Healthy+Spiced Cookie Bites


For people with digestive problems, constipation, or just plain like to eat healthy and feel good after you've supped, this is for you.
For all other people, this is also for you.
Nobody should miss out! I mean oats, whole wheat flour, healthy sweeteners, prunes (oh, yum!), and all the ingredients easy to access (no fancy whole food stores to run to). That means sure success. Take note that these are pretty far from attractive, and aren't made to be as sweet as the average cookies. But hey, this isn't the average cookie, right? I'd say these fit more in the category of snacks, quick bites, portable breakfasts, etc. People who really don't have much of a sweet tooth would really love these too!

This amazing recipe makes about 4 dozen, but depends on the size. I prefer a variety of odd measurements. I don't want a whopper every time, but, there are definite occasions when a tiny tea cookie won't suffice.

The Recipe:

2 c Whole wheat flour
2 c Rolled oats
2 c Crispy rice cereal
2 t Baking powder
2 t Cinnamon
1/2 t Nutmeg
1 t Ground allspice
1 c Honey
1 c Applesauce
5 oz Pureed Prune
2 t Vanilla
1 c Chopped dates
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, then mix all the dry ingredients together. In a medium saucepan, add the honey, applesauce and prune puree. Heat to boiling as you stir them until smooth; then, simmer for 1 minute on low.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and dates.
  3. Stir the heated mixture and the dry mixture thoroughly. Place by teaspoonfuls onto a nonstick cookie sheet. Bake for 12 minutes. 
Make sure to have everything very mixed, or you will be saying "life is a struggle" later. It helps to have a really long handle on your spoon. Also, grind spices into your palm if they are cake because we are not going the Spice Bomb Cookie route!


Wow, this looks really gross, but smells and tastes amazing... kind of ironic, no? I actually used a heat-safe whisk (my trusty metal one, you've seen it!) to get those thick ingredients relatively smooth. It doesn't have to be perfect, but you don't want large lumps!


You'll really get a workout mixing the two mixtures together! Consider it your arm exercise of the day! Make sure you don't see any flour before you ball it up and pop it into the oven! Ours took two people! :)


I love how these don't make you feel gross, or give your a tongue a weird feeling, but can still quench the craving for sweets!


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