the recipe calls them 'vegan oatmeal cookies.'
i call them 'wonderful little disks of chewy, sweet, delicious, cookie-like goodness that also happen to contain no animal-derived ingredients.'

these satisfy my sweet tooth perfectly. AND i actually feel good about eating them. how often do you find a cookie recipe that allows you to claim both of those things?

vegan oatmeal cookies
adapted from wildoats.com

*1.5 ripe bananas
*1/2 cup applesauce
*2 teaspoons vanilla extract
*1/2 cup brown sugar
*1 cup whole wheat flour
*1.25 teaspoons baking powder
*dash salt
*1 teaspoon cinnamon
*dash nutmeg
*dash ground cloves
*3/4 cup oatmeal
*2 tablespoons raisins

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

Blend bananas, applesauce, vanilla and brown sugar in blender until creamy. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add the blended wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the oatmeal and raisins.

Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until just golden brown.

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note:
i actually added some finely chopped almonds for a little bit of texture (and protein). these cookies are really quite chewy, which is to be expected from the ingredients. however, i think they're delicious. i just took a few with me to the movie theater and snacked on them there-- much much better than popcorn with a faux-butter sauce, in my opinion.

and i decided to be nice to the environment and store them in an old yogurt container: