Sharabelle bakes

Bananas about bananas Had a great Friday this week, there was a celebration for the 10th Anniversary of my local reading group.  There was a lot of old friends and met some new ones.  We all have one thing in common, we love to read........... and are very opinionated.   Re-joining the reading group was one of my first steps on working towards managing my depression and anxiety.  They helped me gain the confidence to apply for jobs, go to interviews and finally returning to paid work.  So last nights celebration had extra special meaning for me. Banana project Experiment: Hindsight is a great thing, just a pity it never occurs to you till after the event.  I don't really know what possessed me to take a whoopie pie recipe and decided to bake cake pops instead.   Its a really strange paradox that someone like myself with an anxiety disorder has absolutely no fear in the kitchen.  When the thought "I wonder what would happen ...

So here's the thing, iv tried making plenty of low sugar cookie recipes.  Iv also made low fat cookie recipes successfully, but so far i haven't figured out away to make low sugar and low fat cookie combined!!!  My problem is I can't use sweeteners as their are trigger for my IBS.  My Chunky monkey cookies are my latest experiment.  I used an oil based dough recipe instead of vegan margarine.  Mashed banana, in place of an egg and agave nectar for the sugar.  I added some desiccated coconut for a tropical taste and dairy free chocolate chips. For me there was way to many chocolate chips,  the taste of the cookie it's self is great but technically I don't think you could call it a cookie.  Its more like a whoopie pie cake.  I like my cookies crunchy and my cake soft.  My mum has a sweeter tooth than mine so they won't go to waste.  Lol, the whole bottom drawer of my freezer is now taken up with baked goods for my mum...