Choco, Oatmeal, PB, Protein No-Bake Cookie
mom2mykiddos
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I went searching for a granola/protein bar recipe and found a chocolate no-bake cookie recipe with added protein.
I changed some things in the recipe to make them higher protein. They taste about as good as a protein bar, imho, and I'm hoping they are way less expensive the store-bought ones. I haven't figured out the cost of making them yet, so can't say for sure.
Cocoa, Oatmeal, PB, Protein Cookies
2 TB brown sugar
1/3 C. 1% milk
3/4 C. water
1 1/2 tsp. butter
3 TB unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp. sea salt
Stevia to taste ( I add stevia until the mixture tastes delightfully sweet)
Combine above ingredients in a medium saucepan, boil 1 min, stirring constantly.
Remove pan from heat and add (stirring well after each ingredient):
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
4 scoops chocolate protein powder
(I used From the Makers of Muscle Milk, 100% whey protein, 140 calories and 27 g of protein per scoop)
1/4 C. Adam's natural peanut putter, crunchy
2 TB flax seed meal (whole ground)
2 C. quick cooking oatmeal
Form dough into 16 small cookies or bars. Cool on waxed paper. Store in airtight container in fridge.
I used spark peoples recipe calculator and the nutritional info according to them is....
Nutritional info per serving/one cookie
Calories: 114.3
Total Fat: 4.1 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Sodium: 107 mg
Potassium: 86.6 mg
Total Carbs: 11.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
Sugar: 3.2 g
Protein: 9.3 g
Questions....I wonder if I could leave out the butter and brown sugar and still have them set up ok, I tried to cut them down as much as possible and the cookies still turned out fine, so maybe?
Any ideas on what I can add to increase fiber content? Thanksheart:
I'm looking forward to experimenting more with this recipe, it seems so versitile!
I changed some things in the recipe to make them higher protein. They taste about as good as a protein bar, imho, and I'm hoping they are way less expensive the store-bought ones. I haven't figured out the cost of making them yet, so can't say for sure.
Cocoa, Oatmeal, PB, Protein Cookies
2 TB brown sugar
1/3 C. 1% milk
3/4 C. water
1 1/2 tsp. butter
3 TB unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp. sea salt
Stevia to taste ( I add stevia until the mixture tastes delightfully sweet)
Combine above ingredients in a medium saucepan, boil 1 min, stirring constantly.
Remove pan from heat and add (stirring well after each ingredient):
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
4 scoops chocolate protein powder
(I used From the Makers of Muscle Milk, 100% whey protein, 140 calories and 27 g of protein per scoop)
1/4 C. Adam's natural peanut putter, crunchy
2 TB flax seed meal (whole ground)
2 C. quick cooking oatmeal
Form dough into 16 small cookies or bars. Cool on waxed paper. Store in airtight container in fridge.
I used spark peoples recipe calculator and the nutritional info according to them is....
Nutritional info per serving/one cookie
Calories: 114.3
Total Fat: 4.1 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Sodium: 107 mg
Potassium: 86.6 mg
Total Carbs: 11.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
Sugar: 3.2 g
Protein: 9.3 g
Questions....I wonder if I could leave out the butter and brown sugar and still have them set up ok, I tried to cut them down as much as possible and the cookies still turned out fine, so maybe?
Any ideas on what I can add to increase fiber content? Thanksheart:
I'm looking forward to experimenting more with this recipe, it seems so versitile!
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Question: What is Stevia?0
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i am going to try to make them too.. Thanks for the idea,,,, !!!!!!0
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those sound awesome! I'm copying this recipe for sure. You could try something like smart balance in place of the butter and if you were ok with artificial sweeteners, I know there's a substitute for brown sugar. Personally, I wouldn't do it, a little real brown sugar never hurt anyone! And I don't see why you couldn't add more flax meal to bump up the fiber some.
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I'd like to know what "BUMP" means, too! Been seeing it a lot and feel really dumb for not knowing what it means. I must be getting old.0
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Wow! Sounds great-thank you!0
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These sound very nice! Stevia is not available here, so I wonder if something like sucralose would work? Is stevia a powder or liquid?0
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Question: What is Stevia?
Stevia is a natural sweetener with 0 calories, 0 carbs and 0 glycemic index.0 -
These sound very nice! Stevia is not available here, so I wonder if something like sucralose would work? Is stevia a powder or liquid?
I think it would work. Stevia comes in both powder and liquid form. I used powder in this recipe.0 -
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those sound awesome! I'm copying this recipe for sure. You could try something like smart balance in place of the butter and if you were ok with artificial sweeteners, I know there's a substitute for brown sugar. Personally, I wouldn't do it, a little real brown sugar never hurt anyone! And I don't see why you couldn't add more flax meal to bump up the fiber some.
PS - bump is just something people type in order to keep the topic current.
Thanks! :flowerforyou: Actually, I think the original recipe uses a brown sugar substitute and I changed things to use what I have on hand! :-)0 -
Oh my god does that sound amazing, Yum0
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just wrote down the recipe and thought of a few things:
1 - I think I may try the unsweetened vanilla almond milk instead of 1% milk
2 - I know you mentioned that you add stevia to taste, but out of curiosity, roughly how much stevia are you adding?
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