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DR. FUHRMAN VEGAN SWEET POTATO COOKIES RECIPE
Dr. Furhman has become one of the leading voices in wellness and his vegan sweet potato cookies recipe is loved by his followers.
We know our blender-loving tribe members always seek healthy recipes that taste great and won’t pack on the pounds. So here’s Dr. Fuhrman’s famous sweet potato cookies recipe for you!
A moist, cake-like cookie that’s both spicy and sweet, this recipe by Dr. Fuhrman is a tasty treat that will satisfy a craving quickly.
You’re sure to love the subtle sweet potato, banana, and cinnamon flavor of this cookie.
You’ll appreciate the opportunity to savor each bite! This marvelous recipe allows you to indulge without the guilt of fats and preservatives.
IMPRESS YOUR VEGAN PALS
If you have friends who have been hinting for you to try a vegan diet, Dr. Fuhrman’s Sweet Potato Cookies are ideal for their next visit.
Not only will your friends be enticed by the spice blend smell that will fill your home, but you’ll also get to brag about your vegan baking skills! Their taste buds would crave for more when treated to this vegan cookie yumminess.
Although, if cookies aren’t your thing we suggest using the batter for a loaf cake or cupcakes.
However you use this batter from Dr. Fuhrman’s Sweet Potato Peanut Cookie recipe, you’ll have a heavenly healthy low-cal treat!
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Dr. Fuhrman's Vegan Sweet Potato Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ground chia or flax seeds
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white beans or 1 15-oz can no-salt-added or low sodium white beans, drained
- 2 tbsp peanut butter natural, unsalted (or other nut/seed butter of choice)
- 1-2 ripe bananas second one is optional, to be added later in chunks, if desired
- 1/2 cup baked and peeled sweet potato
- 6 Medjool or 12 regular Deglet Noor dates, pits removed
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsulfured dried apricots, sliced into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Add ground chia seeds with 1/2 cup water to your power blender container and gently pulse once to combine. Let sit for 2 minutes to form a gel.
- Add white beans, peanut butter, 1 banana, sweet potato, dates, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla extract.
- Blend until smooth and creamy. Approximately 30 seconds. Use a tamper if necessary.
- In a large bowl, combine the whole-wheat flour and baking powder and mix thoroughly. Add the blended mixture to this dry mixture and hand mix until flour is totally combined. Stir in apricot slices and thin slices of banana and mix.
- Place parchment paper on a large cookie sheet or coat sheet with a thin layer of cooking spray. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto the sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments to enter our weekly photo contest! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes
Nutrition
WHITE BEANS HEALTH BENEFITS
White beans, also known as white navy beans, offer extraordinary health benefits.
They are loaded with antioxidants which are believed to protect the cells in your body from free radicals, unstable molecules that damage cells.
White beans are also a good source of fiber and protein which makes them rank low on the glycemic index (GI).
Foods with a low GI value do not trigger spikes in blood sugar levels. This helps to keep the cravings and mood swings at bay as well as lower the risk of heart disease and adult-onset diabetes.
White beans also produce alpha-amylase inhibitors. This help regulate fat storage in the body by slowing the absorption of carbohydrates.
Do these have a banana flavor? Asking because I have one family member who absolutely hates banana taste/flavor.
Hi LouAnn! I think the banana flavor is fairly masked due to the other ingredients. However perhaps a strong palate may notice it? You will have to let us know! And for your banana hating family member here are a list of 65 smoothies without bananas 🙂 Enjoy! ~Tarashaun
Hi there! Can I sub the white beans for a black, pinto, adzuki, kidney, lentil, or any other kind of bean? Or is there a specific flavor or property of the white bean that is worth dropping by the store for?
HI Ella! You can always sub beans. Use what you have! 🙂
can i use almond flour instead of whole wheat flour?
Hi Patrice! Did you try it? I don’t think it’s an equal substitution. King Arther Flour says you can substitute almond flour for 1/4 (25%) the wheat flour in a recipe.