The summer it is!
Alas, at last it has arrived, those long endless days and those months that seem to go on and on forever. We no longer live for the days during which the sun beats down on us as we cool ourselves off in the ocean, we are in those days!
So because of my truly contradictory nature and the fact that as I’m cycling up to 10 miles a day I decided to go for something a bit unorthodox but never unwelcome for this time of year. Chocolate!
COOKIES!
And now you ask… ‘What’s so special about these cookies? They look pretty ordinary to me.’
And with a smile I reply ‘They are protein packed, on the cookie scale are rather healthy and are still absolutely delicious!’
Now do you see why they’re special? They taste like some sort of incredible fudge, except they’re cookies!
The secret? No flour, lots of peanut-butter. I must admit, I was terrified when making the dough. When you find yourself scooping almost a WHOLE JAR of peanut-butter into a batch of cookies you can’t judge me for beginning to freak! But I had already gotten myself in too deep, I had to keep going. And anyways I thought, I’m giving most of the batch away. Well, about this much of the batch!
They’re like some funny little army getting ready to march out!!!
These cookies are full of cocoa. I added chocolate chips instead of the recommended peanut-butter chips which was perfect for me because I have a really sweet tooth and though these cookies are absolutely out of this world they would be even better suited to someone who rathers dark chocolate to milk as they had that same slightly bitter tang to them. But regardless, everyone adored them!
They would also be perfect to fuel a morning run, I know, chocolate for breakfast is frowned upon by a lot of people but with the amount of protein packed peanuts in this recipe it would keep you fueled for hours!
And an extra bonus is that they’re gluten free!
So here’s a link to the recipe, SBA (yes I have started abbreviating it! :)) if you’re interested. Go on, add these to your get in shape for summer (or during summer) routine!
http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/06/06/flourless-peanut-butter-brownie-cookies/
Hope you enjoy!
xxxx
Eat The Peach 