Banana Rice Sugar Cookies

There's no holding back my love of bananas

And I've got a super easy cookie recipe to share with you

Banana Rice Sugar Cookies

created by Snacking Squirrel

Ingredients

1 cup rice flour

1/4 cup potato flour

1 large mashed banana

1 whole beaten egg

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup melted margarine

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

A. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit

B. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl

C. Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl

D. Mix wet ingredients slowly into dry

E. Combine and scoop onto a cookie sheet

F. Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned

They are sort of a mixture between a soft banana muffin 

and a soft/chewy sugar cookie. Like a Banana Snickerdoodle

Yields: 6-8 cookies

Question: What's one of your
favorite baking recipes with banana?

Oatmeal Coconut Chews

Oatmeal Coconut Chews

created by Snacking Squirrel

I was in the baking mood and created some delicious Oatmeal Coconut Chew 

Cookies inspired by traditional Chinese Chews (without the addition of walnuts)

Ingredients

1 cup oats or cooking oats

1 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup tapioca flour

1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup vegan margarine

1/2 cup almond milk

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 whole egg (beaten)

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 tsp sea salt

Dash cinnamon

Directions

A. Preheat oven to 350-360 Degrees Fahrenheit

B. Combine dry and wet ingredients separately

C. Add the wet mixture to the dry and mix together

D. Spoon onto a greased baking sheet or line with parchment paper

E. Bake for 20-25 minutes until light-medium brown

Let cool for about 10-15 minutes, then enjoy!

They're chewy but still soft enough to be called a cookie

You can add nuts if you'd like for some extra crunch

Makes 6 large or 12 small chews

Macaroon Oatmeal Cereal

One of my favorite things for breakfast has to be a random combination
of cereals, oats, fruits, cookies, and chocolate all mixed together like this 

What did I put in my Cereal Cornucopia this time you ask?

It started with a left over Gluten-Free Coconut Macaroon cookie from Tim Hortons

They're quite delicious and make for a quick, energizing
 little snack when I'm craving something sweet and chewy

Per 2 Cookies: 250 calories, 14g fat, 4g fibre, 25g sugar, and 3g protein

The base consists of microwaved oats with egg whites and frozen blueberries 

To that I added a handful of Nature's Path Whole O's Cereal

I sliced up a banana and crumbled the macaroon
on top before adding my last ingredient to the mix...

1/3 serving of PGX's new Dark Chocolate Peanut
Butter SatisFast Organic Vegan 15g Protein Bar 

Gluten Free & Dairy Free POWER Cookies

Gluten Free & Dairy Free "POWER" Cookies

created by Snacking Squirrel

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats

1 cup brown rice flour

1 cup quinoa flour

1 cup coconut sugar (or other)

3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup amaranth/tapioca flour

1/2 cup chocolate chunks

1/2 cup carob chips

1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup protein powder

2-3 tsp cinnamon

1-2 tsp sea salt

Directions

A. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

B. Put everything into a bowl and mix thoroughly

C. Grease a baking sheet

D. Form dough into whatever size balls of cookies you want

E. Press dough balls gently onto pan

F. Bake for 20 minutes, cook, and eat!!!

I made these cookies after being deprived inspired by these cookies from Whole Foods

...and because they give me so much energy I feel like the Man Woman of Steel!!!

The recipe technically yields about 12 cookies, but I just made 6 big ones instead :)

I also had one for breakfast, and my gosh they were good

White Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Finally, another delicious cookie recipe you can make at home

White Chocolate Chip 

Peanut Butter Cookies

created by Snacking Squirrel

1.25 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup crunchy peanut butter

1 cup white chocolate chips

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup margarine

1 large egg

1 Tbsp milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp sea salt

Directions:

A. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit 

B. Beat margarine, peanut butter and sugars together

C. Mix in the egg, milk and vanilla extract

D. Slowly blend in the flour, baking soda and salt

E. Fold in the white chocolate chips

F. Roll 1-2 Tbsp dough in your hands to form balls

G. Lightly flatten balls by pressing onto greased baking pan

H. Bake for 10-12 minutes and let cool for additional 10 min

You can easily adapt this recipe to fit your own needs, whether it be 

swapping out dairy for lactose-free alternatives, using dark chocolate 

chips instead of white or replacing wheat flour for a gluten free option

I brought these into work for a charity bake sale 

to fundraise money for Breast Cancer Research

They were a huge hit, highly addictive!

You can use any sort of nut butter if you don't like peanut butter, but opt 

for crunchy over smooth as it adds a wonderful texture to these cookies

Recipe yields approximately 24 cookies

Cookies and Ice Cream

The boyfriend, a self-admitted ice cream addict, frequently

 surprises me with his creative dessert plates and presentation

I bought him one of his favorite baked treats, a 

Starbucks White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie

After eating the majority of the cookie, I suggested that 

he should save some to use as a topping for his ice cream

Instead of scooping the Butterscotch Ice Cream from the box as shown here, he 

decided to open the flaps of the boxed ice cream so he could pull apart the sides and 

cut a perfectly thick rectangle slab (a good tip for those who buy boxed ice cream)

Once plated, he topped the butterscotch 

ice cream with Nesquik Chocolate Syrup

And finally topped with a broken piece of 

the white chocolate macadamia nut cookie

Although I couldn't eat the cookie because I am trying to stay away from 

wheat and gluten, Reece let me steal a couple spoonfuls of the ice cream :)

Questions: What is your favorite type 

of cookie? What is your least favorite?