So this past Saturday night, after a long day of biking and running errands in Iowa City, Nic and I finally had a chance to just sit down, put our feet up and catch up on the season finale of Dexter. I instructed Nic to make sure I kept my butt on the couch and not to let me get up and do something. You see, I am notorious for starting a movie/show and within five minutes of starting it, I declare that some baked goods are necessary and we thus proceed watching whatever in five minute increments until I am done in the kitchen.
A.D.D. much?
Yeah. So Saturday, as hard as I tried to remain parked on the couch, I knew chocolate chip cookies would make the night perfect. I tried waiting just a few minutes to see if the craving would pass.
Heh.
Amazingly, when I asked Nic if he would like some chocolate chip cookies, he said yes! Normally, he shrugs it off and says he is fine. He is typically not a big sweets person, but lately he's been changing his tune. Hmmm....maybe he's preggers.
So chocolate chip cookies it was. Commence our typical Saturday night of trying to watch a show, uninterrupted...it was never going to happen.
Besides, I am totally on a quest to make a perfect vegan chocolate chip cookie with no fake butter or oil. I knew these wouldn't be it, but the end product was gobbled up in one episode of Dexter, so I thought they would be worth sharing.
Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
In the mix::
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 2 T ground flax
- 2 T peanut/almond butter
- 2 T coconut butter
- 2 T chocolate chips
- scant 1/4 t baking soda
- and CRAP - some maple syrup, but we didn't write it down! I'd say probably about 2 tablespoons. Darn, guess I will just have to make these again!
Mix everything together and bake at 350* for 10 minutes.
They were seriously amazing, although not the perfect chocolate chip cookie I am looking for.
The quest continues...
