Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookies

Makes 24-26 cookies 

with a dish towel to keep the chickpeas from flying out.

• 1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
• 3/4 cup trans fat free soft tub margarine spread or butter
• 2 large egg whites (I used 1 egg)
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 15oz/450g can chickpeas drained and rinsed
• 2 cups (12 ozs) semisweet chocolate chips (I used a mixture of white, milk and dark chips)
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (I omitted this)

1. Preheat oven to 350f/180c.

Line 2 baking trays with non stick parchment

2. In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon or on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg whites or egg and vanilla, then the chickpeas and chocolate chips. Add the flour, oats, baking soda and salt and mix on low speed until a thick dough forms.

3. Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet, spacing hte cookies about 1 inch apart. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake for 11-13 minutes, do not overbake. Leave on cookie sheet to cool and then transfer onto wire rack until completely cool. Do try one in the process of cooling as the gooey chocolate is wonderful in the cookie.

4. Store in airtight container for up to 3 days.

By Jessica Seinfeld from Deceptively Delicious (tried out by Cara Marie)