Chewy Chocolate Cookies

These cookies are so yummy! You can't even tell that they have added fiber in them! They are very chewy and have a cake like texture so they are wonderful to make homemade oreo's out of too. I got the original recipe from my Aunt Becky Oldham.

Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients
1/8 cup coconut oil, solid form
1/2 cup black bean puree * (you can use applesauce too**)
1 cup evaporated cane juice
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup LG flour mix
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa

Directions
Heat oven to 350*F. Cream coconut oil and Evaporated cane juice in mixing bowl. Make sure there are no large balls of coconut oil. Then add bean puree and mix well scraping the sides of the bowl. Add egg and vanilla and mix again. In a separate bowl combine LG flour, xanthan gum, baking soda and powder, salt, and cocoa. Add to wet mix a little at a time scraping the sides of the bowl as you go. The mix will be very thick and sticky more like a brownie mixture. Drop by spoonful onto a greased cookies sheet. If the batter is too sticky, cool in fridge for a few minutes, or wet spoon to prevent sticking too much to the spoon. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Do not over bake! Cookies will be soft. They rise during baking and flatten upon cooling. Cool on a cookie sheet until set 1-2 minutes then remove and enjoy!

*When making a black bean puree use the liquid from the can. If you don't you won't be able to puree the beans.

**Applesauce works just fine but you will need to put dough in fridge for a few hours before baking. If you don't then the cookies will not puff up like cookies, they will just go flat! Most cookie recipes made with low gluten or gluten free flour suggest putting the dough in the fridge first.