Yes folks I’ve been experimenting in the kitchen! Exciting! I found the best “treat” recipe for myself. Sometimes you have to just create what you need because you can’t find it out there anywhere. I had tasted similar treats before but could never find a recipe, AND I never quite trusted what ingredients were actually in there. By doing it myself I can know for sure what I’m putting in my body, and with my food allergies, that is a MUST. For me, I cannot have yeasts or baking powder or any corn ingredients. I don’t do bleached white flours or sugars either. So it’s tough.
This recipe is Keto-friendly, low sugar, high fiber and has protein! As I am an amateur I cannot give you exact amounts, but I believe the fiber cancels out all or most of any sugar impact from the coconut sugar in these.
So here is my recipe! I hope it can work for you, too, or you can modify it to make it work for you. Happy Holiday Snacking!
Mimi’s Orange/Cranberry Oatmeal Holiday Cookies
Totally created by Pamela Swyers
1 stick butter (melted)
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
1 6 oz pkg cherry-juice-infused dried cranberries
1 Cup Coconut sugar
6-8 drops orange zest oil (I use essential oil, but can use some fresh orange zest)
½ Cup Swerve Confectioner’s Sweetener (calorie-free sugar-alcohol swtnr)
¼ Cup cooking oil (for me, non-corn)
Several shakes of cinnamon (about a half teaspoon, may adjust to taste)
3 dashes of ground ginger
2 shakes of nutmeg
½ teaspoon baking soda
3-4 pinches of sea salt (about ½ to ¾ teaspoon)
1 ½ Cups of oat flour
2 to 2 ½ Cups of Old-fashioned Whole Grain Oats
Water (1/4 to ½ cup to moisten as needed)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix together all ingredients except for flour, baking soda and oats.
In separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and oats, then combine into the bowl with the other ingredients. If mixture is too dry, add a tiny bit of water at a time until the dough can be formed into balls. Press out into cookie shape on parchment-paper lined cookie sheet or on baking stone.
Bake at 350 for about 12 minutes.
YUM! Guilt-free yummy holiday treats!
(Could add chocolate bits and/or nuts if desired, could up the overall fat or sugar content.)