TEFF PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!

My girlfriend and her three kids came over for a visit today. They are 1 1/2, 4 and 7. The oldest one told her mom that she didn’t want to come over to my place because all we would do is eat vegetables and watch the news....lol.

I thought I would give her a little surprise when she came over. I decided to make these awesome cookies that are made with whole grain teff flour, organic peanut butter and no refined sugar; I used pure maple syrup instead.

You could also use almond butter or seed butter such as pumpkin or sunflower.

They were a true hit! If you are looking for a healthy cookie to serve your kids or for a sweet treat yourself, look no further....these cookies are amazing.

I slightly adapted this recipe from CLEAN FOOD by: Terry Walters

Here goes;

3/4 cup of teff flour (I buy my teff flour from the Bulk Barn, it is much cheaper there)

1/4 tsp sea salt (if needed, I did not add this because there is salt in the peanut butter)

1/2 cup chunky peanut butter (I love the MaraNatha brand, found at the health food store or health food section of your grocery store)


1/2 cup maple syrup


1 tsp of pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup of pure dark chocolate chips (try to get 70% cacao or more)

Directions:

Preheat oven 350F.

Combine all dry ingredients and wet ingredients in another. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix together. Fold in chocolate chips.

Grease cookie sheet with 1 tsp of butter or coconut oil. Drop a heaping tbsp of cookie dough on sheet. Press each one down with a fork.

The key to make these cookies taste amazing with a great texture is to not over cook them. They should take about 13 minutes depending on the temperature of your oven.

Remove from oven and let cool. ENJOY!


Makes 10 cookies.

Here are the girls enjoying the cookies! There was chocolate everywhere! Good thing we were outside...lol. The little guy can't have them yet but he had his own little treats :-)