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Healthy Valentine's Day Treat for Loved Ones (photo by LivligaHome) |
My ongoing goal in life is to beat the habit. This means creating new traditions and engaging others in having fun in a different way on these holidays that trigger us to eat....and eat....and eat. Valentine's Day is all about giving sweets and chocolate candies, right?
Well I decide to avoid the chocolate and bake healthy, tasty cookies....to give away. I figured I am satisfying my need to celebrate, give to others and create something healthy for the people I care about. I also like cleaning out the kitchen, so I found a recipe from a Cooking Light Cookbook Low-Fat Ways to Cook for the Holidays that I adapted. I picked it because I wanted to use some really ripe bananas I had on hand. The recipe also calls for low-fat granola for which I substituted Kashi's Go Lean Crunch because it was in the pantry left over from when the kids were home for the Christmas holidays. It fit the bill.
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Really Ripe Bananas add great flavor to bread and cookie recipes (photo by LivligaHome) |
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Go Lean Crunch my Subsititute for Low-Fat Granola (photo by LivligaHome) |
Decadently Delectable Banana Treats
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup stick light butter, softenend
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup egg substitute (or 1 egg)
- ¼ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1 ¼ cup unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cup low-fat granola (no raisins)
- Cooking Spray
Directions
- Beat sugar and margarine at medium speed in a stand mixer (KitchenAid) until fluffy.
- Add banana, vanilla and egg. Beat well.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and nutmeg. Add to banana mixture.
- Fold in granola.
- Drop dough by level tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute. Then remove cookies from baking sheet and let cool on wax paper or wire racks.
Makes 3 dozen. Calories per cookie 92.
Enjoy! May you have a Healthy and Heartfelt Valentine's Day!
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