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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies


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  • Author: Martyna Candrick
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x

Description

Feel free to top the cookies with honeyed nuts and drizzle with some melted dark chocolate. Otherwise, enjoy them like this as they are amazingly good.


Ingredients

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Wet Ingredients and sweeteners:

  • 1 cup organic peanut butter
  • 1 cup mashed banana (approx 1 large banana)
  • ? cup coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup xylitol
  • ¼ cup [non-dairy] milk

Dry Ingredients:

  • ½ cup brown rice flour
  • ½ cup plain gluten-free flour
  • 1 tbsp raw cacao powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp potato starch

Optional:

  • ¼ cup chopped nuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan-forced, 350F, gas mark 4)
  2. In a large bowl mix together all wet ingredients and sweeteners until smooth.
  3. Sift all dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and using a wooden spoon, mix until the mixture forms a cookie dough ball and all dry ingredients are incorporated into the dough.
  4. Using a ?-cup capacity scoop, divide dough into 14 even balls. Roll each ball between your hands and flatten gently.
  5. If using, press a pinch of chopped nuts into each, or alternating biscuit.
  6. Bake in for 15 minutes, or until the cookies begin to brown around the edges.

Notes

To store: place cooled cookies in an air-tight container and store in the pantry for upto 1 week.

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins