Recipe: Double Chocolate Cookies
I realize this one is a bit different as the base is made with kidney beans. The recipe came about because I had a cup of beans which needed to be used up and I also felt like something sweet not savoury. Over the past few months, I've been tweaking things and this is the final result. It's surprisingly good! Double Chocolate Cookies Makes 24 cookies Ingredients 1 cup kidney beans 1 cup dates (softened in hot water for 10 minutes if hard) 1 large banana 3 tbsp ground flax seeds 3 tbsp hemp hearts 1/3 cup cacao (or cocoa) 1/2 quinoa flour 1/3 cup chocolate chips (or sub chopped nuts, goji berries, cacao nibs, etc.) Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Using a food processor, combine the kidney beans and dates together and blend until fairly uniform, scraping down the sides as needed. Add the banana and process until smooth. Next, add in the flax seeds and hemp hearts, blend well. Pu...
