I created this recipe to make healthy holiday sugar cookies with cookie cutters, but they could be made at any time of year. Banana and peppermint may sound like an odd combination, but I use peppermint as a secret trick to add more complex flavor profile, that helps make up for the lack of sugar. This recipe uses wheat flour and eggs but you could experiment with substitutes. Most importantly, have fun !
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Ingredients (Organic if Possible):
• 1 cup ripe banana (I used two medium bananas) mashed or puréed. You could also try to substitute applesauce instead if you are ok with less sweetness and don’t want any hint of banana flavor.
• 1 cup unrefined coconut oil, soft
• ½ cup water
• 1 large or 2 small eggs
• 50 drops monkfruit extract (Amazon Associates link to the one I used: https://amzn.to/488Mdy6)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract (or more vanilla or other extract)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons aluminum free baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 3/4 cups organic white flour (or try a gluten free flour mix)
• ½ cup low lead cassava flour (or you could experiment with using cacao powder or more flour)
Instructions:
• Blend all ingredients thoroughly except the flours. After adding the flours, mix until just combined.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours.
• Roll the dough out with a rolling pin and use cookie cutters to make shapes.
• Place onto a cookie sheet (greased with coconut oil).
• Bake for 13-15 minutes. They don’t need to brown, but if you like a crunchier cookie you can brown them.
• Allow the cookies to cool on cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes before carefully transferring using a spatula.
• To decorate, check out my frosting recipe and coconut sprinkles recipe (coming soon). You could also decorate with chopped nuts, cacao nibs, etc.
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