I adapted the super-amazing Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe I had from my friend, Lori, to cater to our new no eggs, no oil diet.
Neil tasted these, and I was saying something about the texture being slightly different, but Neil's words were "Why are you critiquing these?? These are GOOD!"
Considering my husband's history with ingredient #1, that says a lot!
This recipe is oil, butter, and egg-free. Even soy-free, so long as the chocolate chips don't have soy. Cholesterol FREE. only about 2 g. fat, 100 cal.(from sugars, flour, and beans), 2g. fiber, 2g. protein, and 8.9mg sodium per cookie.
Did I mention that they were yummy? mmm...whole food, plant-based goodness...
makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup canned butter beans, drained, but not rinsed *
1/4 cup natural (unsweetened) applesauce
3 tsp. ener-G egg replacer**
4 Tbsp. warm water
1 cup raw Turbinado sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 tsp. vanilla
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
11/2 - 2 cups vegan chocolate chips+
In a blender, mix the beans, applesauce, egg replacer, water, sugars, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Transfer to a mixing bowl. Stir in the flour, salt, baking soda, and chocolate chips.
Drop spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 9-10 min.
Enjoy!!
(see notes below!)
* any white beans can be used for this recipe. Butter, white kidney(cannellini), navy beans, great northern, etc. I like to use the Edens Organic, because they don't have added salt, so it's only like 15mg/serving!
** ener-G is usually found in the gluten-free section of stores. It's a powder that comes in a yellow-ish box, mostly made out of potato starch, and it really does replicate the rising action of eggs. If you have a Whole Foods, they have it. It may be more difficult to find in other stores, but check health food stores and there are also TONS of places that sell it online! The water listed in the ingredients is all the water you need, DON'T ADD MORE thinking you need it for the egg replacement!
+ check the ingredients!! No dairy or animal proteins = vegan. most semi-sweet chips have refined sugar, but I was able to find some that were sweetened with malted barley instead of refined sugar in the bulk section of our grocery store.
