Australian Healthy Food Guide – June 2019

Recipes: Chrissy Freer. Photography: Mark O’Meara. Styling: Julz Beresford. Food prep: Kerrie Ray.

Basiccookies

Makes 24 Costperserve$0.20

Hands-ontime 10 min

Cookingtime10–12min

Suitabletofreeze

dairyfree

½cupnaturalpeanutbutter

½cupbrownsugar

1 teaspoonvanillaextract

1 egg

2 tablespoonsunsweetened

applepurée

¾cupplainflour

½teaspoonbicarbsoda

1 cuprolledoats

1 Preheatovento160°C.Linea

bakingtraywithbakingpaper.

2 Beatthepeanutbutter,the

sugar,vanillaextract,eggand

theapplepuréeinabowlwith

electricbeatersfor2–3minutes,

oruntilsmoothandpale.

3 Sifttheflourandbicarbsoda

intothepeanutbuttermixture.

Addtheoatsandyourflavour

variationofchoice(seeoptions

atright)andstirthemixture

untilwellcombined.

4 Rolltablespoonsofthemixture

intoballsandplaceonlinedtray,

about5cmapart.Flattenslightly

withfork.Bakefor10–12minutes,

oruntilgolden.Transfertoawire

racktocoolcompletely.

Cook'stipCookieswillkeepfor

uptothreedaysinanairtight

container,butwillsoftenslightly.

Alternatively,thecookieswill

freezebeautifully.

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4 ways

Tryingtotameyoursweettooth?

Ourlow-kilojouleoatcookies

withfourflavourvariationsare

theperfectmid-morningtreat.

Per Cookie

354kJ/85cal

Protein 2.8g

Total Fat 4.1g

Sat Fat 0.7g

Carbs 8.9g

Sugars 3.8g

Fibre 1.0g

Sodium 31mg

Calcium 12mg

Iron 0.4mg

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