Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Healthful-ish Chocolate Chip (or raisin) Cookies

I love sweets!  I'm addicted to sugar and I'm trying to figure out how to live healthy and still enjoy my addiction.  I am determined to make a healthful cookie!  The following has no refined white flour, no refined sugar and no butter.  You could easily use egg substitute and vegan chocolate chips and have a vegan cookie from this recipe too.

Attempt #1



Ingredients:
2 cans of butter beans (easiest option, best is to prepare your own beans)
1 cup of local unprocessed honey
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups of whole wheat flour (personally ground)
1 cup of rolled oats
Desired amount and kind of chocolate chips / or raisins if you are really good :-)
1/2 cup of ground pecans

Baked at 350 degrees for 10 min


Verdict:
Beans don't melt down like butter does so they didn't spread out and cook flat, I may use a little less flour next time round.  Texture was soft, not as sweet as your typical chocolate chip cookie - which isn't necessarily bad.  I half suspected a more pronounced flavor from the honey or the whole wheat flour but didn't really notice either.  EV just picked one up, put it in his mouth, shrugged his shoulders and said "That's okay"  then came back and got another one.  AV said they are good but a little 'cakey.'  JV said 'after two or three they are all great.'
Over all: Taste pretty good, not as good as cookies with butter and sugar... but not bad for a healthful-ish treat.

Do you have any experiences, feedback or favorite recipes involving healthful-ish treats (that attempt to avoid refined and processed sugars and ingredients.)

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