Healthy Recipe For Gluten-Free Pumpkin Protein Cookies

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So, I know you are busy and I don’t expect you to cook 6 meals a day, that is why I am giving you this healthy recipe for these pumpkin protein cookies.  These are so good and so healthy but you won’t believe that they are healthy. That is how good these are.  Make these and you can have 3 as a snack and you will feel satisfied and healthy.  They are great for on the go also.

Ok, now I am going to finish eating my lunch (leftover Summer Veggie Turkey Meatloaf) and give you today’s recipe.  By the way, you can get my Turkey Veggie Meatloaf from My Pinterest Board.  Just make sure you are FOLLOWING me on Pinterest so that you can have access to all of my recipes.

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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Protein Cookies

Healthy Recipe For Gluten-Free Pumpkin Protein Cookies

• Author: Michelle Marie

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Ingredients

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• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 tbsp coconut oil + 1 tsp
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup quinoa flakes
• 1/3 cup almond meal
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 2 scoops mPower Protein Powder
• 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
• 2 tbsp chocolate chips (gluten-free and dairy-free) OPTIONAL

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Instructions

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl mash the bananas with the coconut oil and vanilla extract.
3. In a separate bowl mix the rest of the ingredients except the walnuts and chocolate chips.
4. Mix dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well.
5. Fold in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drop about a tablespoon full of the mixture and bake for ~ 12 minutes or until golden brown on the top.

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You are going to love these cookies.  They are super easy to make.  If you have kids, they will love them too. Nico tore them up.  He loved them.  

Also, great idea to take these with you when you are meeting a friend at a coffee shop or the park or a play date.  This way you will eat something healthy and you will feel like its a treat because they are that good.  You won’t miss the double chocolate chunk cookies from Starbucks, I promise!  Here is one more picture to make your mouth water.

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