Okay these might not look like much but they are my new favourite snack. I bought one of these at Planet Organic a while ago to try them out because they looked like a good hearty, dense cookie that would have some satisfaction power. These are perfect for an energy pick-me-up, or for a long hike, or for just because which is what I’ve been having them for :-D I admit, they don’t look lip smackin’ good, but don’t let that fool you!
I had no idea what the NI for it was at the time, so I googled it and found the recipe posted which had all of the same ingredients as was contained on the label. So decided to make a batch and do a true test with a “control cookie” that I bought at PO and I bet you can’t tell them apart can ya? It’s definitely the same cookie and boy was I excited to have the recipe because let me tell yas, they’re hearty, dense, chewy and have some major satisfaction power and pack a mean nutritional punch to boot! I think they might even be vegan?! I found that there is quite a few ingredients in these, but the best part about PO is that you can get most of them in bulk :-)
Planet Organic Cosmic Cookies
Ingredients
1 1/8 cups quick oats
1 cup spelt flour
1/2 cup sunflower seed
3/8 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
1/8 cup flax seed
1/2 cup granulated unbleached cane sugar
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1 1/8 teaspoons sea salt
7/8 cup dark chocolate chips or carob chips
5/8 cup raisins
1/8 cup water
1/8 cup blackstrap molasses
3/8 cup canola oil
1/2 cup soymilk
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F.
2) Line 2-3 baking trays with parchment paper.
3) Combine dry ingredients : from oats to raisins.
Just LOOK at the goods goin’ in this cookie:
4) Combine wet ingredients: from water to soy milk.
5) Stir dry and wet together until just combined.
6) Portion cookie dough using 1/3 C measure and place on baking tray.
7) Gently flatten cookies.
8) Bake for 24 minutes or until lightly browned.
I punched it into sparkpeople.com to tally up the NI for myself and I stretched out my bath to make 30 cookies and they are only 130 cals each which honestly sooooooooo worth it.
Nutritional Info
(Number of Servings: 30)
Fat: 6.2g
Carbohydrates: 20.9g
Calories:133.7
Protein: 2.1g
Try them and ENJOY
Update: Planet Organic has posted their recipe which is slightly different in ratios, but using the same ingredients. THANKS PO!
13 comments:
Oooh! I'm making some of these for our road trip to SC in May! they look great!
wow, these look awesome!!! Thank you for sharing these!
those look really 'seedy' and yummy!
You're so cute how you did an
experiment with your control group!
oh my good god...I need to find spelt flour and cane sugar - STAT!!!
*drool*
I'm going to make these for a vegan potluck next month... thanks :)
my comment got lost! boo!
I won't be making them, me and cookies right?
Plus I don't have those ingredients and just can't be bothered to hunt down spelt flour. can't do it.
Also, the nutritional info doesn't look that much different than a regular cookie. I'm sure that I (and maybe others) would let myself go nuts because I THINK they're "healthy" cookies. They've got seeds and maybe spelt flour is healthier than regular flour, but I don't think there's really anything you can do to a cookie to make it health food. it's still a cookie right?
Randi: I think I disagree with you there. You can't really lump these in the same category as the average "cookie" comparing their health factor to ones like chips ahoy or oreo or even your average oatmeal raisin chocolate chip recipe. Most cookie recipes would have at least 2c of flour and maybe even another cup of another dry ingredient like oats, some butter, eggs and more sugar than this one does. The seeds in this one replaces alot of flour found in a regular cookie recipe which would be more nutritious for their calorie density in my opinion. 1c of spelt flour isn't that much for 30 big cookies.
I'd almost classify them more of an energy bar over a cookie because they are so much different in their texture. They definitely eat more like a bar.
But I know what you mean about not being able to resist when things are around the house. So far so good with this batch. I made them 8 days ago and have them frozen with plenty left.
They freeze excellent btw to anyone else who wants to give them a try.
I was going to suggest freezing them individually. They look like they would last a long time, and you dont' want them to go bad!
Those sound great! :) Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Wow, I am so going to have to try those! My kids are constantly wanting to make cookies... bet they'd love them and I'd love giving them to them!
Those look great! What do you suppose the actual calorie/nutritional info is for the cookies you buy in the stores?
Jenn, they are FANtastic! I've made 3 batches of them so far and eat them every day!
I have no way of knowing the NI of the ones they sell in the stores, but I'm willing to bet that this is the recipe or pretty darn close. Based on the ingredients I have used here, this batch divided into 30 is about 130-135 calories each, depending on the size of each cookie. My batches usually end up with mixed sizes unless I use an icecream scoop which works really well :-)
Angie - thanks so much for posting our Cosmic Cookie recipe. We're glad you like them.
As part of our Earth Week celebrations, we created a National Cosmic Cookie Day - April 18.
Come in and get one of our famous Cosmic Cookies - free!
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