Breakfast cookies

image credit: weelicious.com/2014/05/13/breakfast-cookies-recipe

recipe adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/218671/whole-grain-breakfast-cookies

2 cups walnuts, pulsed in blender to grind finely
3 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup ground flax meal
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup almond butter
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup maple syrup
2/3 cup turbinado sugar
1 ripe banana
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips (or add 1/2 cup dried fruit and 1/2 cup nuts)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix first group of ingredients in a bowl.  Mix second group of ingredients in the blender until fully processed.  Add blended ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients.  Mix in chocolate chips.  Use a small ice cream scoop to create cookies with about 2T of dough. Bake for 14 minutes on parchment paper.