CHEWY Gluten free • Vegan • No Sugar Added • OATMEAL COOKIES

Um, yum. I may or may not have eaten 2 of these. Plus batter. Hey, they're healthy! And it was lunch time. Nothin' better for lunch than a few cookies! And protein, of course, in the form of a turkey burger patty. With mustard. And salsa. Cause I'm weird like that.

Anyways, I'll cut to the chase. You're not here to listen to me blab about lunch. You. Want. Cookies. And I don't blame ya. So, here goes...

Indredients!

1 cup Bob's Gluten Free Old Fashioned Oatmeal

1 1/2 cups oatmeal flour (I put about 3 cups of oatmeal in my blender & blended until it became a powder)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 tsp gluten free vanilla extract (Costco's Kirkland brand is GF)

1 cup shredded zucchini 

1 cup puréed carrots

2 tablespoons ground flaxseed (or 2 eggs )

1/3 cup xylitol

Chocolate chips, if desired

Any other add-ins! Craisins, raisins, nuts, seeds...

Directions: Preheat oven to 350. In a mixing bowl, combine oatmeal, oatmeal flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well. In a larger  bowl, combine the vanilla, zucchini, puréed carrots (wanna cheat? Buy organic puréed carrot baby food. It works great!), flaxseed, and xylitol. Mix well with hand beaters. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix thoroughly. Stir in chocolate chips and other desired add-ins. Bake on greased cookie sheet for about 8 minutes. Makes about 15 cookies...but that also depends on how much batter you eat!