Trail Mix Cookies (or, Breakfast/Energy Bars)

[auntie_loo]

wonderful and yummy!  perfect to grab first thing in the AM.  I followed the recipe to a T and they came out grrreat!

 

[no_tickets]

These are fantastic!!! i made them as bars, half in the shape of bars and the other half in a shallow cake tin. I have already eaten two of the bars and they are great. I made them very fruity. A handful each of sultanas, chopped dried apricots, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds and then a handful of a premix (pepitas, almonds and cashews). So fruity and fantastic. oh and i didnt have any molasses so i just used maple syrup, and used egg replacer instead of cornstarch.

[uhblondie]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but are the bananas supposed to be mashed (like you would do when making banana bread) or chopped? Just curious, thanks!

[uhblondie]

Delicious! And pretty darn healthy to boot. I have a huge sweet tooth but trying to cut down on heavy, unhealthy desserts. So I'm using this as something to satisfy my dessert cravings, minus the excess fat and refined sugar/flour, plus some nutritional value. I mashed the bananas but left it chunky. I'm vegan, so I didn't use honey, and I don't like too much molasses, so instead I used 1/2 cup of brown rice syrup (cheaper than agave nectar at my HFS), plus 2 Tbsp each of maple syrup and blackstrap molasses. I used arrowroot powder instead of cornstarch, about a cup of mixed dried fruit (raisins, dates, apples, cranberries), a cup of chopped walnuts, a cup of chocolate chips (still need a little chocolate fix!!), and added about 3 Tbsp of vanilla brown rice protein powder. I also used a little allspice and nutmeg - next time I may just use pumpkin pie spice. I pressed the dough into a jelly-roll pan and baked for 20 minutes, and as a last-minute addition I sprinkled the dough with shredded coconut. If you make 16 cookies out of this recipe, you will have HUGE cookies - I got 24 large bars out of this. Next time I'll halve the recipe, or I'll try freezing them. We'll see how they last... :-)

[oktokrewl]

These are great! Perfect amount of sweetness, and a very nice texture and taste.. like the name says, they are perfect for breakfast.. I also had a bunch of tropical fruits I needed to use up, so I made this tropical themed trail mix cookies..

I am vegan so I dont use honey so I subbed agave nectar for the honey.. some previous commenters said it was a little heavy on the molasses, so I only used 1/4 cup of that and replaced the left over 1/4 cup with passionfruit jam..

The nuts I used were a large handful each of chopped pecans, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, and chopped almonds..

The fruits I used were a large handful each of golden raisins, candied diced orange peel, and dried diced papaya..

I also added a mashed sapodilla (they have a nice maple/brown sugar flavor) and subbed mashed mango for the applesauce..

And the last thing I changed were that I replaced 1 cup of oats with 1 firmly packed cup of shredded fresh coconut and replaced the cloves w/ powdered ginger..

I highly recommend trying them this way.. it's a super tasty variety on a basic trail mix cookie.. and I did make them cookies instead of bars.. the recipe made about 32 fat cookies..

[DalVeg]

I followed oktokrewl's tropical fruit cookie suggestions.  I added the suggested coconut and diced tropical fruit (diced papaya, diced apricots).  For dessert one night, I drizzled mango-guava sauce over the cookies, serving them like a cake.