Chocolate Chip Quinoa Cookies

Ahhhh, Chocolate Chip Quinoa cookies, one of my crowning kitchen achievements. Let me start off by tooting my own horn. These chocolate chip cookies are the best that I have ever tasted, because they are 1. vegan, 2. made with quinoa, and 3. this recipe went through about a million and one revisions to get to where we are today. It's the recipe that I am most known for in my circles. It's the recipe that gets requested the most from those I know. Today, it's the one treat that my very health conscious brother will take a break from his body building diet to consume for his birthday. Now, with all of that crazy lead up, here's my uh-mazing Chocolate Chip Quinoa cookie recipe...





  
Chocolate Chip Quinoa Cookies
1/2 C of rinsed uncooked Quinoa
1/2 C of Earth Balance "Butter"
1/2 C of Almond milk (or similar non dairy milk)
2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of salt
1.5 cups of turbinado sugar
1 tablespoon of black strap molasses
1 tsp of vanilla
2 tablespoons of flax meal, 5 tablespoons of water (combined as an egg replacer)
1 package of Chocolate Chips

Melt your earth balance and place the earth balance, milk, quinoa, vanilla, molasses, sugar, and flax meal/water mixture in your blender and blend until the quinoa is completely smooth. Then add flour, baking soda, and salt to mixture. Finally add the chocolate chips and cook at 375 for about 8 minutes. If your cookie dough is too soft, refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes and then bake. Let them rest on the cookie sheet for a few minutes to cool. Enjoy!!

Nutrient Round up:
Quinoa: A good source of Protein, Fiber, Folate, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Manganese.
Flax: good source of Omega 3, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Thiamin and Manganese.
Black Strap Molasses: excellent source of manganese and copper. It is a very good source of iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, vitamin B6 and selenium.