cookies - quinoa cookies - crunchy

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup date syrup (or 3 tabs alternative syrup)
• Few drops stevia to taste
• 1 banana
• 1/4 cup hemp protein*
• 1/4 cup brown rice protein*
• 1/4 hemp seeds (I use unshelled for extra crunch factor)
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla bean powder or extract
• I used hemp protein and brown rice protein as my preferred protein options as they complement each other in texture and I typically like to use hemp wherever possible. Feel free to use your own preferred options.

Details

Adapted from includingcake.com

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all the peanut butter, date syrup, banana and stevia together until smooth. Mix the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and then add to the wet ingredients until well mixed and a thick paste is formed. Mix in the quinoa until well coated.

Form small balls with your hands and press down onto a lined baking sheet.

Bake at 180C for approx 15 mins. Allow to cool fully.