This recipe for Healthy Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies is to die for. Eat them for dessert, or even for breakfast! They're completely vegan and gluten free, plus they boast superfoods like chia and hemp seeds!
Ingredients
3 TBS flour of choice (I used quinoa flour)
1 ripe banana (medium sized) mashed
½ cup + 2 TBS gluten free rolled oats
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
pinch of salt
¼ pecans
¼ raisins
2 TBS hemp seeds
1 TBS chia seeds
½ bar of dark chocolate broken into pieces 75% dark (approx ¼ cup)
optional sweetener: 2 packets of stevia, 2 TBS honey
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
in a bowl, mash applesauce and banana together
add remaining ingredients and mix well
Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray
spoon out cookies (I used a tablespoon)
Cook for about 12-15 min (cookies should be soft, but not falling apart)
allow to cool and ENJOY!
Notes
if your mixture seems too wet, add more oats as needed
Recipe by Cookies to Kale at http://www.cookiestokale.com/healthy-chocolate-chunk-pecan-cookies/