Quinoa Granola Cookies

Lately, quinoa has gained tremendous popularity for its health benefits and oatmeal is right behind. Although I called this a cookie recipe, it is more like making granola bars. The ripened bananas act as a gel agent to combine all the ingredients together without using egg or flour. These are the healthiest cookies that I have ever made and should be proclaimed as the recipe for cleaning both mind and body

Ingredients:
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup uncooked quinoa
1 cup nuts (such as almonds, peanuts, walnuts, or hazelnuts)
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup prunes
1/4 cup dried cranberries
2 ripened bananas, mashed
2 tbs honey

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325°. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking oil. Set aside
In a food processor, add all the ingredients, except the mashed bananas. Pulse a few times until well combined. Add mashed bananas and pulse a few times until all ingredients are well mixed. Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop the batter into 24 small patties. Place the patties onto the prepared cooking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

 Let it cool completely before storing in a cookie jar.