Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies + Exciting Features

These cookies are made with the healthiest ingredients. Nuts, dates, seeds and chocolate are the base of the cookies creating a flourless, refined sugar and oil-free, vegan cookie for many to enjoy! 

These are so healthy you can have one as a sweet after a meal or a snack and not feel bad. I love healthy treats and this fits the bill. I recently demonstrated how to make these on The Leak Project with Rex Bear! I am so grateful to have the opportunity to share with everyone on his show and of course all of you!!! I showed how to make the Black Bean Sweet Potato Burgers and then I whipped these up since I hadn't shared them yet and they're so easy! The original recipe for these came from the No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites, with a little extra ingredients added for a nicer baked cookie. Whether you want cookie dough or cookies, you can't go wrong! YUMMM!!!

Ingredients:

• ​1 Cup Almonds
• 3/4 Cup Dates
• 2 Tbsp Nut or Seed Butter
• 1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla​ Extract 
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 Cup Water
• 1 Tbsp Chia Seeds or Flax Meal
• 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/3 Cup +/- Chocolate Chips 

Peaceful Preparation:

1. Place your almonds in a food processor or blender and grind into a fine flour.
2. Combine the water and chia seeds or flax meal together. Mix and set aside for 3 to 5 minutes to congeal. 
3. In a food processor add the dates, nut butter, vanilla, congealed chia or flax mixture, and salt if using. Mix together until it moves as one unit as is a sticky consistency.
4. Whisk the almond flour, baking soda and baking powder together. Add the dry mixture a little at a time until it is incorporated fully. Stir in the chocolate chips. 
5. Place in the fridge for 1-2 hours to firm and make it easier to work with.
6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
7. With an ice-cream scoop or a spoon, place a scoop on a non-stick baking tray, or one lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. I like to re-shape into cookie shapes. Proceed until done. Makes about 10 cookies. 
8. Bake for 11 minutes or until golden. ENJOY!!!! 

Nutritional Information is based on 10 Cookies; 1 Cookie Per Serving

ONTO the GOOD NEWS!!! I was featured on The Leak Project with Rex Bear and was able to make the Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers as well as these cookies plus talk about veganism, benefits, factory farms and more!! Check it out by clicking this link or the video below. It just so happened to be released on my birthday!!! What a stellar gift!

As if that weren't enough Raw Food Magazine also published their Spring edition on my birthday which included a recipe from this blog on page 63. GOOD VIBES ALL AROUND! Thanks for your support!!! Check out the magazine here for fun recipes and great ideas: ​ https://www.rawfoodmagazine.com/how-to-spice-up-your-life-slim-down-your-body-this-spring-new-issue/