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Valentine’s Day Oatmeal-Goji Berry Cookies

Written by Nele Liivlaid Published on February 12, 2014 in Desserts, Recipes

I have made many versions of these healthy cookies, but feel that this one is just right for Valentine’s day 🙂 This is a no sugar, no oil, no wheat holiday treat (or why not for every day) you can surprise your loved ones with.

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Valentine’s Day Oatmeal-Goji Berry Cookies

Author: Nele Liivlaid
Total Time: 4 hours 45 minutes
Yield: 24 cookies 1x

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Description

I have made many versions of these healthy cookies, but feel that this one is just right for Valentine’s day ?

Ingredients

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WET

1 cup (250 ml) water
6 medjool dates
½ cup (50 g) walnuts
1 ripe banana
3 tbsp lemon juice

DRY

1 cup (115 g) oat flour*
3/5 cups (5 fluid ounces, 100 g) raw buckwheat flour*
¾ cups (85 g) oats*
1 tsp baking powder*
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ginger powder
½ cup (75 g) goji berries
2 handfuls (15 g) of shredded coconut
3 tsp poppy seeds

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Instructions

Soak the dates in the 1 cup of water for at least 30 minutes to make them softer. If your dates are of soft side you can diminish the soaking time. Mine were quite dry.
Soak the walnuts separately – the longer the better, 4 hours would be ideal, but 30 minutes is better than nothing ? Discard the soak water. Rinse well.
Combine all of the dry ingredients (oat flour, buckwheat flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, goji berries, poppy seeds, coconut) in a large bowl and mix with a fork.
Combine the dates and their soak water and the soaked walnuts with the lemon juice and banana in a high-speed blender, and blend until smooth (2-2 ½ minutes). Add to the bowl of dry ingredients and mix.
Using a one-tablespoon measure, place a scoop of cookie dough on your baking sheet lined with parchment paper. If necessary form a nice shape using a fork.
Heat oven to 175 C (350 F). Bake for 15-18 minutes on the middle rack, until cookies are lightly browned on top. Remove from oven and let cool.