Sul sul, gerbits. Have you ever had a can of something in your pantry and wondered “what can I do with this?” Well that is what happened to me the other day. I was making an inventory of what I have in my pantry and I found a can of black beans. And I wondered what I could do with it. 

I have heard of black bean brownies before, and I was curious about them. Wondering if they would smell or taste like black beans. And so I found a recipe for black bean chocolate cookies. 

I will be the first to admit, I am not the biggest fan of beans. There is just something about them that just triggers a gag reflex in me. I don’t know why. It just happens. But if it in something else and it is not the only flavor then I am perfectly fine. 

This recipe is perfect for those on the keto diet or for those who don’t have any flour on hand. Because this recipe calls for no flour. The recipe will be in the description down below if you want to check it out. 

The first thing you want to do preheat your oven to 375℉. 

You are going to rinse and drain your can of beans and then place it in a food processor. And make sure to have it fitted with the steel blade. 

Along with the beans, you are going to place your room temperature butter, and eggs into the food processor. 

Pulse until it is mostly smooth. 

Add your vanilla, sugar, baking soda, salt, and melted chocolate. 

If you are like me, and forgot to buy the baking chocolate you can easily make it yourself if you have cocoa powder and oil. This recipe calls for 2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate. And for each ounce you are going to add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon of fat. 

For this recipe I used vegetable oil. And it came out tasting amazing. Obviously, I didn’t try this chocolate mixture because of how bitter it was, but at the end of the day, it worked. 

Once again you are going pulse the food processor until smooth. The cookie dough will have the same consistency of hummus. 

Now you are going to add your cocoa powder. Yes, even if you made the melted chocolate you will still need this cocoa powder, because it is a different ingredient. 

As you will see, the consistency of the dough is now very similar to fudge. 

Add most of the chocolate chips and mix by hand until the chips are evenly distributed. 

Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, scoop the portions of the dough about 2 tablespoons each and place the about 2 inches apart.

With one of the spoons you are going to spread the cookie. 

Add a few chocolate chips to each cookie. 

Place the baking sheet in the refrigerator to chill for about 10 minutes so that the cookies can keep shape. 

Because I did not have enough space in my fridge I put the dough in the bowl and chilled it there. And then I added them to the cookie sheet. Whichever way works for you.

Now you are going bake these cookies for a little bit longer than normal. The recipe says to bake them for about 18 minutes. But as most of you know, I don’t particularly like baking cookies for that long. Because my oven usually burns cookies if they are in the oven for longer than 8 minutes. 

But I just learned a tip, if a recipe says to bake it for 18 minutes, that means that you bake it for 9 minutes on the top rack and then 9 minutes on the bottom rack so that it has even baking. 

Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool completely on the baking sheet. 

These cookies were gone. Usually I have cookies that I can put in the fridge and have them for breakfast or whatever. These cookies did not last that long. They were so full of flavor and you could not even taste the fact that there were black beans in them. Even if some of the people who ate them swore that they could. I, personally, could not taste the black beans.

Honestly, while making these cookies I had a slight headache. Probably a protein issue. Once the cookies were all done and out of the oven, I tried a cookie and was first surprised at the taste. And second I forget how much protein are actually in beans. So after my second cookie, I wouldn’t say that my headache went away, but it definitely was lesser. 

I hope that you enjoyed this recipe. Again the recipe will be in the description down below. Vadish, Dag Dag!

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