Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Author: Caroline Trickey from Healthy Home Cafe
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Serves: 24
- 1 cup (110 grams) walnuts
- ⅓ cup sandy brown (I used rapadura) sugar
- ¼ cup whole rolled oats
- ¼ cup raw cacao powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1 egg
- 2 medjool dates, pitted (46 grams when pitted)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- ½ cup chocolate chunks or chips, optional
- Heat oven to 170 degrees and line 2 large baking trays with greaseproof paper
- Place walnuts, sugar, oats, cacao and bicarb soda in the bowl of a food processor
- Blitz until finely chopped
- Add egg, dates and vanilla and blitz until well combined and a thick, sticky 'paste' has formed
- Tip into a bowl and stir through chocolate chunks or chips
- Using two teaspoons, scoop out teaspoonfuls of mixture and place on prepared trays
- Using the back of a clean, wet teaspoon, flatten biscuits as best as possible (they won't spread while cooking)
- Bake for 8-10 minutes
- Allow to cool before devouring!
Recipe by Healthy Home Cafe at http://healthyhomecafe.com/2016/08/30/chewy-chocolate-chunk-cookies/
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