Healthy Baking (a conundrum if there ever was one!)

Keeping with the spirit of healthier (and hopefully thinner) and more earth aware living, I decided to make cookies at Delayne's. First of all - she has NO baking ingredients and NO baking equipment. We decided to do Sugar & Dairy Free Oatmeal Banana Peanutbutter Cookies. So, I brought over many of my baking accesories but no mixer. Thinking Delayne had at least some measuring cups I figured I would be ok. THIS LADY HAS NOTHING! No measuring cups, no measuring spoons and NO MIXER. Only a Magic Bullet, which is scary, weird and from early 90's infomercials. I still remember the one where they advertised using it to make mayonaise (which scared me for life after learning mayo is only eggs and oil mixed together - BARF!) No bueno.
I was not deterred. I forged ahead - sans a suitable mixer and without the aid of measuring devices - and I managed to make some fairly decent AND SUPER HEALTHY cookies! Seriously, almost no bad stuff in these if you follow the original recipe!

Sugar-free Oatmeal Peanutbutter Cookies:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350.
   
2. mix together the following wet ingredients: 1/4 c. honey or grade b maple syrup, 2 or 3 super ripe mashed bananas - they should be broooown - 1/4 c. butter (or if you are allergic to dairy Earth Balance Butter Substitute), 1/3 c. peanut or almond butter.
   
3. I tried to use the magic bullet to combine these - what a disaster!! The wet stuff was clinging horribly to the ridiculous mixer blades and would not come out. Then it made this scary grinding noise. I had to shake it like 400 times to get all the peanut-buttery goo off the blades. I ended up mixing by hand. Do not try a magic bullet for baking, REPEAT: No magic bullet for baking!
4. Mix together the following dry ingredients: 2 1/2 c. oatmeal (not quick oats),1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cinnamin, 2 -3 tsp stevia powder (natural sugar substitute) or agave (natural sugar substutute) These are waaay sweeter than normal fructose sugar so 2-3 tsp is enough. You can also use 1/2 c. of regular sugar instead if you want to.
   
5. Combine the wet and dry items.
   
6. Place on a cookie sheet with a spoon and press down to flatten. (see photo). bake 12-15 minutes. THESE WILL NOT EXPAND BECAUSE THEY ARE FLOUR FREE. You will know they are done when the bottoms look brownish.

** A word about Stevia: stevia is good for you - no calories or sugar! They make it in liquid and powder forms and it can be found at all health food stores. The one draw back is that it has a slightly bitter aftertaste. We used Stevia powder for these cookies, but next time I am going to try Agave. See wikipedia for more info on both!**

OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS:
Delayne and I made these sugar & dairy free because she is allergic and I am on a pre-wedding diet. For a less scary healthy version you can try adding sugar and using real butter. You could also add about a cup of flour to make more traditional tasting cookies.
Mix in some dried fruits, some chopped nuts, or some chocolate chips to the batter and lessen the oatmeal to 2 cups.