SoDelicious and Vegan Cookies!

First of all, I just want to say that I feel so blessed because I’ve gotten to try so many new and interesting products lately. It is so much fun and I absolutely love it.
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My latest fix is the SoDelicious line of coconut products. They have a huge array of products, but I got to try three: “ice cream,” coconut milk, and yogurt! I think that the term “try” is a bit of an understatement when I found myself downing bowls of the coconut milk ice cream every night!

I’m hooked on the unsweetened plain coconut milk because it is only 50 calories per serving, which is great because I love it splashed in my coffee and over cereal. It adds that subtle coconut flavor I adore to everything!

Now, here comes the coconut yogurt. I love that the package comes with a lid so you can bake with it in small portions and save the rest in the fridge…if you can keep from gobbling it down! It took every ounce of power in me to put the lid on after I finished using the yogurt I needed for today’s cookies.

Today’s cookies have no dairy and no fat! I used the SoDelicious plain yogurt as the substitute for all the fat, milk, and eggs that you sometimes find in traditional cookies. They turn out fluffy and hearty and bursting with flavor. You can easily use this recipe and morph it into so many different varieties, depending on which add-ins you choose to use (please cite my recipe, though, if you choose to do this and post it anywhere).
Here’s a tip! For the add-ins, I like to pull out a 1/2 cup measuring cup, and pour all of my dried fruits, nuts, chocolate, or whatever in that single cup, so I know that I’m only adding a total of 1/2 cup of add-ins to my cookies. So, for this recipe, I snipped dried strawberries* into smaller pieces, and put those, dried cranberries, and dark chocolate chips into my cup and stopped when it was full.

~Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone mat.
~Mix together flour, oats, and baking powder. Add the brown sugar and mix, ensuring no brown sugar lumps remain. Add yogurt and vanilla extract and mix until all incorporated, and then stir in your mix-ins! Drop 1-2 tsp sized balls of dough onto the pan, resulting in 12 cookies (flatten them out a little with the spoon you were dropping the dough with). Bake 12-15 min. Let cool on wire rack and enjoy!
*these are the same dried strawberries I use for my PB&J Buddy Bars! If you live in NWA, I found them in the bulk section of Ozark Natural Foods.