Marathon Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups rolled oats (not instant oats)
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 tablespoon aniseed, crushed in mortar and pestle (or spice grinder)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• zest of one lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• one 15-ounce can white kidney, great northern, or navy beans, rinsed & drained
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 cup natural cane sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup chopped dates
• 1/3 cup sesame seeds