Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies ~ Vegan Style 

It's so exciting when you find that eggs and dairy are unnecessary to happy, healthy, delicious living! We've been duped for so many years to think otherwise!

These cookies are so tasty! And... there's enough GOOD FOR YOU ingredients in them to make you feel a little better about enjoying more than one! (In fact, good luck to those of you who think you can stop at just one!)

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup unbleached flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
1/2 cup turbinado sugar/unrefined sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup almond milk (or soy or rice)
4 tsp ground flax seeds
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.

2) In a medium-sized bowl, sift together dry ingredients.

3) Beat together "wet ingredients", then add dry ingredients and stir well.

4) Roll teaspoon fulls of dough and press with fork 2" apart on cookie pan, and bake 12-14 minutes until slightly browned at edges. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to complete cooling.

Store loosely covered.

NOTE: When I made these, I didn't "let them rest" for the 5 minutes, as I needed the pans to continue baking more. I let them cool, however, before eating. VERY tasty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!