Recipes

After making and loving the black bean brownies – I knew there must be some more sweet treats out there that I could by secretly adding beans.  After some digging, I found a recipe on The Happy Herbivore for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, my absolute favorite cookie, that uses blended butter beans.  I was skeptical, but gave it a try anyway – and they turned out really well.  They are sweet enough that they work great with milk as a treat but also are hearty enough that they work great for a quick breakfast with some fruit or an afternoon snack.  Even better – sandwich some vanilla ice cream between – delicious.

Weight Watchers Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Beans!)
Points: 1 weight watchers pointsplus
Servings: 26 servings
Serving Size: 1 cookie
Nutritional Info: 56 calories, .7 g of fat, 9.9 g of carbohydrates,  1.2 g of fiber, 1.1 g of protein

Ingredients
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup canned white beans, liquids reserved
1/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup  chocolate chips
a dash of salt

Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

2.  In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt,baking powder, baking soda, and  cinnamon making  sure to remove any chunks.

3.  Pour 3/4 cup of the rolled oats into a food processor and pulse until the the oats become crumbly.  Then add them to the flour mixture and combine.

4.  Add the beans, 1 tbsp bean liquid, vanilla, applesauce, and sugar to the food processor and blend well.  Combine this mixture with the flour and mix together.

5.  Fold in the chocolate chips, remaining 1/ cup oats, and remaining bean liquid in the dough.  Drop 1 tablespoon of dough onto a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray and cook for 12-15 minutes.  Enjoy!