An up-and-coming chef in Malta to watch out for is Josef Baldacchino. He shared this great recipe for gluten free quinoa cookies which is delicious, quick and easy to make. I have made them many times now and everyone loves them.
Ingredients:
- 35 g ground almonds
- 280 g cooked quinoa, according to instructions on pack
- 1 tsp baking powder (gluten free)
- 50 g dark chocolate chips or chopped
- 100 g coconut
- 2 egg whites
- 100 g peanut butter
- 100 g applesauce
- 85 g honey
- A few drops good vanilla extract
- Pinch sea salt
Instructions:
Combine the peanut butter, applesauce, honey and vanilla extract.- Mix together separately the ground almonds, quinoa, baking powder, chocolate chips, coconut and salt.
- Stir in the egg whites and mix well.
- Add the peanut butter and applesauce mix and combine.
- Shape into balls and flatten into cookie shapes.
- Place on an oven tray lined with baking paper.
- Bake at 170°C for about 20-25 minutes.
- Allow to cool as they are quite soft when they come out of the oven.
Photographs by Josef Baldacchino
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