CJ's Oatmeal Cookies

(Originally posted by Blest)

And CJ! 

Imagine my delight when I saw this South Beach friendly cookie recipe on my e-buddy CJ’s blog!  I just made a batch and they, like the oatmeal muffins, have being too tasty as their only liability.    Unlike the muffins, however, I doubt these would freeze well.  So I’ll just have to be strong! 

CJ’s Oatmeal Cookies

1 1/2 Cups Oats
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
3 tbsps chopped pecans (optional)
2 bananas
5 tbsps oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.  In another bowl, mash up bananas and mix in oil.  Add the wet to the dry and mix ‘em up!  Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake 10-15 minutes.  Makes about 24

I actually got 20 cookies out of this.  Based on that, the nutritional info came out thusly:

Per cookie:  83 calories  4.6g fat  9.4 g carbs  1.5g protein  74mg sodium

I thereby declare, for all my fellow South Beachers, that two cookies constitutes one carb serving.  I would consider two of these cookies with a glass of milk a pretty good breakfast, by the way. Since they are fairly similar in content to the Oatmeal Muffins - and maybe even a little healthier!