Description
This quinoa cookies recipe makes a delicious vegan and gluten-free option for a healthy dessert with with a delicious, soft texture and sweet, nutty flavor.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup (68 g) cane sugar, coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (60 g) sunflower seed butter, almond butter, peanut butter, etc.
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup (100 g) rolled oats blended into fine oat flour
- 1.5 cups (190 g) cooked quinoa
- 1/2 cup (85 g) dairy-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add the applesauce, sugar and nut or seed butter to a mixing bowl and stir until smooth and combined.
- Make some oat flour if you don’t have any prepared, then add the oat flour, baking powder, salt and quinoa and mix into a uniform cookie dough. Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Use a spoon or cookie scoop to create 12 cookies, placing them on the prepared cookie sheet to make 12 cookies. You can use your fingers to shape them a bit but no need to be perfect.
- Bake for 26 minutes then remove from the oven and let cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes before gently transferring to a cooling rack. Let cool completely before storing. The cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days in an air-tight container, in the fridge for about a week or frozen for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 159
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 99 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 4 g