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.

Pulse in the cacao powder.

Remove the bowl from the machine and stir in the chocolate chips.

Drop cookies using two teaspoons onto baking sheet. Flatten in a crisscross pattern using a damp fork.

Bake for 9-10 minutes.


Tip: To vary the sweeten of this recipe, try different dates.  I used sayer dates but medjool dates would yield a sweeter cookie.  

Benefits:  This cookie is a good source of fibre and contains iron and protein along with healthy fats.  

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