Honey Nut Butter Cookies

What's up!?

The toddlers have amazed me by sleeping for TWO HOURS so here I am- bringing you some cookies. I wish I could bring them to you personally, but the inmates are running the asylum around here and they just won't let me out! 

I'm surprised at how much I've been in the kitchen this week. These kids are always hungry! We finish breakfast and 10 minutes later they're asking for snack. I don't know what people do with multiples- so many dishes, so many sippy cups and so many growing mouths to feed at one time. I salute you, mothers of multiples/childcare workers/mothers of many- you are keeping this world turning.

Some important things:

No refined sugar, no eggs, no dairy- great if there are allergies in the family (unless you're gluten or wheat-free, sorry. You have to make the cookies out of something!) Easily adaptable with whatever nut butter you prefer or have on hand and you can mix in anything you like- chocolate chips, chopped nuts.. cacao nibs taste amazing, too. They're easy to mix, scoop and bake. Kids will gobble them up. You can make (and eat all of) them in under 30 minutes.

I was going to feed these cookies to the babies when they wake up as their afternoon treat, but they are just sitting there on the counter calling to me.. they'll never know what they missed, right?

(Just kidding. I will exercise some self-control and only eat one.. or two. Definitely not more than four or five. Gotta make sure I have enough for their second/third snack-after-snack.)

Honey Nut Butter Cookies
makes about 20 cookies
by Oven Love, adapted from Opera Girl Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 C. whole wheat flour (sprouted or fresh milled, if possible)
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 C. smooth nut butter (peanut butter, sunbutter, almond butter, etc)
• 1/2 C. honey
• 3 Tbsp coconut oil, in liquid state
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 C. mini chocolate chips, cacao nibs or chopped nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. In another bowl, combine peanut butter, honey, coconut oil and vanilla. Whisk to incorporate the coconut oil completely.
4. Add the peanut butter mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until all the flour is absorbed. Add chocolate chips/cacao nibs/chopped nuts. Let sit for 5 minutes.
5. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop two-tablespoon scoops of dough onto cookie sheets, spacing evenly (I use a small cookie scoop- it's perfect!).
6. Bake for 10-15 minutes, remove from oven, and let cool for two minutes while still on cookie sheets. Transfer cookies to cooling rack and let cool.