Desserts
Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Description
Gluten free cherry chocolate chip cookies made with oats, dried cherries, coconut, and almond meal. Vegan. Healthy. Naturally sweetened.
Ingredients
- 2 large ripe bananas well mashed (about 1 cup)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil plus 2 teaspoons (use extra light for the most subtle flavor, though regular extra virgin olive oil can easily be substituted)
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon pure almond extract
- 1 ⅓ cups old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup almond meal*
- ¼ cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 ounces dark chocolate chopped (about 1/3 cup)
- ⅓ cup dried tart cherries
Directions
- Place rack in the upper third of your oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, stir together the bananas, olive oil, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold together until combined. Fold in the chopped chocolate and dried cherries. The dough will seem very moist.
- Scoop small tablespoon-sized drops of dough (not rounded) onto a parchment paper (or Silpat-lined) baking sheet, 1 inch apart.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until the cookies brown lightly and appear dry on the sides. Let rest on baking sheet for 4 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
