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Recipe: Double choc-chip coconut and chia seed cookies

Chocolate-Chia Cookies

 A nutrient-rich, flavourful chewy cookie snack that is full of the goodness of coconuts, raw cacao and white chia seed.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups plain flour
  • 1/4 cup raw cacao powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup organic coconut sugar (sub for raw or brown sugar)
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp raw cocoa nibs or choc-chips
  • 3 tbsp chia seeds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 150ºC and line two cookie trays with baking paper then set aside.
     
  • Sift flour, cacao powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Whisk these dry ingredients until they are well combined, then set the bowl aside.
  • In another bowl, use an electric hand mixer to beat coconut oil and coconut sugar until the mixture is creamed; it should be light and fluffy in texture.
  • Pour in maple syrup, egg, vanilla and beat on medium speed until these wet ingredients are well combined.
  • Gradually pour the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients, beating each batch (on low-medium speed) until the mix combines into a "semi-solid" cookie dough.
  • Add the raw cacao nibs and white chia seeds and stir until they are distributed evenly through the cookie dough.
  • Use a table-spoon to scoop out balls of dough (or get grubby and use your hands); roll them into a ball and place them 2 inches apart from each other on the cookie tray.
  • Bake for about 12-15 minutes, then remove from the oven.
  • Let them sit on the tray for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack (where they will solidify as the coconut oil in the dough cools).