If you don’t love chocolate chip cookies, I may have a hard time accepting you’re in fact, a real life human being.

Being a dessert lover, I’m always on the hunt to find or create clean recipes, so I can indulge in my favorite things guilt-free. Is there anything like a warm, gooey “real” chocolate chip cookie? No way. But is there a decent substitute to still get the cookie fix when eating lean, clean, and green? Yes, ma’am!

With that, I hope you indulge in these and love every single bite, because your body will love you too. And a cookie so clean you can eat them for brekkie?!…..yes, please!

Ingredients:

Makes about 18-20 cookies depending on size of dough balls rolled

• 1 1/4 cups organic brown rice flour, coconut flour, or other flour substitute (or whole wheat flour)
• 1/4 cup organic rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons organic dried Goji berries (or leave out)
• 1 tablespoon organic dried cranberries (or leave out)
• 2 tablespoons mini dark chocolate chips or dairy/nut/soy free mini dark chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup organic coconut sugar
• 1/3 teaspoon organic salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 shakes ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons organic vanilla extract
• 1-2 eggs (or sub 1/4 cup organic, unsweetened applesauce per egg)
• 1/3 cup vanilla or plain Greek yogurt (adds to fluffiness; can also replace with 1/3 cup organic, unsweetened applesauce)
• 2 tablespoons pure, organic maple syrup or raw, local honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit
2. Mix all dry ingredients in bowl
3. In separate bowl, mix moist ingredients
4. In large mixing bowl, blend all ingredients together until a dough-like consistency is formed
5. On large cookie sheet, roll dough into 1-1 1/2″ balls, and place at least 3″ apart
6. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean when poked into middle of cookie and cookies are slightly golden brown
7. Let cool for a few minutes, and remove with spatula and place on cooling sheet or plate
8. Enjoy!