Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies

Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cookies

 

 

               perfect for an emergency chocolate fix!!!!!!!!!

 

Ingredients:                                                                                     Makes 9 to 12 cookies

1/2 tsp flax seed or flax seed powder

2 tsp coconut oil

2 tsp cinnamon

3 tsp brown or cane sugar

1 tbsp. cocoa powder

1 tbsp. maple syrup

1 very ripe or frozen banana

2 1/2 tbsps. crunchy natural peanut butter

2 tbsps. water or rice/almond/hemp/etc. milk

2 tbsps. quick oats or granola or muesli

1 tbsp. whole wheat flour

1 tbsp. chick pea flour

 

Method:

Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Use a spoon or fork to mash banana and to blend mixture into your vegan cookie batter. Keep adding whole wheat flour until consistency is gooey but not dry and sticky. Lightly grease a baking sheet with oil of your choice and bake on 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, checking on consistency. You may choose to flatten the cookies slightly half way through baking so that ingredients get fully cooked. Serve immediately with tea, milk or coffee!

 

This is a yummy and quick recipe when you need a dose of chocolate or when you want to serve up some simple yet flavourful vegan cookies. Ingredients may be altered or adjusted to accommodate your kitchen! ENJOY!

 

 

 

 



Vegan Suet: Baking for Birds and Squirrels!

My yard is full of beautiful creatures mowin down!

I cannot hide my exitement in this early morning post, as trying out a suet recipe for the birds is proving fruitfull....at least so far for the squirrels! This is the recipe that I found which has been altered as shown. I threw a few cubes out the window into the yard when I got up and the squirrels have gotten to it with speed! SUPERCUTE to see them chowin down on amazing peanut butter suet thats vegan! I had to resist the stuff myself....hmmm maybe I'm a little deprived in the sweet snack department!

Homemade Peanut Butter Suet from 10000birds.com

Melt 1 cup shortening. Add 16-20 ounces of crunchy peanut butter.
Heat and stir until melted.
Add 1 cup of raisins, 1 cup of black oil sunflower seeds, 6 cups of cornmeal and 4 cups of flour.
Spoon into a 13X9 pan. Chill until it is hard. Cut into chunks for suet feeders (or stuff into cracks and crevices in logs).

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Homemade Vegan Peanut Butter Suet

Melt 2-3 sticks or 1 cup of vegan shortening
Add 8-10 ounces crunchy peanut butter
HEAT AND STIR UNTIL MELTED TOGETHER
Add 4 cups of cornmeal
Add 1 cup black oil seed for wild birds or any other (bird)seed to the brew
Slowly stir in 2 cups of whole wheat flour
Pour into pan(s) or casserole dish(es) and chill in the fridgidare
Cut into cubes and put into bird feeders, specific suet feeders, in the cracks of trees and benches, wait and enjoy as the animals do too!

*use organic ingredients if possible to make things critter friendly