quinoa coconut cookies

Trail, BC
Updated on Jun 22, 2012

The first time I made these I was hooked, so delicious and even the kids ate them up proving that sometimes you can disguise healthy ingredients in a cookie!

prep time 20 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake
yield

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups quinoa, cooked
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

How To Make quinoa coconut cookies

  • Step 1
    Beat together butter. peanut butter, eggs, vanilla and sugar until smooth
  • Step 2
    In another bowl, combine the flour, coconut, baking powder and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and mix until smooth. Still in the Quinoa and chocolate chips.
  • Step 3
    Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 9 minutes or until edges are golden
  • Step 4
    Cool on cookie rack

Discover More

Category: Cookies
Category: Chocolate
Keyword: #coconut
Keyword: #quinoa
Ingredient: Fruit
Diet: Low Fat
Method: Bake
Culture: American

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