Vegan Choice Chocolate Chip Cookies

Health Highlights

Ingredients

1/3 cup	Ghee (alternative: unrefined coconut oil)
3/4 cup	Applesauce, unsweetened
1/4 cup	Maple syrup, pure
0 ml	Stevia sweetener, liquid ((or 5 drops) extract)
1 dash	Celtic sea salt (a pinch)
2 tsp	Vanilla extract, pure
1/2 cup	Rice flour, brown
1/2 cup	Buckwheat flour
1/2 cup	Quinoa flour
1/2 tsp	Baking soda
1/2 cup	Dark chocolate chips, vegan (Enjoy Life brand is a great organic choice)
1/2 cup	Nuts, pecans, dry roasted (halved, chopped)
1/2 cup	Frozen blueberries (organic)

Preheat oven to 300*F
Grease a large cookie sheet with coconut butter or use parchment paper
Soften the ghee/coconut oil in a frying pan at medium heat
Add the apple sauce, maple syrup, stevia extract, vanilla extract, and salt
Cream together with a wooden spoon until smooth
Grind the buckwheat flour yourself in a coffee grinder or blender. Do not use store-bought buckwheat flour because it's too fine and produces a "muddy" texture
Measure all 3 flour types into a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly with the baking soda
Add chocolate chips and chopped pecans into the flour
Add the wet to dry ingredients and mix quickly with broad strokes
Stir in the frozen blueberries with a few quick and gentle strokes, trying not to release the colour into the dough or else your cookies will turn blue! Unless you want that ;)
Place tablespoonfuls of the dough onto the cookie sheet and mold the shapes with your fingers or with a spoon
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until tops and bottoms are slightly browned
Let cool on the sheet until firm, and transfer onto a cooling rack
Enjoy!

Calories 237

Calories from fat 127

Calories from saturated fat 57

Total Fat 14.2 g

Saturated Fat 6.3 g

Trans Fat 0

Polyunsaturated Fat 1.4 g

Monounsaturated Fat 3.5 g

Cholesterol 18.9 mg

Sodium 81 mg

Potassium 130 mg

Total Carbohydrate 25.7 g

Dietary Fiber 3.1 g

Sugars 11.6 g

Protein 2.8 g

Grain	0.4
Meat Alternative	0.2