Looking for a new recipe to try out with the flock? Coconut flour allegedly promotes healthy digestion and a healthy heart. Oats help lower cholesterol. So, while doing some holiday baking, why not whip up some oatmeal cookies for the parrots?

The Oatmeal Cookies were a hit with this crew! Top: Babee (Female Umbrella Cockatoo), Layla (Female Scarlet Macaw), Bottom: Pickles (Quaker, unknown gender), Jake (Male Lesser-Sulphur Crested Cockatoo). All are adoptable and at the Phoenix Landing Adoption Center in North Carolina.

Ingredients:

Finished Oatmeal Cookies for parrots.

3 c. coconut flour
1 T. aluminum-free baking powder
1 c. rolled oats
1 egg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
8 ounces (1 c. or 2 snack size cups) unsweetened applesauce
4 ounce jar of butternut squash baby food (no additives)
4 ounce jar of banana baby food (no additives)
1 1/3 c water
Finely chopped walnuts

Directions

1. 

   Dough formed into small balls

   Mix together flour, baking powder, oats, cinnamon and ginger.

2. Separately, mix together egg, applesauce, and baby food.
3. Add to dry ingredients, and add the water. Mix until dough forms.
4. Roll into small dough balls.
5. Place dough balls on a greased baking sheet (grease with coconut oil for added health benefits) about 1 ½ inches apart.
6. Flatten balls so cookies are no taller than ½” tall. Sprinkle with finely chopped walnuts.
7. Bake 18 – 22 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool completely before serving. Extra cookies may be frozen.