The One Man Show

It's been one of those days...the weather, I think, must be playing tricks on me. Here I am in my kitchen craving some serious CC (aka clean comfort) food-yup, I just made that up, I think I will go with it. What I really want is warm gooey chocolate chip cookie. Ugh... what a waistline wrecker! So, as always.. the wheels start turning.

CC food delivered! What I like about this particular recipe is it serves for 2 cookies only. Meaning I can't go crazy and eat an entire dozen... no comment on how I know I lack the self control. What I also like about it is I didn't add protein powder, I didn't try to make it a protein bar in a cookie or do anything too crazy. I wanted to emulate a cookie, ya know-like Mom used to make when nothing stuck to your butt like crazy glue.  Let me say, it turned out puuurrrffeeecct. The recipe is actually Gluten-free, which is cool if your into that sort of thing and it takes less than 5 minutes to put together... now only if the oven warmed up that fast.. ahh.. the hardships..

Here's what you'll need:

• 1/4 cup old fashioned oatmeal, mashed and "milled" by hand ( just put it in a baggie and mash with your fingers until it's about half oat "flour"-it doesn't take long and is not hard)
• 1/2 serving-about 7g or 8 morsels of dark chocolate chips
• 1 tsp spray butter (the maybe not quite squeaky clean part)
• 1 tbsp stevia for baking (food pyramid has it)
• 1 tbsp egg substitute
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp baking powder

1. preheat oven to 350
2. in a small bowl mix the oat flour/oatmeal with the baking powder (or leave in the bag and spare a dish)
3. in a small bowl mix the stevia and butter, then add the egg and vanilla-mix to combine
4. add the flour mix to the egg, stevia, butter mix and stir to combine (may be slightly thin-that is ok!)
5. add the chips and mix
6. Place on a sprayed cookie sheet in 2 spoonfuls, may need to shape a bit and bake for 8-10 minutes until slightly firm to touch but not browned
7. Eat and be happy!

This IS a dessert and is not to be considered a free food, but sometimes you just NEED a little treat. No reason why you can't do it in the CC food fashion!