They’re chewy on the inside, crunchy on the out, with an after hit of sweet and sticky coconut, they are my ultimate banana and coconut cookies”¦and I am just in love with them. Perfect for your afternoon cup of tea or a quick fix when you’re craving something sweet, chewy and delicious. They’re filled with flavour and packed full of essential vitamins and minerals for your body. High in protein, potassium, fibre and manganese which is used by our bodies for a number of important activities. It helps in the process of healing wounds, forming strong cartilage and bone, ensuring proper brain and nervous system functioning and most crucially, in metabolising cholesterol, carbohydrates, and amino acids. It’s an incredible mineral and these cookies are packed full of it!

This banana and coconut cookie is the cookie that sets the bar for Guilt-Free living! So eat up and enjoy them because they’re raw, healthy and simply good good good!

Only three attempts to get these perfect as opposed to my usual five! It never ceases to amaze me how with each new recipe it takes such a fine-tuning balance of all the raw and organic ingredients to get the exact result i’m after. But if at first we don’t succeed, we must try, try, and try again – right!? Something like that :) The lemon drops on top of the banana slices in the middle of the cookie keeps the banana from going brown so make sure you don’t forget that all important step! Tag me on instagram when you give it a go @LeanLivinggirl. I hope you like them as much as I do!

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Banana and Coconut Cookies

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Serves: 10 cookies

Ingredients

• ¼ cup pecans
• ¼ cup almonds
• ⅛ cup brazil nuts
• ½ cup unsweetened desiccated coconut
• 2 very ripe bananas
• ¼ cup pitted dates
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking powder

For the topping

• ½ banana, sliced
• Juice of ¼ lemon

Instructions

1. Pre-heat your oven to 180℃
2. Blend the nuts in a food processor until they are chopped into a flour like texture.
3. Place the blended nuts in a bowl and repeat with the banana and dates in the food processor.
4. Add the banana date mixture to the bowl along with all the other ingredients.
5. Mix very well with a wooden spoon.
6. Place about a tablespoon of the mixture onto your parchment lined baking tray and smooth out into a flat circle shape.
7. Repeat until all the cookie mixture is used.
8. Press a slice of banana gently into the middle of your cookie and add a few drops of lemon juice over the banana.
9. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until just crispy on the outside, still chewy in the middle!

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