Healthy because oatmeal.

Tonight is the monthly WEST meeting - where fellow WESTies gather and share news, tips on selling/shipping/what have you, eat rad snacks and gab about future Winnipeg Etsy Street Team events. I LOVE that one evening each month! This is the first meeting in which we're not meeting a cafe, so everybody's going to bring a little somethin' and then we'll get down to business. 

I decided to crack out an old recipe from a magazine I veganized and tweaked. Take a gander!

Oatmeal Hazelnut Cookies

Ingredients I

2 cups quick cooking oats

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup nut meal (I used ground hazelnuts)

2/3 cup cocoa powder 

3/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

Ingredients II

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tbsp. ground flax seeds

2/3 cup + 1 tbsp non dairy milk -- I used unsweetened almond milk

2/3 cup peanut oil

Vanilla, Hazelnut extract

Optional: up to 3/4 cup fruits, nuts, seeds.

Pre-heat oven to 350F.

In a medium sized bowl, mix together Ingredients I. In a large bowl, combine Ingredients II, until thick. Slowly incorporate your dry mixture into your wet mixture.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Use a tablespoon to drop (and shape, if desired) the batter. Bake for 10-12 minutes.. 11 worked best for me! Once baked, let sit in the baking sheets for five minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Makes 2 dozen.

I'm really pumped to get outside and head out tonight. I want to bike SO bad, but it's still icy and frankly, pretty cold.. But as soon as I see sun, I forget everything else and convince myself its cardigan weather. Winnipeg problems!

I think I'll be updating my baking blog a bunch more, I'm that excited about the natural lighting! 

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xx