Hey Carly’s Crew!

This week I was feeling extra adventurous and I baked some avocado cookies…Say what? Avocado in cookies? Yup, you heard that right!

I saw this recipe and I was absolutely intrigued. The ingredients looked simple, however, I was so curious to see how avocado and banana would blend together and form a cookie. I chose to skip the chocolate chips in order to keep them on the healthier side.

Here are my step-by-step photos:

Step 1: Preheat oven and line baking sheet.

Step 2: Cube avocado.

Step 3: Mix up avocado, banana and honey in food processor/blender.

Step 4: Add remainder of ingredients and mix.

Step 5: Scoop onto baking sheet.

Step 6: Bake for about 12 minutes and then let cool.

Difficulty level: 6/10

I already had all of these ingredients kicking around at home so lucky for me, I got to skip extra grocery shopping this week. Blending the avocado, banana in the food processor was the trickiest part because I had never used a food processor on my own before. I actually ended up using our Vitamix rather than a food processor. They were quick to make but holy smokes did it ever make for a chocolatey clean up! The batter got everywhere (as you can see in my photos).

Deliciousness level: 2/10

These “cookies” were a bit of a bust! They had the texture of a soggy brownie and zero flavour. They are super healthy though! Maybe if I added an extra banana they would have a bit more flavour and sweetness. Oh well…now I know!

In all honesty, I was skeptical to try these cookies. Avocado was one ingredient that I had on my mind map from the very beginning of my inquiry so I decided to brave it out. I don’t think I will make these cookies again. However, I will definitely use avocado again in my baking!

Next week is reading break yippee! The good news is I will get some time to relax but the bad news is that I won’t be posting a new recipe for all of my dedicated followers. Make sure to check back in a couple weeks and see what I end up creating  🙂

Bye for now Carly’s Crew!