Oscars (aka Garbage Cookies)

If you can’t find chocolate covered cacao nibs and goji berries you can use chocolate chips and dried cranberries or cherries. But the cacao nibs have an intensity of chocolate flavor that can’t be beat and it’s hard to find anything that really compares to goji berries. Quinoa flakes can also be a little tricky to find. Look in the gluten free section of your supermarket or natural food store. If you can’t find them, use rolled oats.


Oscars

1 c butter
1 c sugar
1 c brown sugar
1 banana, mashed (or 1 c cooked pumpkin)
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 c quinoa flakes
½ t salt
2 ½ c flour
1 t baking soda
6 oz chocolate covered cacao nibs
1 c walnuts, chopped
½ c shredded unsweetened coconut
½ c goji berries

Cream the butter, sugar and banana. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in quinoa flakes, flour, salt, and soda. Add cacao nibs, walnuts, coconut, and berries. Drop by tablespoon onto cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 10 to 12 minutes.