Chickpea Protein Power Cookies

 Another twist on one of my older recipes from my book- I just amped this one up a bit too, making it a bit more protein packed and powerful! Gluten free, high protein, yummy and guilt free. These come out chewy and delicious!

Chickpea Protein Power Cookies

Ingredients:

2 Cups organic chickpeas
1/4 cup nut butter (I used my cinnamon almond butter)
1/4 cup GF quick cooking oats
2 Tbs Hemp hearts
1 scoop protein powder (I used Sun warrior chocolate)
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 Tbs vanilla
1/4 cup agave or maple syrup
1/3 cup almond milk or milk of choice
handful of chocolate chips (Optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 350.  Put everything in a food processor except the chocolate chips and blend well. You can always add in more milk of the mixture seems too dry. It may depend on how big your scoop of protein powder is as the scoops vary from brand to brand. Fold in the chocolate chips and then scoop a heaping tablespoon onto your parchment lined baking sheets.

Once all scooped out, I band the cookie sheet on the counter a few times to get the cookies to flatten down a bit. Like this;

Then pop in the oven on the lower rack for about 12 mins. Then move to the upper rack for another 5-6 mins, I press them down a bit with my hands as they puff up a bit, optional.. Remove from the oven and let cool. Store in the fridge or freezer. They taste good cold too! This is the finished product;

A great snack in between meals or a sweet treat to satisfy your cravings!

Banana Almond Oat Muffins

This is a twist on my Banana Bread Muffin recipe just tweaked it a bit and revamped it up. Diggin this new version. You can add anything you want to them to personalize; fruit, nuts, chocolate chips... Ive done them with blueberries and walnuts and this version is with slivered almonds and chocolate chips cuz hubbs likes a little sweet in his breakie.

Here it is!

Banana Almond Oat Muffins

Ingredients:
1 1/4 Cup Almond flour
1/4 GF quick cooking oats
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
2 Tbs hemp hearts
pinch of salt
2 ripe organic bananas
2 organic eggs
1/4 cup agave, maple syrup or honey
handful of nuts, berries, seeds, etc...

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350. In a medium bowl mix together the almond flour, oats, baking soda, hemp hearts, salt and spices. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas and then blend in the eggs and sweetener, and then mix it all together until blended well.

Finally fold in your nuts and stuff and then fill up your lined muffin tins. Bake in the lower rack for 20 mins or so, transfer to the upper rack for 3- 5 more mins, just keep checking them for doneness, between 23-26 mins roughly. Let cool and enjoy. I usually store a few in the fridge for the week and the rest in the freezer.