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No Sugar Pumpkin Chickpea Cookies Recipe for Baby and Toddler

baby pumpkin chickpea cookie with yogurt drizzle on a square of parchment with more cookies in the background.
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These healthy pumpkin cookies are sweetened only with fruit and made with a secret ingredient that gives them a nutrition boost and a soft, chewy texture - chickpeas! They're the perfect nutritious fall snack or breakfast for babies and toddlers, and naturally vegan and gluten-free. 

Ingredients

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  • 1 medium over ripe (brown) banana
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, canned or homemade
  • 1 cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup rolled oats
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • optional: mini chocolate chips (for toddlers and older)

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
  2. Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides with a spatula if needed. 
  3. If using, stir in mini chocolate chips.
  4. Using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, scoop the dough into balls. Use wet hands to roll and press the dough into cookies and place them on the cookie sheet, spaced at least 1 inch apart. The cookies won't spread, so flatten them into the shape you want.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing.
  6. Store cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

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Notes

  • If you like, you can drizzle the cookies with a 'glaze' of plain Greek yogurt mixed with a bit of cinnamon and vanilla. Add a bit of maple syrup for older kiddos.
  • Since the banana provides the only sweetness in these cookies, you want a really over ripe banana. Browner = sweeter = better. 
  • Look for certified gluten-free oats if needed. 
  • I like to use no added salt chickpeas and aluminum free baking powder for little ones.
  • The dough is sticky. Using wet hands when forming the cookies will help keep the dough from sticking to you.

Find it online: https://babyledbliss.com/pumpkin-chickpea-cookies/