CHOCOLATE CHIP LENTIL COOKIES

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Adapted from Michael Smith, these cookies are everything you love in a chocolate chipper, with a nutty hint from both coconut oil and pureed lentils, not to mention less sugar thanks to organic xylitol.

Provided by YummySmellsca

Categories     Chocolate Chip Cookies

Time 25m

Yield 48 cookies, 48 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/4 cup non-hydrogenated shortening
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 cup brown sugar, packed
8 (1 g) packets xylitol sugar substitute or 8 (1 g) packets sugar
1 tablespoon Ener-G Egg Substitute
1 tablespoon vanilla
2/3 cup cooked lentils, pureed
1 cup flour
1 cup oat flour
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 cup miniature chocolate chip (ideally bittersweet)
1/2 cup regular chocolate chips (ideally bittersweet)

Steps:

  • Preheat your oven to 375°F and line baking sheets with parchment or SilPat.
  • Cream together the shortening, coconut oil, sugar and xylitol.
  • Add the egg replacer, vanilla and lentil puree, beating in thoroughly.
  • Add the dry ingredients (except chips) and mix to combine - do not beat, but there should be no visible flour.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips.
  • Drop tablespoons of dough 1-2" apart.
  • Bake 9-10 minutes. Cool on the sheet.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 80, Fat 3.7, SaturatedFat 2.1, Sodium 37.8, Carbohydrate 11.7, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 7, Protein 1

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