Vegan Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (healthier)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour (i use whole spelt flour)
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (i use spelt flour)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon, ground
• 2 cups oats (i used a mix of barley, rye, spelt, buckwheat flakes and oats)
• 1 cup dry roasted salted peanuts or 1/2 cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup vegan pb chips
• 1/2 cup applesauce (no sugar added, all natural)
• 1/2 cup creamy natural-style peanut butter
• 1/8 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 1/8 cup dark brown sugar (or 1 tbs splenda brown sugar blend)
• 1/3 cup non-dairy milk (e.g. vanilla soy milk)
• 4 teaspoons ground flax seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a big bowl combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and oats. add in peanuts or chocolate chips and pb chips and stir to combine.
• 2 in a second bowl beat together applesauce, peanut butter, sugars, ground flax seeds and vanilla.
• 3 add the liquid to the dry ingredients and stir to combine. if your dough seems too wet to handle, add in more flour, if its too dry, add a tad more milk.
• 4 drop generous tbs full of dough per cookie onto a paper-lined or greased baking sheet leaving some space between the cookies (these wont spread much). flatten cookies slightly using moistened fingers or a spoon.
• 5 bake in the preheated oven at 350°f/175°c for about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. these cookies are more cake-like, so they wont crisp up.
• 6 allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• 7 enjoy! :).