Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Filled Cookies

My first recipe is one I recently came across and is incredible! I was put off at first by the chickpeas but believe me you can't even taste them, but they do give the mixture a great texture.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas (well rinsed and dried)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp Peanut Butter
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 175* C, combine all the ingredients except for chocolate chips in a food processor and process until very smooth.
2. Put in the chocolate chips and stir, the mixture should be thick and sticky.
3. If mixture is thick enough wet hands and form into balls and place on greased tray, if mixture is too sticky use teaspoon and spoon onto tray (evenly spaced).
4. Bake for approx. 10 mins. or until golden brown.

These cookies aren't the crunchy kind, so don't expect crisp cookies, if you do prefer your cookies to be crunchy then try doing less honey and instead adding sugar...Enjoy!