Raw Chocolate Chip Cookies

30 cookies / 99 calories per cookie

Ingredients:

Cookie dough:

1 3/4 cups ground raw walnut
3/4 cup ground raw oats
1/4 cup Agave Nectar
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup walnut oil

Raw chocolate chips:

2 Tablespoon walnut oil
1/2 cup carob powder
1/2 cup cocoa powder
4 tablespoon agave nectar
2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Dough: Grind up raw walnut and raw oats in a food processor or blender. Place all cookie dough ingredients into a large bowl and mix by hand, with a spoon, or place all ingredients in the processor and blend. Mix until a dough forms and you can make a large ball. Refrigerate dough while you make the chocolate chips.

Chips: Mix all chocolate chip ingredients together in a medium sized bowl. Roll the dough out onto parchment paper and place in the freezer for about 30 minutes.

Optional: Half way through at 15 mins., flip the chocolate sheet over for even freezing.

When chocolate is frozen, cut into chips use a pastry slicer.

Mix chips into dough.

Place in fridge to harden for about 30 mins. They get real hard! Make sure to refrigerate them on parchment paper or they will stick to the plate.

Notes: If you don’t have carob powder you can substitute it for cocoa powder just as easily. Alternatively, you may be able to sub the agave nectar for maple syrup, honey, or splenda.

Also note, She cut the recipe in half to make a smaller batch. Don’t be too worried about getting exact measurements here. They will still turn out.

The total prep time (not including freezing and refrigerating) was 10 minutes! So quick and easy.

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