Teff Peanut Butter Cookies

This is from the package of Bob's Red Mill Teff flour and I think the recipe is by Leslie Cerier. Joe has made these a handful of times for us at the farm and they are super yummy! I haven;t yet but plan to try them with buckwheat since I tend to have that on hand vs teff.

1 1/2 c. teff flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c maple syrup
1/2 c canola oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup peanut butter

preheat oven to 350 degrees. Set aside an ungreased cookie sheet. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients, set aside. In a food prcessor, blend syrup, oil, vanilla & peanut butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and blend well. Shape dough into walnut sized balls. Place on cookie sheet and flatten gently with the tines of a fork. Bake 13-15 mintes. Cool on a wire rack. Yields 24 cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies

The easiest cookies I've ever made! Zoe was able to help a lot and it was only a few minutes of prep. The whole batch fit on one big cookie sheet so the oven didn't have to be on long and I didn't have dozens of cookies sitting around to tempt me, just enough to satisfy my craving.

1 c. peanut butter (chunky or creamy, we use all-natural)

1 c. sugar, plus more for rolling

1 egg

(Seriously, those are the only ingredients! I was skeptical too, but it really works!)

1. Heat oven to 375. Stir together all ingredients.

2. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Press each ball down with a fork in 2 directions to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake for 10 minutes or until edges just start to brown. Cool on wire racks.

From Parents magazine, Oct. 2008

Oatmeal Cookies

These sound similar to the one's Dawn posted. It's from LLL. I've made them many times, often for this group! Very adaptable, very tasty, and pretty healthy for a cookie. Zoe loves these!

1/2 c. oil OR butter

1 c. packed brown sugar OR 3/4 c. honey

1 egg

1/4 c. water OR milk OR juice

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. whole wheat flour

1/2 cup dry milk powder

1/4 tsp. salt (optional)

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground cinnamon (optional)

2 c. rolled oats

1 c. wheat germ

1/4 c. bran (optional)

1/2 cu. dried fruit, seeds, nuts or chocolate chips (optional)

Beat oil, brown sugar, egg, water, and vanilla in bowl until smooth. Add flour, dry milk powder, salt, soda, and cinnamon; mix well. Mix in oats, wheat germ, and optional ingredients. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bate at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until light brown. Yield: 48 cookies.

Cookies

I have made these cookies at least 100 times. They are so adaptable and easy, and relatively healthy, too (no refined sugar.) I think they take about 3 minutes to throw together, aside from baking.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
(from the cookbook "Feeding the Whole Family.")

dry:
1 cup flour
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/4 tsp salt

wet:
1/3 cup cooking oil (I use grapeseed oil)
1/2 cup maple syrup (or sub*)
1 tsp vanilla

mix together, then add chopped nuts and choc chips to taste (about 1/3 c. each.)
bake about 10 - 15 min.

Variations:
You can sub virtually any liquid sweetener. I made them last night with a combination of syrup, honey, and molasses and they were great.
Sub raisins for choc chips for vegan cookies, good for potlucks.
can sub melted butter for oil.
sub any other kind of dried fruit, or nut, or whatever you want to see put in a cookie.
:D