Name: Elderflower, coconut and banana oat cookies
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 bananas; 1 cup rolled oats; 2 tbsp elderflower cordial; 2 tbsp desiccated coconut; Zest of 1 lemon; For the glaze:; 2 tbsp elderflower cordial; Juice of 1 lemon

Elderflower, coconut and banana oat cookies

8 Jul 2018

by Wholeness

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

20 minutes

Background

These elderflower, coconut and banana oat cookies are a variation on my healthy oat and banana cookies but they are also gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and fat-free. There is some sugar in these, which comes from home-made, reduced-sugar elderflower cordial. So these cookies are still more healthy than most oat-based cereal bars you buy in the shops, and yet super easy to make.

Ingredients

2 bananas
1 cup rolled oats
2 tbsp elderflower cordial
2 tbsp desiccated coconut
Zest of 1 lemon
For the glaze:
2 tbsp elderflower cordial
Juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

Mash the bananas with a fork or blend them in a blender.
Add enough oats and the other ingredients to create a malleable dough. Let it rest until the oven warms up.
Turn the oven on to 180°C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Make equal sized balls (8-10) from the mixture and flatten these slightly between your palms. Put these on the baking tray and bake for about 15-20 minutes until the edge turns golden brown.
Meanwhile, mix the cordial with the lemon juice in a pan and heat it up. Let it bubble until it gets syrupy.
When the cookies are done, transfer them to a wire rack and brush with the glaze.
Let them cool before serving.