Vegan Chocolate Quinoa Cookies

Name: Vegan Chocolate Quinoa Cookies
Cook time: 16 min
Yield: 36 cookies
Ingredients: 1.5 cup gluten-free all-purpose flour; 0.5 cup cocoa powder; 0.5 cup cooked quinoa; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp fine sea salt; 0.667 cup light brown sugar; 0.5 cup coconut sugar; 6 tbsp vegan butter; 2 tbsp melted coconut oil; 2 tsp tahini; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 each flax eggs; 1 tbsp almond milk; 1 cup dark chocolate chunks; 0.5 cup chopped walnuts

Alyssa · simplyquinoa.com · 2014 · Original Recipe

They're not just any cookies. Oh no, these babies are chocolate on chocolate, with quinoa and walnuts sprinkled in. Think rich fudgy brownie, but in cookie form.

chewiness

crispiness

cakeyness

thickness

spread

richness

sweetness

complexity

very chocolatey

Ingredients

gluten-free all-purpose flour1.5 cup (188g)

cocoa powder0.5 cup (43g)

cooked quinoa0.5 cup (70g)

baking powder1 tsp (5g)

fine sea salt0.5 tsp (2g)

light brown sugar(or coconut sugar)0.667 cup (93g)

coconut sugar0.5 cup (70g)

vegan butter6 tbsp (85g)

melted coconut oil2 tbsp (27g)

tahini(or other nut butter)2 tsp (6g)

pure vanilla extract1 tsp (4g)

flax eggs(2 tablespoons flaxseed meal + 6 tablespoons water)2 each (60g)

almond milk(optional if the dough seems dry)1 tbsp (15g)

dark chocolate chunks(or dairy-free chocolate chips)1 cup (160g)

chopped walnuts0.5 cup (70g)

Total dough weight898g

Process

Mixing: creaming
Butter: room temp
Eggs: none
Bake Temp: 375°F (191°C)
Bake Time: 14-16 min
Chill: None
Yield: ~36 cookies
Sheet Prep: parchment

Recipe Radar

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Outlier Profile

Uniqueness score: 1.9. Shows how many standard deviations each ratio diverges from the mean.

Percentile Rankings

Where this recipe falls compared to all 621 recipes in the dataset.

Flour:Fat1.67 (68th percentile)

Flour:Sugar1.15 (41th percentile)

Brown:White Sugar0 (19th percentile)

Egg:Flour0 (11th percentile)

Chocolate:Flour1.08 (68th percentile)

Fat %12.5 (23th percentile)

Sugar %18.2 (35th percentile)

Hydration0.08 (16th percentile)

Bake Temp375 (86th percentile)

Key Ratios

Flour:Fat

1.67

Flour:Sugar

1.15

Brown:White Sugar

Egg:Flour

Chocolate:Flour

1.08

Fat %

12.5

Sugar %

18.2

Flour %

20.9

Hydration

0.08

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