Chocolate cookies are one of my favorite things.  I have been on a quest to develop the perfect chocolate cookie recipe that is both delicious and made of healing ingredients, as store-bought cookies tend to be packed with preservatives, additives, hard to digest grains and refined sugars that can cause havoc to my body.

I’m English, so I grew up having a cup of tea with a cookie at the end of the evening.  I always preferred a crunchy cookie that wasn’t too hard, but certainly not too soft, just in case I had the urge to dunk it into my tea before taking a bite (it’s an English thing!)

I’ve therefore developed this delicious recipe.  It took a few attempts, but I have finally got there.

So why should you make these cookies too?

Because they’re:

• Delicious
• Easy to make
• Quick – they take 30 minutes
• Free from refined sugar
• Plant-based
• Free from gluten
• Protein rich with 6g per cookie
• Full of Omega 3
• Free from additives and preservatives

Yes – food just got REAL!

What is not to like?  Just eight ingredients!  I sometimes enjoy one of these cookies as a post workout treat, whipping them up before my workout so they have cooled by time it is over.

If you are having trouble sourcing the nut flours, you can always swap the almond flour and hazelnut flour for simply almonds and hazelnuts.  Just process the nuts first before adding the rest of the ingredients to the processor.

Have quinoa grain and not the flour?  You can always toast quinoa in a skillet until it begins to pop, then cool, blend for a minute and sieve to remove the large chunks.  Then add 1 cup of the remaining home-made, quinoa flour to the food processor.

As I have said in previous posts, maple syrup gives you better blood sugar control, plus it doesn’t go straight to your liver, but gets digested first. Therefore, it signals to the brain that you’re full, unlike regular sugar.

I LOVE this recipe – bites of chocolate, nutty heaven.  Enjoy. Dx