Description
These delicious Healthier Monster Cookies are a fantastic snack when you need your sweet fix. Full of flavour, these are a healthier take on the Monster Cookie classic. They are made with oats, whole wheat flour and the addition of zucchini.
Ingredients
Scale
- 100g butter softened
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter (or seed butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100g (1 small) grated zucchini
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups quick oats
- 1/2 cup plain whole meal flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup mini smarties or mini m & ms
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180c and line a baking tray with baking paper
- In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter with an electric mixer
- Once creamed, add the egg, peanut butter and vanilla and beat until well combined
- Add the grated zucchini and chocolate chips and stir through until evenly mixed then add the oats, baking powder and flour and mix together to form a dough
- Roll tablespoon sized portions of the dough into balls and place separately on the tray
- Flatten the balls with your fingers and top each cookie with 5 mini smarties or mini m & ms pressing them down gently as you go
- Bake in the oven for around 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden
- Rest on a baking tray for a five minutes before cooling on a wire rack