Weekend Cooking Experiment

"If you feel like eating, eat.  Let your body tell you what it wants."
          - Joan Benoit Samuelson

I've been wanting to share some of my favorite "fuel" recipes on here. These are the things that keep me going through lots of training. 

So here it goes: 

Week One: Breakfast Cookies! A.K.A. homemade cliff bars!

1/2 cup apple sauce

1/2 cup chunky peanut butter (natural)

1/2 cup honey

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup plain oats

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 cup dry, powdered milk

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup dried cranberries or raisens. 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat two cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray, set aside. In a large bowl, stir together the applesauce, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine oats, flour, milk powder, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir the oat mixture into the banana mixture until combined. Stir in dried cranberries. 

2. Drop mounds of dough (about 1/4 of a cup big) about 3 inches apart on the baking sheets. Flatten each mound with a spatula. 

3. Bake, one sheet at a time 14-16 minutes or until browned. Cool. Store in an airtight container...or freeze (they're really good frozen)

Enjoy!