Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Cookies! Plus a New Eco Purse from Etsy.com!

As a child my mother and I spent a lot of time in the kitchen making chocolate chip cookies!  My mother loved to bake and we always baked everything from scratch.  While she wasn't looking I always swiped cookie dough from the bowl!  I had a friend spend the night this weekend and we decided to make these cookies.  This recipe is a twist on my banana oatmeal raisin cookies.  I got the idea for these cookies in the first place from a book called Color Me Vegan.  I love this book because the author uses a lot of whole healthy ingredients and the sections are divided by color.  It is a colorful book with lots of pictures (which I love!).  I have been snacking on these during the week and trying to eat only a few at a time. 
In other news, I have fallen in love with the website etsy.com.  I have a purse right now that I bought a year ago and it is starting to fall apart.  I usually go shopping for purses at Marshalls, TJ Max, or Ross.  However, I decided that I wanted to buy an eco-friendly purse this time around.  I have heard of etsy so I decided to go on their website to see what they offer.  I fell in love with this shop on etsy.  She makes so many beautiful purses for very reasonable prices!  The picture of the red purse above is the one that I bought.  It was on sale for $25 plus shipping for $35.  Isn't it just adorable?  I had a hard time deciding which purse to buy and had to stop myself from buying more than one!  I should be getting it in the mail in a week and I can't wait!  Do you shop on etsy?  If so, what kind of purchases have you made and have you been happy with those purchases?
Finally, tomorrow you can look forward to a post about protein.  Where do vegans get their protein?  I will be sharing a recipe for baked flax crackers and pinto bean salad.  Both of which are very high in protein.  I am still without a dehydrator.  If you read my last post, my nesco dehydrator broke and I still have not bought a new dehydrator and am debating if I will.  You may see more cooked recipes on my blog as well as raw recipes that don't require a dehydrator.  Have a great day and enjoy my recipe!
Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Cookies:

Ingredients:

3 large bananas

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/4 cup of organic peanut butter
3 cups of dried coconut flakes

1 tsp cinnamon

sea salt to taste

1 cup of dates (remove the pits!)

1 organic vegan chocolate bar (broken into chunks to add to cookies)

Directions:

Mix the bananas and dates in a vitamixer until smooth and the lumps are removed. In a big bowl add all other ingredients and stir until evenly combined. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop dollops of the dough, each about 1 teaspoon in size on the baking sheets. Press down a bit to flatten them. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown on the bottom.