Black bean and choc chip cookies
Ok, so black beans are not what you'd think of in a cookie when you start baking, but these are really good - my husband and kids think they're a rival to normal choc cookies! And they're sooo much healthier!
Equipment
- Baking tray
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
- 1.5 tbsp almond butter
- 3 tbsp milk (can be dairy free)
- 1.5 tbsp coconut oil (extra virgin (or rapeseed))
- 50 g xylitol
- 20 g coconut sugar
- 30 g honey (can replace with maple syrup)
- 2 tbsp oats
- 0.5 tsp vanilla essence
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 30 g dark chocolate chips (or dark vegan choc chopped up)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175C.
- Blend the beans, nut butter, milk and oil. Make sure the beans are really well blended if you don't want to notice them in the texture.
- Add xylitol, coconut sugar, honey, oats, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder and cocoa powder and blend again until well mixed.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix in with a spoon.
- Spread onto a lined baking tray in 10 cookie shapes.
- Bake for 20 mins - don't let them burn.
- Lift the lining out of the tray and leave to cool.
Notes
Prep Tips:
You can in theory freeze these for later, but they also keep for a 5 days to a week, so I'd be amazed if you don't get through them all by then!
Health Tips:
It's pretty amazing to eat something that tastes like a chocolate cookie, and then realise that it's actually almost good for you - with some vitamins and minerals and a healthy dose of fibres so you're not going to get a blood sugar spike :)
Eco Tips:
Choose an extra virgin oil as it will have had less processing. Also, look into how sustainable the coconut oil company is...
NUTRITION: Amount and (% RDA)
Calories: 130kcal (7%)Carbohydrates: 16g (5%)Protein: 4g (8%)Fat: 6g (9%)Saturated Fat: 2g (13%)Trans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 61mg (3%)Potassium: 202mg (6%)Fiber: 4g (17%)Sugar: 5g (6%)Vitamin A: 12IUVitamin B1: 1mg (67%)Vitamin B2: 1mg (59%)Vitamin B3: 1mg (5%)Vitamin B5: 1mg (10%)Vitamin B6: 1mg (50%)Vitamin B12: 1µg (17%)Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)Vitamin D: 1µg (7%)Vitamin E: 1mg (7%)Vitamin K: 2µg (2%)Calcium: 71mg (7%)Copper: 1mg (50%)Folate: 50µg (13%)Iron: 1mg (6%)Manganese: 1mg (50%)Magnesium: 44mg (11%)Phosphorus: 100mg (10%)Selenium: 2µg (3%)Zinc: 1mg (7%)
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