It\u2019s a mistake a lot of people make. They try to replace all the bad stuff in their diets with fake bad stuff.\u00a0 It\u2019s a better plan to focus on eating good, whole, healthy food. Your taste buds will come around and soon you will be enjoying fruits as a tasty dessert.<\/p>\n
But what about the times you HAVE to make a \u201creal\u201d\u00a0 dessert?\u00a0 You are detailed to make cookies for the church fellowship, or are having folks over and need something to serve.\u00a0 Here is a cookie recipe made as healthy as possible.\u00a0 And it\u2019s a good way of getting the sweetener that might help keep your hair from going gray — molasses.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know if molasses will really do that. \u00a0I suspect it is one of those folk legends. \u00a0But my grandfather ate copious amounts of blackstrap molasses every day in \u201cwagon dope\u201d (molasses and butter mixed together) on biscuits.\u00a0 His hair was black until the day of his death in his late seventies. Not a scientifically proven fact that the molasses was responsible — but interesting!<\/p>\n
Anyway, here is a recipe for molasses cookies that turned out pretty tasty, even though you probably won’t see a difference in the color of your roots tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Ingredients:<\/p>\n
2 tablespoons ground flax<\/p>\n
1 egg<\/p>\n
1 banana<\/p>\n
3\/4 cup whole wheat flour<\/p>\n
1\/4 cup almond meal<\/p>\n
1 cup old fashioned oats<\/p>\n
1\/2 cup blackstrap molasses<\/p>\n
2 tsp. cinnamon<\/p>\n
1 tsp. ground ginger<\/p>\n
1 tsp. baking soda<\/p>\n
\u00a0Directions:<\/p>\n
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flax and egg. Set aside.\u00a0 Using a fork, mash the banana in a large bowl. Add flour and oats. Mix well. Add flax mixture and molasses, mixing until everything is combined.\u00a0 Add the rest of the ingredients, mixing well.\u00a0 Scoop out rounded spoonfuls of batter onto a baking sheet.\u00a0 Bake for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n
Enjoy — in moderation!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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