Healthy Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies
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Recipe type: vegan
Cuisine: Cookie
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Serves: about 18 cookies
 
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
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. in a bowl, mash applesauce and banana together
  3. add remaining ingredients and mix well
  4. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray
  5. spoon out cookies (I used a tablespoon)
  6. Cook for about 12-15 min (cookies should be soft, but not falling apart)
  7. 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/