Midnight Cookies

Midnight Cookies are made of all insomnia-fighting ingredients! The best midnight snack recipe ever! Refined sugar-free but still deliciously sweet and full of healthy fats to keep you satisfied all night.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, International

Keyword healthy midnight snack, midnight snack

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings cookies

Calories 182kcal

Ingredients

3/4 cups old fashioned rolled oats made into oat flour
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped cashews
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 cup pitted dates if hard then soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and then drained
1 egg
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1-2 Tbsp honey

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Add 3/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats to the blender and pulse to create a coarse oat flour. Then add to a large bowl.
Add whole old-fashioned rolled oats, chopped cashews, sesame seeds, and spices to the bowl.
Put dates, apple sauce, coconut oil, honey, and egg in a blender and blend until smooth.
Combine wet and dry ingredients.
Scoop out 1/4 measuring cup of dough per cookie and place on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet flattening the cookie to about 1/2 inch thickness.
Bake for approximately 18-22 minutes or until golden. Beware of not burning the bottoms.
Cool on a cookie sheet and store in an airtight container preferably in the fridge.

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