Vegan Blondies (Gluten-Free Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies)
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Serves: 20 cookies
 
Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas (equivalent to 1 15 oz can, drained and rinsed)
  • ½ cup nut butter (e.g. peanut butter, almond butter)
  • ⅓ cup maple syrup
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • ⅓ cup vegan chocolate chips (or cacao nibs) + 2 tbsp for topping
  • sea salt (optional, to taste)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
  2. Lightly grease or line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Add the chickpeas, nut butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, baking soda and baking powder to the food processor or blender and pulse until uniformly smooth.
  4. Spoon the batter to the baking sheet.
  5. Add the chocolate chips (or cacao nibs) and mix together.
  6. Spread the batter into a rectangle roughly 1 cm thick.
  7. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips and sea salt if desired.
  8. Bake for 15 minutes or until the top has nicely browned.
  9. Let cool 5-10 minutes and then cut into squares.
  10. If saving for later, let cool fully before storing, covered, in the fridge.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cookie Calories: 95.5 Fat: 5.16g Saturated fat: 1.34g Carbohydrates: 10.2g Sugar: 5.67g Sodium: 24.5mg Fiber: 1.76g Protein: 2.79g
Recipe by Accidentally Crunchy at https://www.accidentallycrunchy.com/vegan-blondies-gluten-free-brownies