Happiness Cookies :)

These are still our favorites!! Updated recipe below. We make these about every other week because in every plant-based diet, there must be a delicious cookie!! ;)

HAPPINESS COOKIES

1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup maple syrup
1T  ground flaxseed
1t vanilla
  3/4 cup plus 2T spelt flour
  1 cup oats
1/2t aluminum free baking powder
1t cinnamon
1/2t fine iodized sea salt
1/3 cup crushed walnuts
1/4 cup raisins or grain sweetened chocolate or carob chips (optional)
 

-Preheat oven to 350* and spray a baking sheet

 -Add 3T hot water to the flaxseed in a small bowl and set aside. 

-In a separate mixing bowl, mix up coconut oil and maple syrup with a hand held mixer (or in mixing bowl) until combined. 

-Whisk the flaxseed and water until it looks gelatinous (30 seconds or so) and add to mixing bowl. -Add vanilla and mix until combined. 

-Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and mix until combined. 

-Add oats and stir until combined. 

-Add nuts and raisins or chocolate/carob chips and mix

-Drop cookie dough rounds onto prepared baking sheet and Bake at 350* for 15 minutes. 

-Should make about 15 cookies.

*I call these happiness cookies because of the DHA/Omega 3s in the walnuts and flaxseed, the dietary fiber and phytochemicals in the oats (oatmeal is one of the foods to nourish the central nervous system) and the lauric acid in the coconut oil which helps your body fight off infection. These cookies help your brain function and help keep your body and brain healthy and happy!