Dairy-Free Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Calling all chocoholics
Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie? Would you love it more if it was guilt free? With lots of fibre, no added refined sugar, and protein from collagen, almond butter and flour, I’d say this is prettttty guilt free - you could even go a step further and make your own chocolate chips! This recipe can be made vegan, is dairy free, egg free, gluten free, and NO ONE will be able to tell (see bottom notes for a nut free hack). Say hello to your new favourite dessert!
Vegan chocolate chunk cookies
Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 9 minutes yield: 11 cookies
ingredients
1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 cup date paste (2 cups dates, 1/2 cup water)
3 tbsp coconut oil room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup almond flour
1 scoop collagen *omit if vegan
1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup oat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup & 1/2 tbsp tapioca flour
1 cup dark chocolate chopped * I use enjoy life brand chocolate chunks, roughly chopped
pink salt or sea salt
method
Begin with making the date paste: in a high speed blender combine 2 cups packed, pitted dates and 1/2 cup water, blend until smooth. Store excess in fridge.
Preheat oven to 350, move oven rack to middle
With a wooden spoon, mix wet ingredients together until well incorporated
Begin adding each dry ingredient, mixing well before adding the next.
Remove 1/4 cup of chocolate chunks and set aside, add in remaining chocolate and mix.
Measure out cookie dough into 2.5 tbsp balls and place 6 to a cookie sheet, leaving lots of room as these cookies will spread
Lightly flatten cookies, and top with remaining set aside chocolate chunks, and a sprinkle of salt
Bake for 9 minutes in a preheated oven
Cookies will be soft at first, let cool on cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack
*For softer, chewier cookies, omit the almond flour.
* For nut free cookies, omit almond flour, and swap almond butter for 1/4 cup tahini and 1/4 cup coconut butter.
