Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do you ever have such high hopes for a legitimately healthy dessert recipe and the final product is just a disappointment? Because same. That is why I have worked for years to create the perfect chocolate chip cookies that BOTH taste amazing, AND have real health benefits. Run, don’t walk to the closest health food store near you to get all of the ingredients for these perfect Valentine’s Day treats. Enjoy!

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup of GF oats (I use the One Degree rolled oats)

• 1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips (I use Hu Gems)

• ¼ tsp Himalayan salt

• 1 tsp baking soda

• ¾ cup Maple Syrup

• 1 egg

• 1 cup tahini (The Soon brand is great for baking)

• 2 tbsp collagen

Instructions: 

• Preheat the oven to 350 

• Put your GF rolled oats into a blender, and blend on high until you have made a fine flour

• In a large bowl, mix the flour with the collagen, baking soda, salt

• Then add the egg, tahini, and maple syrup and mix again

• Add the chocolate chips - mix again

• Put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes

• After 30 minutes, remove the dough

• Start to roll the dough into balls. Each cookie should be about 2 tbsp of dough

• Place the balls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Each cookie should be about 2 inches apart

• Lightly flatten out the balls to form a cookie shape

• Bake for 11 minutes

• Let cool for 30 minutes  

• Recipe Yields: ~ 12 Cookies