Today’s all about the maple. Vermont is known for its sugary treat that people tap from trees. Maple syrup! I’ve had 100% maple syrup my whole life, and fake syrup just does not cut it for me.
We like to share our maple syrup with friends, and UVM gave it out to their admitted students today. Including, this fun lady:
Katelyn from Chef Katelyn !
I saw yesterday that she was looking for Burlington food advice, so I emailed her some ideas. We decided to meet up on-campus for lunch in between her activities. She was the sweetest, and we talked about college, international & public health, spinning, peanut flour (I may never get a chance to try it!), and other fun things while a blizzard took place outside. Katelyn, if you come to UVM next year, you need to be a spinning instructor – I’ll come to all your spinning classes!
I also saw this fun fact about Burlington the other day: Burlington is the 8th most active city in the country! It’s so true – everyone’s always outside running, skiing, biking, or sledding (at least, today).
After she showed me that UVM gave out a bottle of maple syrup in a maple-leaf shaped bottle, I knew I needed to bake a maple goodie today. Then, maple banana oat cookies were born. Plus, it’s Cookie Friday. I based them off of Ashley’s oatmeal banana cookies. They were super easy to throw together, the dough tastes amazing, and they are vegan, yum!
I honestly don’t remember what ratios of ingredients I added. I followed Ashley’s recipe, but mushed up the bananas in with the wet ingredients, added maple peanut butter, a little maple syrup, used whole wheat flour, and didn’t use chocolate chips. There’s a bunch of flaxseed in the cookies, and if you’re wondering more about the benefits of flax, the Healthy Apron did an awesome post on it today.
I could not stop eating the dough, but the cookies are great too. The cookies are dense and chewier, with a hint of sweetness. The banana flavor mixes so well with the maple!
I love baking healthy cookies, especially feeding the healthy goodness to my boyfriend & his roomies. They know they’re healthy, but they don’t turn their nose up to free cookies! They gobble them down fast.
What’s your favorite healthy-i-fied cookie?
Do your friends & family like your healthy treats or refuse to eat them? Sometimes, my little sister doesn’t want to touch the healthy treats I make, I promise they’re good, though!
Today’s all about the maple. Vermont is known for its sugary treat that people tap from trees. Maple syrup! I’ve had 100% maple syrup my whole life, and fake syrup just does not cut it for me.
We like to share our maple syrup with friends, and UVM gave it out to their admitted students today. Including, this fun lady:
Katelyn from Chef Katelyn !
I saw yesterday that she was looking for Burlington food advice, so I emailed her some ideas. We decided to meet up on-campus for lunch in between her activities. She was the sweetest, and we talked about college, international & public health, spinning, peanut flour (I may never get a chance to try it!), and other fun things while a blizzard took place outside. Katelyn, if you come to UVM next year, you need to be a spinning instructor – I’ll come to all your spinning classes!
I also saw this fun fact about Burlington the other day: Burlington is the 8th most active city in the country! It’s so true – everyone’s always outside running, skiing, biking, or sledding (at least, today).
After she showed me that UVM gave out a bottle of maple syrup in a maple-leaf shaped bottle, I knew I needed to bake a maple goodie today. Then, maple banana oat cookies were born. Plus, it’s Cookie Friday. I based them off of Ashley’s oatmeal banana cookies. They were super easy to throw together, the dough tastes amazing, and they are vegan, yum!
I honestly don’t remember what ratios of ingredients I added. I followed Ashley’s recipe, but mushed up the bananas in with the wet ingredients, added maple peanut butter, a little maple syrup, used whole wheat flour, and didn’t use chocolate chips. There’s a bunch of flaxseed in the cookies, and if you’re wondering more about the benefits of flax, the Healthy Apron did an awesome post on it today.
I could not stop eating the dough, but the cookies are great too. The cookies are dense and chewier, with a hint of sweetness. The banana flavor mixes so well with the maple!
I love baking healthy cookies, especially feeding the healthy goodness to my boyfriend & his roomies. They know they’re healthy, but they don’t turn their nose up to free cookies! They gobble them down fast.
What’s your favorite healthy-i-fied cookie?
Do your friends & family like your healthy treats or refuse to eat them? Sometimes, my little sister doesn’t want to touch the healthy treats I make, I promise they’re good, though!