Okay. I promised to help my hubby out with lent. He’s given up alcohol and sweets. But its been a few weeks and I just had to make these cookies. The good news: only 2 g sugar per cookie. So while they are still a “treat” – there are quite a few commonly used condiments I can name that have more sugar. Can you name them? … let’s start with Ketchup (1 Tbsp has 4g sugar)! Your turn! : )
GF Chocolate Chip Cookies (no sugar added)
except the dark chocolate chips
Now onto my recipe: GF Healthy Baked “Chips Ahoy!” Yes, they actually are reminiscent of my childhood dipping crisp, crunchy cookies into milk. And they taste GREAT! Just ask my girls! – (Yes, they are “twin-star approved”!)
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup Pamela’s Pancake/Baking Mix (It’s Gluten-Free and so are her other products)
- 1/8 cup (2 Tbsp) coconut flakes, unsweetened
- 2 Tbsp flax meal
- 2 Tbsp oats, gluten-free
- 1 Tbsp chopped pecans
- 2 Tbsp almond butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 packets Stevia
- 1/4 – 1/3 cup almond milk, unsweetened, vanilla
- 1/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips (I used dairy-free morsels)
Directions:
Soak flax in almond milk. Add Pamela’s baking mix, coconut, oats, almond butter. Then mix in vanilla, stevia, pecans and chocolate chips. Scoop onto baking sheet and press to slightly flatten. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes. Leave in warm oven (turned off) for about 20 more minutes, until crisp and browned.
Nutritional info for 10 regular size cookies:
Cal 77, Fat 5g, Chol 0, Sodium 52mg, Carb 7g, Fiber 2g, Sugar 2.5g, Protein 2g
Healthy Bean Choco Chip Cookie Crisps
I decided to try a similar recipe using Cannelini beans in place of the GF baking mix. This would give me more Fiber punch per cookie and maybe a bit more protein.
I used 2 cups of mashed beans and 2/3 cup almond milk, unsweetened (because I needed to puree the beans and make ‘em smooth enough). I also used a little more stevia and 1 Tbsp more of the almond butter because there was more batter to thicken/sweeten. My hubby loved the flavor but they came out more like a crisp cracker. Still good flavor. But I love the GF ones the best and absolutely love Pamela’s Baking Mixes.
They made 18 cookie
Nutritonal breakdown as follows:
Cal 96, Fat 6g, Chol 0mg, Sodium 115mg, Fiber 3g, Sugar 2g, Proten 3g
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