Quinoa Cookies with Coconut and Chocolate Chunks
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Ingredients
  • 1½ c whole wheat flour
  • 1 t salt
  • ½ t baking powder
  • ½ t baking soda
  • ½ c unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ¼ c sugar
  • ¼ c light brown sugar
  • ¼ c honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • ½ t almond extract
  • 1 c cooked quinoa, cooled
  • ½ c desiccated coconut (unsweetened)
  • 1 c dark chocolate chunks or chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375° & Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  3. In stand or electric mixer, cream butter, sugars, and honey until light and fluffy.
  4. Add eggs, vanilla, and almond extract, and mix until pale and fluffy, about 2 more minutes.
  5. Mix in flour mixture, ½ cup at a time.
  6. Stir in quinoa, coconut, and chocolate.
  7. Plop spoon size balls of dough onto sheets an inch or so apart, and bake until golden, 12–15 minutes.
  8. Cool on wire rack.
Recipe by Food Musings at http://foodmusings.ca/recipes/desserts/guest-blogger-daughter-3-protein-for-preggos/