Apr 11, 2012
Healthy Peanut Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookie Dough
So I spruced up my Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Dough… and when I say “spruce up” I mean, oh my goodness this is 572.5 times better!! And that’s saying a lot, as that cookie dough basically made me cry with pure happiness and sweet, sweet joy.
So. Got five minutes? Got a blender? Got a can opener? Wait, a can opener? Yes, there’s a secret ingredient lurking around here somewhere (don’t freak out when you see it, you don’t taste it at all!)
GOT A SPOON?? Yes? You’re all set to make this totally guilt-free Healthy Peanut Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookie Dough right. now.
Healthy Peanut Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- 1 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
- 48g (1½ scoops) Vanilla Whey Protein Powder
- ¼ cup Granulated Erythritol (or dry sweetener of choice)
- 1 tbs Oat Flour
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 1 15oz can Garbanzo Beans (drained and rinsed well; ~1½ cups beans)
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- ¼ cup Natural Peanut Butter (no sugar/salt/oil added)
- 1 tsp Molasses
- 1 tsp Butterscotch Flavor
- ½ tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the oats, protein powder, erythritol, flour, and salt.
- In a blender, puree together the beans, almond milk, peanut butter, molasses, butterscotch flavor, and stevia extract. Scoop over the dry ingredients and fold until incorporated. For best texture, cover and refrigerate overnight, but you can serve it immediately with chopped peanuts or mini chocolate chips
Recipe Notes
Please please please please pleeeaaasee do not use storebought butterscotch chips. Every bag I've seen contains partially hydrogenated oils (dangerous/unhealthy fats similar to trans fats). Just trust me, this cookie dough is packed with butterscotch flavor, it doesn't even need those silly chips!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Peanut Butter Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookie Dough
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = ½ cup)
Calories 240
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 30mg1%
Carbohydrates 28g9%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 15g30%
Calcium 60mg6%
Iron 2.7mg15%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Too good to be true, you say?
Nonsense… I double-checked the nutrition facts. They’re for real!!
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Ohhhhh MYYYYYYY GAAAAWWWWWDDDDDD, I wish I was your neighboor! This sounds soo unbelieveably amazing I can’t even think straight! Curious ? – can the protein powder be left out? if so what would go in it’s place?
I haven’t tried this without protein powder but I’m positive it can be replaced with something else. You can try using ~4 tbs oat flour or maybe some more brown rice flour, just be sure to add 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and maybe some more erythritol because the protein powder is pre-sweetened. Just taste it as you go along 🙂 Hope you like it!
Thanks, will do.
my sweet god, it looks so delicious! *__*
Now, i’m sure, I’m going to visit your blog veeery often. 🙂
This looks great but, I absolutely HATE peanut butter. Is there any way the PB can be substituted with something else? Any suggestions? My stomach is grumbling now at the sight of this, but my taste buds won’t appreciate the peanut butter! 🙂
Pecan butter! Genius! =D Thank you so much for your help. And, I know, I’m weird like that… no peanut butter, no bananas, no weird textures. lol. 😉
Whattt??? You don’t like PEANUT BUTTER?!? D:
That’s okay 🙂 I’m sure any other nut butter will work as long as it’s a little on the liquidy side from being raw with no additives. You can try sunbutter (although though I heard it tastes like PB?), almond butter, cashew butter, walnut, pecan, etc… they have a whole bunch of nut butter flavors at Whole Foods and other grocery stores.
The main focus is the butterscotch so I think it’ll still taste good no matter what nut butter is used. Enjoy!
This looks so great! I am also a food-loving/trying to be healthy/college student! It’s so great to meet another! 🙂
This recipe is based off of my basic Peanut Butter Cookie Dough, which was inspired by Spoonful of Sugar Free: http://www.spoonfulofsugarfree.com/2011/06/07/day-7-high-protein-cookie-dough/
I paired the chickpeas with oats, brown rice flour and PB, which makes the cookie dough a complete protein source, whereas each ingredient alone is an incomplete protein. I also added protein powder to increase protein content and add flavor and sweetness.
I kind of find this a little funny. I mean people keep getting irritated, saying that you copied Katie’s recipe, but your recipes are actually really different…. Whatever.
P.S. I cannot wait to try this!!!
Yes, I really did not mean to offend anyone, but every recipe I post where I don’t cite someone else, I thought of and made myself. Although chickpeas are a unique ingredient to use, it’s been done before (I’ve seen a blogger make a cookie-dough-like-thing using cannellini beans years ago).
But, I do give Katie credit for being an awesome recipe-innovator, she’s amazing! 😀 I visited her site when she first started blogging and read every single one of her posts in one sitting. She’s a great writer (not to mention hilarious!)
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If you don’t want to use protein powder use milk powder, simple and still taste