Midnight Cookies Recipe – Helps You Sleep

By Peggie

Midnight Cookies are made of all insomnia-fighting ingredients! The best midnight snack recipe ever! Refined sugar-free but still deliciously sweet and full of healthy fats to keep you satisfied all night.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pitted dates if hard then soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and then drained
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
• 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 1-2 Tbsp honey
• 3/4 cups old fashioned rolled oats made into oat flour
• 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/2 cup chopped cashews
• 1/2 cup sesame seeds
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp cardamom

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Put all wet ingredients and dates in a blender and blend until smooth.
Combine wet and dry ingredients.
Scoop out one large ice cream scoop per cookie and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and flatten with your fingers to about 1/2 inch thickness.
Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes until golden. Beware of not burning the bottoms.
Cool on a cookie sheet and store in an airtight container preferably in the fridge.