Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

No matter what diet you follow, increasing plant based foods is a great way to reduce the grocery bill and also reduce the load on the 🌎 These super easy cookies are protein packed making a filling and satisfying, snack for brekky on the go or yummy lunchbox filler 😋

INGREDIENTS 1 banana 1 flaxseed/chia egg (Soak 1/2 TBS flaxseed meal (ground raw flaxseed) and 1/2 TBS chia seeds in 3 TBS pure water) OR use one egg 1 cup Rolled Oats 1 cup dried unsweetened Coconut (desiccated) 1 TBS coconut flour 1 heaped TBS Nutra Organics vanilla clean protein 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon (or 3 drops doTERRA essential oil) 3 drops DoTERRA Wild Orange essential oil METHOD 🍪 Preheat oven to 180°C 🍪 Blend banana and flax egg on high till smooth. 🍪 Add protein powder, baking powder and essential oils if using. 🍪 Pulse through oats, desiccated coconut and coconut flour. 🍪 Spoon mixture onto lined tray and press till 1 cm thick with a fork. 🍪 Bake for 10-15 mins. I often make a big batch on a Sunday to get our family through the first couple of days of the week - you can mix up the flavour by adding some dark chocolate or blueberries or seeds of choice 😋