Walnut Date Chocolate Chip Cookies No Grain Food

WALNUT DATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES - NO GRAIN

Steps:

• Grind dates and walnuts into a powder in a food processor.
• Mix in egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Place 12 equal spoonfuls on a parchment covered cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 9-11 minutes until golden but still soft in the center.

CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, kosher salt, baking powder and baking soda together into a large bowl.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar in another large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. (Use the paddle attachment for a stand mixer.) Beat in the eggs one at a time, then beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low. Add the dry ingredients and beat until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks and walnuts by hand.
• Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the dough and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Use a 2-ounce ice cream scoop to scoop half the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart (you should have about 8 cookies, roughly 3 1/2-ounces each, per baking sheet). Sprinkle the flaky sea salt on top of the dough balls.
• Bake, rotating the pans from top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until the cookies are golden around the edges but still soft in the middle, 18 to 20 minutes. Let them cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Store the cookies in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

HEALTHY OATMEAL DATE WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. (or 325 convection oven). Line 3 cookies sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix all dry ingredients.
• Wisk together wet ingredients.
• Fold in dry to wet and stir until moist. If batter is too dry add a little more applesauce.
• Use small ice cream scoop to make cookies.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Transfer to baking rack and cool.
• I throw them into a ziploc bag and just grab 2 out of the freezer whenever the mood hits me. I use them for the kids lunches too and they love them!
• VARIATION: I basically make the same recipe but with dairy free chocolate chips instead of walnuts and omit molasses and maple syrup. We live on those! I love stocking up the freezer on Sundays. :).

HEART SMART OATMEAL DATE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
• Remove from heat and add brown sugar.
• Stir until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, oats, and salt.
• Combine the butter mixture with the dry ingredients, and add egg, vanilla, and chopped dates.
• Fold in bittersweet chocolate.
• Mix well and spoon mixture by tablespoon-fulls out onto lightly greased (or silicone baking mat-covered) baking sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes, until tops are dry to the touch.

CHOCOLATE CHIP DATE NUT SQUARES.

Steps:

• In medium bowl mix 1 1/2 c boiling water and 1 1/2 tsp baking soda with the dates.
• Set aside to cool.
• Beat together margarine,1 c sugar and eggs in large bowl.
• To this add vanilla extract and date mixture.
• Add flour, 3/4 tsp baking soda and salt.
• Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• Sprinkle 1/4 c sugar, nuts and chocolate morsels on top.
• Bake @ 325 degrees 45 minutes.
• The difficult part: set aside until the next day to eat.

BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl stir together flour, baking soda, and salt to combine thoroughly; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In mixer bowl combine butter and sugars; beat until fluffy and well blended.
• Beat in egg.
• Add vanilla and mix well.
• Gradually add flour mixture until just blended.
• Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts (if used).
• Drop by rounded teaspoons, placed well apart, onto lightly greased or nonstick baking sheets.
• Bake until cookies are well browned (12 to 14 minutes).
• Cool on wire racks.