Fruity Oatmeal Cookies

These yummy cookies are made with wholesome ingredients, no flour, no eggs, no sugar.  Depending on how sensitive you are, it may be wise to ensure that you are only using products processed in a gluten, dairy, and/or wheat free facility, to avoid cross contamination.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup of gluten free steel cut oats
1/2 cup of organic unsweetened apple sauce (I use one single serving cup, like Motts)
1/4 cup of nut butter (Your choice of peanut, almond, rainforest, whatever you can handle.)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
9 small dates, or 3 tbls. enjoy life chocolate chips, raisins or any other dried fruit you prefer.
1/16 tsp of salt
1 tbsp sugar (optional)

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  In a food processor combine all ingredients except oatmeal.  Blend until fruit is in small bits.  Add oatmeal and process until oatmeal is in smaller bits.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Using a tablespoon, measure, level and drop the dough, one spoon at a time onto the prepared cookie sheet, leaving a couple of inches between each cookie.  Press the mounds of dough gently down with the tines of a fork, shaping them as you go.

Bake the cookies for 14 to 18 minutes until lightly browned on top.  Remove the cookies to a rack to cool.  Makes 1 dozen.