Superfood Breakfast Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese or canned coconut milk for vegan or dairy-free (blended tofu might work but I haven’t tried it)
• 2 eggs, whisked (for vegan, 1 mashed banana or blended tofu or 2 flax eggs)
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil (or other oil, butter, ghee or Earth Balance)
• 1/4 cup amaranth flour (or buckwheat, oat, brown rice, sorghum or other gluten free flour)
• 1/4 cup flaxseed meal
• 2 Tbsp chia meal (or more flax meal or almond flour)
• 2 Tbsp almond flour (or your favorite gluten free flour – buckwheat, oat, teff, etc)
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 to 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger, optional
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or your favorite nut or seed)*
• 1/2 cup goji berries (or your favorite dried fruit – blueberries, apricots, cherries, raisins, dates, figs, mango, cranberries etc)
• 1/4 cup hulled hemp seeds (sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds or more fruit or nuts could be subbed if desired)