Clean Eating Cookie Dough

Ya, you read that right. Clean eating and “cookie dough” in the same sentence.

And yes, you WILL eat the whole batch. I admit it. I caved. I mean, you can’t call these things “clean”, and then eat just one. It’s not gonna happen. Sorry.

Actually, I take that back. I DID eat only one. Then I stuck the entire batch in the freezer. After a few hours, I tried another one, and another, and well… you get the idea. I’m embarrassed to say I did NOT want to share these with my son. But in my defense… I did. And he loved them. So this is a good one for the kids too! Hmm… should this be in my Clean Eating Kids section? Naaahhh! I think most clean eating adults will want these all to themselves like I did.

Just look at this face?

How could I not want to share a cookie with it??? Oh boy. I have a problem. I really did have a hard time giving these up. But the good news is, I can always make another batch. And so can you. I should mention I adapted this recipe from the Love Veggies and Yoga blog. Here’s the recipe!

Clean Eating Cookie Dough
(Makes 12 dough balls)

2/3 cup raw cashews
1/3 cup cooked oatmeal
3 tbsp agave or honey
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup chopped prunes (no sugar added)
1/2 cup almonds – ground to a consistency you like.

Directions

Step 1 – Grind your almonds in a food processor. Set aside in a separate bowl.

Step 2 – In your food processor, blend together your cashews, oatmeal, agave and vanilla.

Step 3 – When you have nice lumpy dough, fold in your prunes.

Now, I should warn you that this is a very sticky dough. Try chilling it in the fridge or even the freezer for a couple hours to help make it more manageable.

Step 4 – Roll the dough into 12 equal sized balls and roll in the ground almonds.

You can eat these as is, or you can freeze for several more hours. I highly recommend the freezing. Something about freezing it makes it taste so delish and so much like actual cookie dough! Don’t worry, you won’t break a tooth. It doesn’t actually freeze to a hard ball. You can still bite into it even when it’s frozen.

Eat and enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Yes, this WILL be messy. But isn’t that half the fun? Let the kids have at it. They’ll have a blast. All you have to do is work the food processor….. and maybe do a little clean up!

Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 dough ball

Calories: 73
Total Fat: 4 gm
Saturated Fats: 1 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 3 mg
Carbohydrates: 8 gm
Dietary fiber: 1 gm
Sugars: 5 gm
Protein: 2 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 4

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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