Breakfast Bean Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups oats
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can white kidney beans
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4-1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/4-1/2 cup pecans
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 place oats in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse flour. add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & salt & process until combined. transfer to a large bowl.
• 3 put beans in food processor & pulse until roughly pureed. add butter & process until well blended. add brown sugar, egg & vanilla & pulse until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• 4 poor bean mixture into oat mix & stir by hand until almost combined; add chocolate chip, raisins, nut & flaxseed & stir until just blended.
• 5 drop large spoonfuls of dough a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray, & flatten each one a little with hand.
• 6 bake 14-16 minute.
• 7 makes 2 dozen. each cookie contains 138 calories & 3.5 grams fat.