Gluten Free Quinoa Cookies

 

No added refined sugar, wheat free and you can swap the chocolate chips with dried fruit.

And for the biscuits you will need:

35g Ground Almonds
280g Cooked Quinoa, according to instructions on pack
1 teaspoon baking powder (gf)
50 g dark chocolate chips or chopped
100g coconut
2 egg whites
100g peanut butter
100g applesauce
85g honey
a few drops good vanilla extract
Pinch Sea Salt

Combine the peanut butter, applesauce, honey and vanilla extract.
Mix together separately the ground almonds, quinoa, baking powder, chocolate chips, coconut and salt.
Stir in the egg whites and mix well.
Add the peanut butter, applesauce mix and combine.
Shape into balls and flatten into cookie shapes.
Place on an oven tray lined with baking paper.
Bake at 170C for about 20-25 minutes.
Allow to cool as they are quite soft when they come out of the oven.