Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies

Mmmm cookies... Sometimes I feel I am a muffin monster, but this recipe could easily make me become a cookie monster but a healthy one of course!!

I took these to a tutorial one Friday afternoon with my Uni peers and they could not believe they had chickpeas in them! They were definitely a hit :) The recipe usually has dark choc bits which would go nicely but I switched and used chopped dates instead, but which one you use is up to you :) I got this great recipe from a friend thanks so much for passing it on!!

Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups chickpeas canned or cooked patted dry with a tea towel
½ cup peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
¼ cup honey
a drizzle of olive oil (about 2 tbs)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup almond meal (optional but makes the mixture easier to handle)
a pinch of salt
2/3 cup chopped dates or dark chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with baking paper & lightly spray with olive oil.
2. Add the chickpeas to a food processor with a steel blade and puree. Scrape down the edges, and pulse again a few times until the "dough" is completely smooth.

3. Add all the remaining ingredients (except the dates/dark chocolate chips) and puree again!

4. Pour the cookie dough into a bowl, and add in the dates/chocolate chips. The dough will be super sticky especially if you didn't add almond meal but this is normal :)

5. Scoop out heaping spoonfuls of dough and drop them onto the baking paper. (You can also form the dough into balls with wet hands, but this can get quite messy.)

7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, these are amazing warm out of the oven! Keep in the fridge for 3-4 days or freeze some in a container to keep longer :)

You can now become a healthy cookie monster! Enjoy :D

xox