Chocolate Granola Cookies
By Esther Boateng
Satisfy your sweet tooth with these crunchy, crispy granola cookies. No baking or heavy mixing necessary. Combine good quality dark chocolate with your favorite pre-soaked granola, some seeds, and a selection of powders, and you’ve got a darn good cookie begging to be eaten. For added nutrition, add your favorite protein powder or maca powder, and perhaps a dash of vanilla extract for added flavor.
Chocolate Granola Cookies
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Category
dessert
Ingredients
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1 cup Dr. Cowan’s Garden Small-Batch Pre-Soaked Granola
- 1/2 cup mixed sprouted seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, and/or watermelon)
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1 tsp. Dr. Cowan’s Garden Organic Winter Squash Powder
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Pinch Dr. Cowan’s Garden Organic Pepper Salt
- 1 tsp. Dr. Cowan’s Garden Carrot Powder
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1 tsp. Dr. Cowan’s Garden Organic Three-Beet Powder
- black or white sesame seeds (optional garnish)
- 1/2 Tbsp. maca powder (optional)
- 1 bar plain dark chocolate (72% cacao), melted
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract (optional)
Directions
Blend the granola and seeds in a high speed food processor for 2-3 seconds or use a pestle and mortar to crush these ingredients.
- Pour the granola mixture into a bowl.
- Stir in winter squash, pepper salt, carrot and three-beet powders. Add maca powder (optional).
- Add melted chocolate and vanilla extract (optional) to the bowl.
- Combine these ingredients until it forms a dough-like consistency. This is your cookie mixture.
- Scoop a tablespoon of the cookie mixture onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Pat down and smooth the top of each cookie with the back of a spoon.
- You should have about 9 or 10 cookies.
- Garnish cookies with sesame seeds and place in the freezer to harden.
- Store cookies in the refrigerator once hardened.
