Cocoa Date Cookies No Addedrefined Sugar Recipes

SUGAR-FREE DATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the dates, pecans, water, banana, egg, butter, and vanilla extract in a bowl.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add to the date mixture and stir until well combined.
• Drop dough by tablespoonfuls about 1 inch apart onto the prepared baking sheet and flatten lightly with the palm of your hand.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies start to brown around the edges, being careful not to over-bake, for 11 to 13 minutes. Transfer cookies immediately to a wire rack to cool.

FLOURLESS COCOA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) with racks in the upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, lightly whisk the eggs.
• Sift together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt. Add to the eggs, whisking until the mixture forms a smooth batter, about 1 minute. Add the vanilla and chocolate chunks and mix until fully incorporated; switch to a rubber spatula if necessary. The batter will be very thick and sticky.
• Use a No. 30 (2-tablespoon) scoop to portion the batter onto the prepared baking sheets--stagger the cookies, leaving about 1 1/2 inches between them. Sprinkle a little Maldon salt on each cookie.
• Bake the cookies, rotating the sheets from front to back and top to bottom at the halfway mark, until set around the edges and cracked on top, 10 to 12 minutes. The cookies may look slightly underbaked in the center--that's exactly what you want. Cool the cookies completely on the pans.

DATE SWEETENED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Place chopped dates in a food processor and process until finely chopped.
• Add eggs oil and vanilla and process for 1 min.
• Add oats, cinnamon and baking soda and process until oats are chopped.
• Add flour and pulse a few times.
• Add chocolate chips and pulse a few more times.
• Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• Makes 12-14 small cookies.

COCOA DATE COOKIES (NO ADDED/REFINED SUGAR)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Spray a large baking sheet (or two small ones) with cooking spray.
• Mix together the flour through nuts. Set aside.
• In a blender combine the dates, the eggs, the water, and the vanilla. Mix until the dates are broken up and everything is combined. This might take a few minutes and you might need to use a spatula to mix it all up.
• Add the cocoa powder to the blender and mix again. It is ok if there are little date pieces.
• Pour the blender mix into the dry and mix well. It will be fairly stiff.
• Using two tablespoons, drop the cookies onto the sprayed cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10-14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a cookie comes out clean.