Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies
These cookies are made secretly healthy and vegan with a little help from chickpeas. Chickpeas make these cookies soft, chewy, and completely guilt free!
Servings: 10 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup canned chickpeas (well rinsed and drained)
- ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon of creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup (add an extra tablespoon for extra sweetness)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼-⅓ cup chocolate chips vegan if desired
optional
- a pinch of salt if using unsalted peanut butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place all ingredients except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor and blend until completely smooth (you may have to scrape the edges and blend a few times).
- Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
- Place heaping tablespoons of dough onto prepared cookie sheet and flatten slightly (or shape to desired size) since these cookies do not spread much in the oven.
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes until bottoms are light golden brown.
- Cool on pan for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack. Enjoy!