried berries, chopped nuts
Method
Turn on your oven to 390F
In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together. If the consistency is a little loose, just wait 1 minute for the flax meal to start gelling up.
Taste the mixture (yes, since it's vegan it's safe!). Add whatever you feel like you a missing.
On a lined baking sheet, with an ice cream scoop, scoop out balls and place onto baking sheets.
With wet hands, the cookies down and form into the shape of your liking
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the outside is nicely browned and the inside is still a little soft and chewy.
Place cookies on cooling rack
Cool and enjoy!
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Pro Tip: Whenever I cook a bag of chickpeas, I add a little extra water. After the chickpeas are cooked, I strain out the chickpeas and cook the aqua faba for an additional 5 minutes to let it reduce. After that, I fill some in small mason jars and seal them to keep in the fridge for stocks, soups, etc. and freeze some in ice trays before keeping them in freezer bags for whenever aqua faba is needed. You will find so many uses for this magical water. I spray it over veggies prior to seasoning them whenever I roast them in the airfryer or oven. I often sub out aqua faba for water whenever I make sauces. While you can certainly use the leftover liquid from the can, it is so much more plentiful when you cook your own beans. You can also use the water from any other bean you cook such as any type of white bean. Just be mindful of the color if choosing a different one.
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