Flourless Monster Cookies Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Line two large baking sheets with silicone baking mats.
• In a large bowl, add peanut butter and syrup.
• Stir until completely blended and a smooth paste forms.
• Add in applesauce and mix until applesauce is completely mixed in.
• Stir in oats until all oats are completely incorporated and coated.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• If you like a lot of chocolate in your cookies, use a heaping 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.
• Using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and place onto prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
• Using the palm of your hand, press down on cookie balls so that they become flat and round.
• The cookies will not spread when baking so you want to shape the dough to be what you want the final outcome of the cookies to look like.
• Press about 6-8 M&M's onto the surface of each cookie.
• Bake cookies about 10-12 minutes or until the cookies and oats look cooked.
• It's okay if the cookies feel soft and not yet completely set.
• Let cookies cool on cookie sheets to set before removing.
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• Notes
• If you prefer something less sweet, use 2 tbsp of maple syrup. If you prefer more sweet, use 3-4 tbsp. You can taste the dough after you are done mixing to determine if you want it sweeter. Keep in mind that you will get some additional sweetness from the m&m's.
• The cookies will be the most sturdy with 2 tbsp of syrup. If you add the full 4 tbsp, they will still hold together, but not as well as with only 2 tbsp.
• Make sure to use creamy natural peanut butter. This is the drippy kind that needs to be stirred.
• If you are using sweetened applesauce you may want to reduce the syrup.
• I used M&M's Minis Milk Chocolate Baking Bits. You can replace m&m's with other candy coated chocolate. If you want a healthier candy coated chocolate, Unreal* is a brand that doesn't contain any artificial flavors and uses vegetables for the colored coating.
• If you don't have applesauce you can substitute with mashed bananas and leave out the syrup because bananas are sweeter than applesauce. Your cookies will taste banana flavored. Make sure to mash until they are a puree consistency. You would need 1 cup (which is around 3 medium bananas).
• Make sure to use rolled oats and not quick oats as the cookies will not hold together well with quick oats.
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• Nutrition
• Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 193kcal, Carbohydrates: 26g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 5mg, Potassium: 172mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 7g, NET CARBS: 22g
• The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.