Carrot Chocolate Chip Cookies (video) - Plant-Based Cooking

Ingredients

• ½ cup cooked, cooled quinoa
• 3 tbsp ground flaxseeds (+ 5 Tbl water)
• 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup all-purpose flour ((or 1/2 whole wheat flour plus 1/2 all-purpose))
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp salt ((optional))
• ½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon*
• 1 large ripe banana mashed
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• ½ cup almond butter
• 1 cup finely grated carrots
• ½ cup coconut sugar (or date sugar)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract (non-alcoholic preferred)
• ½ cup mini vegan chocolate chips ((optional))
• ½ cup walnuts (and/or seeds such as, pumpkin or sunflower seeds)