Name: Healthy No-Bake Maple Cookies {Vegan}
Prep time: 2018-12-18T00:00:00+00:00
Total time: 2018-12-18T00:00:00+00:00
Yield: 32 cookies
Ingredients: 1 ripe banana, mashed well; 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp almond milk; 1/2 cup almond butter; 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp pure maple syrup; 1/8 tsp salt; 2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

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Spoil your family with these healthy no-bake cookies. Sweetened naturally with maple syrup and banana. And if you follow a vegan diet, these treats are for you, too!

These healthy no-bake cookies use one of our favorite natural sweeteners. We call it liquid gold at our house, and our stinginess roars to the forefront when our boys start liberally pouring the maple syrup over their waffles. We become highly unreasonable guardians of the sweet amber liquid.

“Pour slowly! That’s enough! That’s the good stuff, you know?!”

When it comes to baked (or no-bake) goods, pure maple syrup is the ideal sweetener. It’s an unprocessed sweetener, it imparts a rich flavor and a little goes a long way.

If I’m going to tempt my older son and husband with any treats, there has to be some redeeming “healthy” factor. And these healthy no-bake cookies have plenty…they’re full of protein-rich almond butter and almond milk, and fiber-filled oats and they’re sweetened with maple syrup and a ripe, mashed banana. If you follow a vegan diet, this treat is for you, too!

The trick to getting these cookies to hold together is to boil the mixture until it thickens and reaches about 205 degrees F, which takes about 10 minutes. This also caramelizes the maple syrup, which lends a caramel taste to the cookies.

That’s never a bad thing.

I made these healthy no-bake cookies as part of a maple link-up hosted by Katie of Healthy Seasonal Recipes. If you’ve never checked out Katie’s blog, I suggest you hurry over there. It’s filled with healthy and fresh recipes, all topped off with gorgeous photographs.

Check out these fantastic maple recipes from the link-up party:

Healthy Seasonal Recipes’ Maple-Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos
Yankee Kitchen Ninja’s Boozy Maple Bacon Jam
The Spiced Blog’s Maple Pecan Coconut Granola Bars
Bakeaholic Mama’s Maple Custard Ice Cream Sandwiches

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it on Instagram! Just use the hashtag #COOKINCANUCK and I’ll be sure to find it.

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Healthy No-Bake Maple Cookies {Vegan}

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Spoil your family with these healthy no-bake cookies. Sweetened naturally with maple syrup and banana, these treats are vegan, too.

Yields 32 cookies

Ingredients

1 ripe banana, mashed well
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp almond milk
1/2 cup almond butter
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
1/8 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Directions

In a medium saucepan, combine the mashed banana, almond milk, almond butter, maple syrup and salt. Heat over medium heat.
Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring frequently.
Cook until the mixture thickens (if using a candy thermometer, the temperature should reach about 200 degrees F), about 10 minutes.
Stir in the oats and vanilla extract.
Drop the mixture by tablespoonfuls onto a baking sheet lined with waxed or parchment paper.
Let cool to room temperature. Serve.

by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

Recipe Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 2 (Points+), 1 (Old Points)

Other healthy cookie recipes:

Cookin’ Canuck’s Whole Wheat Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookin’ Canuck’s No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites {Low Sugar & Gluten-Free}