Chocolate Chip Cookies with Chickpeas

Serves	Total Time
24 cookies	13 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup light or dark brown sugar
0.75 cup margarine
2 large egg whites
2 tsp vanilla
1 15-oz can chickpeas
12 oz semisweet chocolate chips
0.75 cup walnuts (optional)
0.75 cup raisins (optional)
2 cups all-purpose flour
0.5 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 tsp baking soda
0.25 tsp kosher salt

Cookware

1 baking sheet
1 parchment
1 large mixing bowl
1 cooling rack

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray or line with parchment.

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the light or dark brown sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon or on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg whites and vanilla, then the chickpeas and semisweet chocolate chips (and walnuts (optional) and raisins (optional), if using). Add the all-purpose flour, old-fashioned rolled oats, baking soda, and kosher salt, and mix on low speed until a thick dough forms.

Step 3

Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Press gently with a fork to flatten. Bake until the cookies are golden brown and just set, 11 to 13 minutes; do not overbake. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.