This creamed peas and onions recipe is very traditional and straightforward.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 18 cookies |
Ingredients
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup chopped pitted dates
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Grind the oats in a blender until resembling coarse flour.
- In a medium bowl, mash beans to a smooth paste. Stir in the white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until well blended. Combine the ground oats, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; blend into the bean mixture. Stir in the dates, coconut, raisins and walnuts. Drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Reviews
I make these as bars and they are wonderful! I use either craisins or raisins depending on what I have in the cupboard.
I was intrigued by this recipe, so tonight I gave it a try. I didn’t have cannellini beans, so I used the 1 1/2 cups of black beans I had on hand (maybe black beans are vastly different from cannellini ’cause my recipe could have been a disaster), When I got to the end, the “dough” was no dough I’ve ever seen. It literally would not hold together. I added 2 beaten eggs and 1/2 cup of milk, which saved the day. Oh, yeah, I snuck in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, too. And we don’t like honking big cookies so I got 63 cookies at about 20-23 grams each. They are about 66 calories each. I’m happy.
I made the recipe as printed, with dried figs instead of dates. A bit dry and crumbly, so I added an egg and a 1/3 c of egg whites. Much better…..for the last few batches, I added dark chocolate chips….quite the cookie!!! made more than 18.
really tasty you don’t even notice the beans!! but i added applesauce and 1/2 cup milk which was definitely needed
really tasty you don’t even notice the beans!! but i added applesauce and 1/2 cup milk which was definitely needed
these were very good for a ” healthy” treat. They were also easy to make. I used 1-15 oz. can of navy beans, rinsed as that was what I had in the cupboard. After reading the reviews, I also used 1- 15 oz. unsweetened applesauce to give the cookies moisture. I feel that you can pretty much add whatever add ins you want. I used coconut, dried cranberries, and mini chocolate chips.
Edit to my earlier review—it said to ground the oats. My bad. Guess I will have to try again 🙂
Followed recipe exactly and they were way too dry. They wouldn’t even hold together into a ball to bake. I had to throw the whole thing out. What a waste of time and money!
The cookie dough was too dry. I added 4 oz. of almond milk to the recipe and the cookies turned out great. Great tasting snack.
Needs tweaks: In food processor grind coconut with beans. Add a banana. Process until smooth. Add sugar (all brown), vanilla and egg. Process until smooth. Dump into waiting bowl. Rinse out food processor and dry. Pulse oats until partially broken down, remove half. Add salt (1/2 t) and baking powder and process with remaining oats until flour-like. Add dry to bean mixture. Stir and then add additions. In our case choice chips instead of fruit and nut (no cinnamon with chips). Would use cinnamon with fruit and nut combo.
So crumbly!! Made a half-batch as directed, but it was so dry and crumbly I couldn’t shape it into cookie-form. For moisture I added some chia-gel that I had on hand, but ended up adding an egg too. Even so, barely held it’s shape to cook and falls apart when cooling. Looks like granola, not cookies. I’m going back to similar Oatmeal Chia Seed Cookies on this site.
Addicting! I love, love, love this cookie. I added choc. chips and some canola oil. Healthy and good, WOW!
I agree, I was skeptical about bean paste cookies as well. Tried it, well worth it. I followed the recipe how it is except I added 1/2 cup of liquid like everyone else to get the dough to the proper consistency. Other than that, this recipe is great. Very yummy. Thanks for sharing.
After reading several of your reviews, I decided to try it. Since I didn’t have cannelloni beans, I subbed chickpeas with the juice and subbed prunes for the dates. No other alterations. I dumped the whole can of chickpeas juice and all into the blender and puréed. I then added the sugars and blended well before adding to all the other ingredients and mixing up with an electric mixer armed with dough hooks. I used a #40 scoop and got 42 cookies out of the recipe. I had zero issues with moisture and they do have a “healthy” flavor, but nice and nutty too! Try it.
These were even better than I thought they would be. I did cut back a little on the sugar. I put these in a 13 x 9″ pan and made bars instead of cookies. The dates make these so chewy and sweet. Thank you Healthy for sharing your recipe.
My pickie kids loved these! I added 1/2 c of applesauce and a little milk in the end b/c it was a little thick. The cookies are chewy and amazing. I added raisins, dried cranberries and a few white choc chips (1/2 c) I wouldn’t do the choc chips again, but the raisins and cranberries are GREAT. The kids don’t like nuts so I left those out, but I bet those would be amazon gin them.
I used the base (beans, oats, coconut) and sugar and spices of the original recipe but I tweaked it quite a bit. I substituted sunflower seeds and chia seeds for walnuts (I’m allergic) and dried cranberries and golden raisins for the dates (not a fan). I also didn’t ground the oats. I thought they turned out really well. Definitely something tasty to eat before the gym or a mid morning snack.
I recommend you DON’T DRAIN AND RINSE THE BEANS!! My cookies turned out fine without any additions. I inadvertently halved the sugar, but they still tasted fine. I used all raisins for half, and all choc chips in other half – cookie scooped half, rolled other half between 2 pieces of parchment paper and cut in squares. 48 cookies
Glad I read the reviews on this cookie before making it. I also added 1 cup of applesauce and 1/2 cup of skim milk, would have been way too dry without it. My college age “health conscious” daughter ate three of them right out of the oven!
Yum! This is an excellent recipe! My family loved it! Finally, a healthier recipe that I can make again and not feel guilty about eating!
Must add a “liquid” – I used applesauce and it was good. Water, milk, egg whites or an oil would all probably work… and amount anywhere from .5 cup to 1.5 cup depending on preferences is needed. Any bean will likely work -I used canned garbanzo beans and was happy with the results. I used a blender to grind up the oatmeal and then to mush the beans – This is also where I added the applesauce as it was to dry to blend. (Also added the vanilla and powders here) I did everything else in a stand mixer. Personally I think you could use .333 c each on the sugars. This was plenty sweet. These do not “brown” up or flatten out like normal cookies. they just dry up/firm up some… Don’t expect them to look like toll house cookies! I got 42 cookies from the batch. I used well rounded teaspoon “drops”. Don’t tell the family they are bean cookies and they won’t know or guess!