BEETROOT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Beetroot Chocolate Chip Cookies are egg free, so pretty, tasty, crispy on the outside and soft inside. Loaded with oats and chocolate chunks, the beetroot doesn't as such add any flavour but makes the cookies soft pink in colour. Better to use natural colours than artificial ones.
Ingredients
- ¼-⅓ cup beetroot puree cooked thick
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 cup oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 g chocolate chips approx. 1 cup
- 100 g soft salted butter
- ½ -⅔ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup plain yogurt thick
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1-2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Sieve the flour and baking powder.
- Add the oats and chocolate chips. Mix it well.
- In a big bowl add the butter and both the sugars. Cream the mixture till it is creamy and fluffy.
- Add grated orange rind, yogurt and pureed beetroot. Whip to mix well.
- Add the flour mixture. Mix it well.
- Grease the baking trays or line them with parchment paper.
- Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes.
- Take about a tablespoonful of the batter and roll it into a ball. If the dough sticks to your hands, lightly grease them with some butter.
- Place it on the baking tray and flatten it slightly.
- Repeat the above step with the remaining batter. Place the rolled batter an inch apart.
- Bake in the hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes. I like to bake them for 15 minutes so that the inside remains soft while the cookies from outside are crisp.
- Remove the tray from the oven. Leave the cookies on the tray for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove them from the tray and place them on a wire rack to cool.
- Store them in an airtight container. Stays fresh for about a week.
- Serve beetroot chocolate chip cookies with some tea, coffee or milk.
Notes
- These cookies are not like the regular crispy crunchy type. They have a cake like texture because of the amount of oats used and the quantity of butter is less.
- If you find them too soft, then leave them in the oven at 150°C for 5 minutes.
- You can use 1 egg instead of the plain yogurt.
- Add some nuts or dried fruit instead of chocolate chips. Or use a mixture of nuts, chocolate chips and dried fruit like raisins, cranberries, goji berries, etc.
- If the beetroot puree is watery you may not need to add some liquid like milk or orange juice.