Chocolate Chip Lentil Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup non-hydrogenated shortening
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 8 (1 g) packets xylitol sugar substitute or 8 (1 g) packets sugar
• 1 tablespoon ener-g egg substitute
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup cooked lentils, pureed
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup oat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chip (ideally bittersweet)
• 1/2 cup regular chocolate chips (ideally bittersweet)

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 375°f and line baking sheets with parchment or silpat.
• 2 cream together the shortening, coconut oil, sugar and xylitol.
• 3 add the egg replacer, vanilla and lentil puree, beating in thoroughly.
• 4 add the dry ingredients (except chips) and mix to combine - do not beat, but there should be no visible flour.
• 5 fold in the chocolate chips.
• 6 drop tablespoons of dough 1-2” apart.
• 7 bake 9-10 minutes. cool on the sheet.