BREAKFAST BEAN COOKIES

Breakfast Bean Cookies image

Provided by Leanne Yeatman

Time 35m

Yield 2 dozen cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 cups oats
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (14 ounce) can white kidney beans
1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4-1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/4-1/2 cup pecans
2 tablespoons ground flax seeds

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325°F.
Place oats in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse flour. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & salt & process until combined. Transfer to a large bowl.
Put beans in food processor & pulse until roughly pureed. Add butter & process until well blended. Add brown sugar, egg & vanilla & pulse until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Poor bean mixture into oat mix & stir by hand until almost combined; add chocolate chip, raisins, nut & flaxseed & stir until just blended.
Drop large spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick spray, & flatten each one a little with hand.
Bake 14-16 minute.
Makes 2 dozen. Each cookie contains 138 calories & 3.5 grams fat.