1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. On one of the prepared pans, bake the nuts until golden and toasted, about 5 minutes. Let cool.

2

In a mini food processor or blender, combine the beans, applesauce, oil, syrup, and vanilla and process until smooth. Scrape into a medium bowl. Stir in the oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until well blended. Fold in the apricots and nuts.

3

Using a mini cookie scoop, drop mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the mounds 2 inches apart. (If you don’t have a cookie scoop, roll the dough into balls, using about 2 tbsp dough for each.) Gently flatten the mounds to a ¼-inch thickness.

4

Bake, switching the pans on the racks halfway through baking, until the bottoms are golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let the cookies cool for 1 minute on the pans, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 1 month

5

Serving size: 2 cookies