High protein, gluten-free, grain-free and utterly delicious healthy cookies. These babies will knock your socks off!
When I first open my blog www.expatcucina.com, I had just moved to China, and had just moved in with my boyfriend. Never before I had lived together with a guy, at least not in a romantic way. Somehow I had the urge to cook and cook and bake and make sure I was always preparing something tasty for him for dinner or breakfast. I was OBSESSED!
My days were full of butter, cream, flour, meats, pasta...
I blame the sicilian blood in me.
These days I still bake frequently; it continues to be one of the loves in my life and I could never see myself giving it up. The difference though, is that I now focus on both the quality and nutrition of ingredients. I choose nutritious foods that will keep me feeling wonderful on both the inside and out.
The little perk to leading a healthier lifestyle is that I've found ingredients to satisfy my sweet tooth outside of the typical sugar and butter. Examples include coconut sugar and grain free flours; both happen to be used in these chickpea flour chocolate chip cookies.
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Yes, that's right: chocolate chip cookies made from chickpea flour. No I'm not crazy. Just an experimenter, determined to get you into the kitchen and get a little ambitious. Heh.
I realize how crazy these cookie sound, but when I first tested them, I went absolutely BONKERS over how incredible they are. I wouldn't lie to you because we're friends, and friends tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The cookie Lord knows.
So trust me when I say that you won't taste an ounce of bean flavor when you take a bite into these.
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Ingredients (makes 13-16 cookies):
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups chickpea flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- zest of 1 orange
- 100% 72% dark chocolate bar, coarsely chopped
Preheat oven to 180 C. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a skillet toast the chickpea flour. This will reduce some of the bean flavor
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In a large bowl mix together melted and cooled coconut oil, coconut sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy. Add the zest of one organic orange.
Tip: Make sure your coconut oil is not HOT. It should be liquid but on the cooler side so that your egg won't cook when you mix everything together.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together chickpea flour, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredient to wet ingredients until well combined. Fold in chocolate chunks.
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Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop dough onto parchment lined baking sheet. Barely flatten the tops of the cookies with the tips of your fingers.
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Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until edges are slightly golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes
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then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
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Simple, nutritious, gluten-free and high protein sweet treat.
Love
-Dani
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