Apple pie cookies

Sorry for the less- than impressive photo, I'm doing baking today, I can't be crafty in more than one way at once!

I made these apple pie cookies half following a recipe which I will post below and they're awesome. They're really moist and actually taste like apple pie (Even if I do say so myself).

This will make 16 cookies which are around 88 calories per serving.

Ingredients:

2 cups oats

1 cup Sultanas

2 eating apples, diced and stewed

1 dsp cinnamon

pinch of sea salt

2 tsp flax seen with 4 tsp water to form an "egg" (Or you could use an egg..)

1/2 cup coconut milk (Or any liquid you like really)

1/4 cup maple syrup.

Method:

• Stew the apples with some water- no added sugar- I mashed mine with a fork once they were soft but if you have a blender that would work much better!
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees
• Whilst the apples are stewing, combine the flax seed and water to make the egg, leave to one side to thicken.
• Combine all the dry ingredients thoroughly
• Add the syrup, milk and flax egg and mix
• Add the stewed (Mashed/pureed) apples to the mix

I found this to be a bit hopeless initially but chilled the  mix for about 20 minutes to allow the oats to absorb some of the liquid. once it looks a bit more like dough and a bit less like weird porridge it's ready to be cooked!

• Spray the baking sheets with non stick spray or flour/ grease them- this is a sticky mixture I learned my lesson with the banana cookies, there cannot be too much non stickiness.
• I squidged the mixture into a cookie cutter to make the cookie shapes on the tray and to help me make sure that I was using even amounts of mixture, it's too sticky to make into balls and flatten like the banana mix.
• Bake for about 9 minutes at 200 degrees. 

Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookies

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

These soft cookies are very lightly sweetened. If you prefer them sweeter, try adding a little stevia with the dry ingredients.

Author: Susan Voisin, FatFree Vegan Kitchen

Serves: 18

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons chia seeds or ground flax seeds
• 4 tablespoons warm water
• 2 cup regular or quick oats (use certified gluten-free, if necessary)
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (see Notes)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 large apple, cored and chopped
• 2 ounces pitted and chopped dates (about 4 medjool dates or 1/4 cup packed chopped dates)
• 1/8 cup water
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375.
2. In a small bowl, combine the chia seeds (or ground flaxseed) with the warm water and set aside until thickened.
3. In a dry blender or food processor, grind one cup of the oats. Pour it into a mixing bowl and add the unground oats, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the raisins.
4. Place the apple, dates, 1/8 cup water, and apple cider vinegar in the blender. Blend until it’s about the consistency of apple sauce. Pour it into the oat mixture along with the chia “egg” and stir to combine.
5. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet lined with a silicon mat or parchment paper. Flatten each cookie slightly with a fork. Bake for about 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before serving.

Notes

Pumpkin pie spice is a combination of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves or allspice, with cinnamon being the main ingredient. You can replace it with 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon each of ginger, nutmeg, and allspice (or a pinch of cloves instead of allspice.

If you omit the raisins, each cookie contains 52 calories. Without salt, each cookie contains 36.2mg sodium.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1/18 of recipe Calories: 59 Fat: less than 1g Carbohydrates: 12.3gSugar: 4.9g Sodium: 100.8mg Fiber: 1.7g Protein: 1.4g