I honestly don’t really know the exact sandwich Elvis really loved, but I’m pretty sure it was these flavors. If it wasn’t, it should have been.
Moving on. Welp. That wasn’t exactly fun to watch last night. That’s really all I have to say about that since I don’t really like football anyways.
Sorry this isn’t a 5 ingredient recipe. It’s tough to move houses and cook at the same time. But I’ll get you one this week. Don’t worry buttercup.
But anyways, moving is done. If you didn’t hear me talk about it for the past month, you sure missed out. I’ll give you a recap, I don’t want you to feel in the dark. I found this apartment about a month ago and even though I didn’t need to move out of my house until May, I decided it was too perfect to say no to. So I hounded the landlord with emails and calls and got my deposit check in as soon as the bank opened. I didn’t give him the opportunity to say no. Well, since I got the place starting in February, I decided I shouldn’t waste more money not living in it. So I’ve moved from the Wash Park area of Denver to City Park. I like parks.
Moving is probably one of the least fun things. Ever. You always scrape some kind of furniture. You usually fall at least once (especially if you’re moving in the snow like I did). And you find out all the money you have to spend on refilling groceries, decorating the place, and figure out everything you’re missing since you don’t have roommates anymore. A plunger? Ah crap. Hi Home Depot. But in the end, it’s totally worth it. Especially if you have lovely friends who are selfless enough to help you move. You know those are good people because honestly, nobody actually likes helping with that.
So I’m living the uptown city life now. Lots more shouting and car noise, but I’m into it. Now I have a much larger kitchen so I actually enjoy being in it AND I have an office AND I have a huge balcony to take food pictures on. Pretty much, I got this new place so I could make better food and blogs for you. I’m so selfless.
That’s a total lie.
Elvis Cookies: “Peanut Butter” Banana Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 2 small bananas, mashed
- 1 cup sunflower seed butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips
- 3 strips cooked bacon, diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix together banana, sunflower seed butter, honey, egg and vanilla. Then add in cinnamon baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
- Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips and cooked bacon.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out the batter and on to the baking sheet. Place them about 2 inches apart because they will spread out just a bit. Yields about 12 cookies.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Let cool before removing from baking sheet.
- Eat up and feel like elvis.
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Wait… add in banana in step 2 as well I’m assuming? What about the first 4 pieces of bacon? Typo?
Sorry that was a mistake! All fixed now
These were so yummy! I ate the whole first batch straight out of the oven, I didn’t have sunflower seed butter so I used almond butter. Do you have the nutritional facts on these??
no i don’t
It’s really easy to figure it out with sparkpeople.com. You enter in all the ingredients and the servings and it tells you the facts.
Accident or not, I’m okay with bacon being listed twice in the ingredient list 🙂
Yay for moving and helpful friends! Happy for you!
Sorry about your Broncos 🙁 But hey, being done moving has to balance that out a little bit! We appreciate your selflessness.
Oh man. Bacon and chocolate. These are going on the “to make” list.
These cookies look amazing! I am allergic to nuts, so a recipe without almond flour is greatly appreciated. 🙂 I know this kind of defeats the whole “Elvis” component of the recipe, but I was wondering if you thought I could use something else in place of the bananas? (ie. pumpkin or squash puree or something) I am allergic to bananas, unfortunately. I will still make them “as is” for my kiddos, though. Thanks, Juli!
Absolutely! Squash purée would be great!
Julie –
To add-on to the question about substituting the pumpkin puree for the bananas – approx how much do you think you would add? I would be using canned pumpkin. Do you think 1 C would be a rough, good equivalent to 2, small mashed bananas? I want to make this recipe for my husband but he hates bananas and I can never trick him!
about 1/2 cup puree 🙂
Katie,
Have you tried anything with cooked (baked) bananas? I too am allergic to bananas, but only raw bananas. I can eat banana bread with no ill effects or anything that has the bananas baked in.
I love your ginormous vanilla bean cookies.. and these look like they have a similar base.. so I bet I would love these.. (duh there is bacon in them). Going to give these a try after my 21dsd! Enjoy your new place!
“A plunger? Ah crap.” – Witty hilariousness 😀
Especially funny b/c that’s one of the first things I had to buy the day I moved out on my own, thanks to my brother who was helping me move. Um, thanks?! Ah, brothers…
Are these as good as they look?? I.e., amazing!?!
You should have ended the directions with ” Eat up and feel like a king.” Haha.
Lol love it!
Could you use cashew butter instead of sunflower seed??
Absolutely
These look soooo delicious. I am making them tonight.
Not sure where to write this but I followed a strict Paleo “diet” in January. This past weekend my boyfriend and I decided to eat non-Paleo. Oh my goodness… the stomach aches, heartburn, and tummy troubles that followed! I never realized how bad grains/dairy are for our bodies until now. I look forward to continuing Paleo – for life! And of course making more of your awesome recipes!