No Guilt Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Between the dark chocolate and the all-natural peanut butter, your taste buds or people you share these with will ever know these are made with a healthy twist

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 2 cups cooked quinoa
• ½ cup all-natural peanut butter
• 5 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
• 1 dash sea salt (or Himalayan Salt)
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Lightly coat two large baking sheets with spray. Set aside.
3. Combine quinoa, peanut butter, maple syrup, salt, extract, and egg in a large bowl; mix well.
4. Fold in chocolate chips; gently mix until blended.
5. Drop by rounded Tbsp. onto prepared baking sheets.
6. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until set.
7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets; remove from sheets and cool completely on a wire rack (or on parchment paper).