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Ingredients
½
cup
Dutch process cocoa
1½
cups
whole wheat flour
1½
cup
old fashioned oats
1
cup
sugar
(optional: use ½ sugar and ½ stevia)
2
teaspoons
baking powder
½
teaspoon
baking soda
½
cup
no sugar added applesauce
½
cup
canned black beans
(rinsed)
2
large
egg whites
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
½
cup
dark or semi sweet chocolate chips
½
cup
dried cranberries
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a medium bowl whisk together cocoa, flour, oats, sugar, baking powder and baking soda.
In a blender, puree applesauce, black beans, egg whites and vanilla until smooth,
Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients with chocolate chips and cranberries.
Scoop cookie dough by tablespoonful onto a baking sheet leaving an inch or more between cookies. Press each down until ½" thick.
Bake 8-10 minutes. Move to a cooling rack to cool completely.