Banana Chocolate Chip Cakies

So, these are my new favorite cookies..banana, chocolate, almond butter. Bingo. Plus the batter doesn't have eggs in it, which means I can eat it raw. The downside is that the recipe only makes 12 cookies.

I used normal dark chocolate chips (non-paleo=dairy and possibly soy, but we can ignore that for the sake of the cookies), skipped the apple butter (whatever that is) and added unsweetened cocoa powder because it just didn't seem like there was enough chocolate. Voila, I still am unable to follow a recipe exactly.



http://www.multiplydelicious.com/thefood/2011/09/paleo-banana-chocolate-chip-cakies/


1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 1 large banana

2 tablespoons creamy almond butter

1 tablespoons apple butter (optional)*

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch of Salt

1 ¼ cup almond flour

¼ cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free – delicious)


Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

With a hand mixer, blend together the banana, almond butter, apple butter, vanilla extract, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.  Add in almond flour and chocolate chips and stir to combine.

Using a 1 ½” ice cream scoop, scoop dough into even scoops and place on prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 11-14 minutes or until cookies are slightly golden on top.  Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from pan.  Again, these are soft so if you remove too soon you’ll have a soft cookie crumb mess.