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Quick & Easy No-Bake Cookies

12/27/2012

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I don't often go a day without a sweet snack so to keep to my overall health plan, I have a go-to recipe that I use as a base for no-bake raw cookies.  They're made with only a few basic ingredients and can be altered to whatever I have in the kitchen.  They taste delicious and won't derail my whole day. 

This is the recipe for the basic cookie - feel free to play around with substitutions.  There really isn't a "wrong" way to make this.  You could add oats or ground flax if you're low on nuts.  Or you could add applesauce if you don't have a sweetener.  You get the idea.
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Yields: 7-10 Cookies

1 Cup Nuts - any kind, I most often use raw almonds
4-5 Dates or 1/4 Cup Raisins
1 Tbsp Agave or Coconut Nectar
Any additional ingredients that you like (optional) - I most often use chocolate chips, dried fruit or nut butter

  1. Use a food processor (I use a Ninja) to grind the nuts down to a powder
  2. Add in the dates/raisins and the agave/nectar then pulse until everything is blended and the dough easily forms a ball
  3. Add in any additional ingredients that you like.  For the cookies in the picture I added chocolate chips to the cookies and dipped the bottom in more chocolate.  It was one of those days where chocolate could do no wrong.
  4. Form into cookies and store in the refrigerator.  They will keep for at least a week - I've never kept them longer than that because they're pretty tasty.
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Form the dough into cookies
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Melted chocolate...mmmmm
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Delicious, hardened chocolate
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