Spinach raspberry cookies

Yeah. That's right! Freaking SPINACH RASPBERRY COOKIES

Woah. Woah. Woah.
I can already feel your skepticism through my computer screen. Your mind is being blown. "Spinach isn't supposed to be sweet!" Right? WRONG.

I know, I know, It sounds crazy. But I swear on my great granny's skull tattoo, that these are delicious AND packed with protein and fiber, not to mention some omega-3's.

So, to keep the steam from coming out of your ears I'll get on with the recipe.


I adapted this recipe from here.

You will need:

1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. apple sauce
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 15 oz can garbanzo beans (also called chickpeas), drained and rinsed
       **I used these whole. You can also put them in a food processor or blender
2 cups  chocolate chips (I used dark)
3 TBS flaxseed
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
a few handfuls of raw spinach (about 1 cup cooked)
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
about 1 cup of fruit (I used raspberries and blueberries) 

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

First things first. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and get out everything you need. 

Then, In a large mixing bowl beat your brown sugar, butter, and applesauce until it looks a little something like this:

Don't worry about lumps, we'll take care of that in a minute. Next, beat in the egg whites and vanilla. Now this is where you're going to think I am a crazy person. Add in 2 cups of dark chocolate chips and 1 can of drained chickpeas (garbanzo beans). 

Then mix in your flaxseed,

 cinnamon, 

 And nutmeg.

Your dough should now look like bean dip! Hooray!

Set your bean dip aside and get ready to sauté up some spinach. I used about 3 handfuls of spinach. Chop it up. 

Use a small amount of olive oil. just enough to coat the pan.

 And fry it up! It took about 3 minutes to get it to look like this: 

Then throw it in your dough. By this point, your dough (and your kitchen) will be smelling like a hobo's sweaty armpit. TRUST ME. THIS WILL WORK.

Mmmmm bean dip. Mix it up and try to convince your roommates that you're not drunk and you're doing this on purpose. 

Then add your whole wheat flour,

Oats,

And baking soda. 

Your dough should look like this. SO appetizing right??

I then separated my dough into 2 bowls. One for blueberries and one for raspberries. But if you're only using one, ignore this step. 

 I used about 1 cup of raspberries (1 1/2 6 oz. packages)

It will turn your dough into a lovely shade of pink... sort of.

 I forgot to take a picture of the blueberries before I mixed them up. I'm sorry, i'm not a real blogger. HOW COULD I FORGET THAT? 

Whatever you know what blueberries look like. Here's the dough after it's all mixed up. 

Spoon them on a cookie sheet (I greased it a little with coconut oil), leaving room between each cookie. 

 Throw them in the oven for 11-13 minutes. (13 was perfect in my oven!) And enjoy!

 I mean COME ON! Don't these look delicious!? 

Until next time on "Hannah makes gross things delicious and screams like a crazy woman while she bakes."