Ingredients

1 cup organic rolled oats

1 cup spelt, whole wheat or oat flour (spelt is my favorite)

1 cup ground almonds (I love Trader Joe’s almond meal - already ground up)

½ cup shredded coconut (optional ,but adds fantastic flavor so why not go for it!!)

½ tsp. salt

¼ cup raisins

¼ cup dried cranberries (optional)

½ cup agave nectar (or pure maple syrup)

½ cup canola oil

½ tsp. vanilla

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  3. Mix the wet ingredients and stir into the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.
  4. Form 1" balls and place on an oiled cookie sheet, pressing the balls down with your fingers.
  5. Bake for 12 minutes or until crispy.

How To Substitute For Wheat Flour To make a standard recipe free of white flour, substitute one of the follow:

1- 3/8 cups barley flour for 1 cup white flour 1 cup corn flour for 1 cup white flour 7/8 cup corn meal for each cup white flour 3/8 cup potato flour for 1 cup of white flour 7/8 cup rice flour for each cup of white flour 1 cup rye meal for 1 cup white flour 1-1/2 cups ground rolled oats or 1 cup oat flour for 1 cup white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour for 1 cup white flour.

1 cup of wheat flour equals… 7/8 cup amaranth 7/8 cup garbanzo bean 7/8 cup chickpea (garbanzo) 3/4 cup corn flour 1 cup cornmeal 3/4 cup millet flour 3/4 cup oat flour 5/8 cup potato flour 3/4 cup potato starch 7/8 cup rice flour 3/4 cup soy flour