I’m always on the lookout for snack ideas for Bear and these cookies hit all of our sweet tooth’s, without being too laden with sugar.

You will need:

• 200g porridge oats
• 150g plain flour
• 100g sugar
• 1tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3tsp ground cinnamon
• 75ml of maple syrup
• 100g unsalted butter
• 1tsp vanilla essence
• 90g apple purée
• Baking tray
• Grease proof paper

How to make:

• Preheat oven to 180c fan oven
• Add flour, oats, bicarbonate of soda and the ground cinnamon and mix together
• Add in the melted butter and mix until combined
• Add in the apple purée and vanilla essence and mix until combined
• Take a small tablespoon amount and roll them into a ball and place on the lined baking tray
• Squash down until flat, but try and keep them about 1.5 cm thick
• Place in the oven and bake for around 8 minutes and bake until golden
• Take out the oven and leave to cool

Tips:

• These will keep for about 5 days in an airtight container (if they last that long!!
• You could swap out the butter for dairy free or coconut oil to make it dairy free
• I’ve seen similar recipes use honey instead of maple syrup as well
• You could make your own fruit purée

I hope you find them as delicious as us, let me know in the comments if you try them!