Chocolate peanut butter cookies

The secret ingredient is lentil flour! You can get this in the flour section at Woolworths (hopefully) if you can’t get you can replace with most other flours, spelt, gluten free, etc

What I loved about these is only a few ingredients, very quick to prepare and bake, and the texture was so good, you get that slight chewiness :)

In my practice you see people looking to improve the nutrition content in their diet and by making little changes like these biscuits (they will have biscuits no matter what!) instead of people buying biscuits that have calories and little nutrition to swapping for home made and improving the nutrient profile smile emoticon

You don't need to go without cookies!

Lentil flour has 25g of protein per 100g and 16g fibre! That’s pretty cool!

Lentils are an excellent food source for molybdenum too!  (1 cup of cooked lentils has 330% of your RDI!)

The main known function of molybdenum is to act as a catalyst for enzymes and to help facilitate the breakdown of certain amino acids in the body. Molybdenum combines with sulfite oxidase to catalyse sulfur-containing amino acids that are crucial for human health.

Did you know that peanuts are a fantastic source of biotin? (B7)

Yep, per 1/4 cup they have 88% of your daily intake.

Biotin is involved in blood sugar regulation and also in skin, hair and nail health

Yes they have sugar but as far as cookies go they are healthier than most due to the protein and fibre content, plus other vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients

½ cup of lentil flour

½ cup of peanut butter

½ cup of granulated sugar such as panella

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp cacao powder

Method

Preheat oven to 160 c fan forced or 180 c normal

Mix together and roll into tbsp sized balls and place on a lined baking tray. Flatten the balls with slightly damp fingers or the back of a damp fork and bake for 10 minutes. Keep in an airtight container.