Compost Cookies
PIN IT!These sweet, citrusy and salty compost cookies use my favorite Food Should Taste Good lime tortilla chips! Sub in your favorite flavor for a sweet, salty dessert!
I almost called these “dump” cookies or “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” bites, but neither of those really sounded right either. I know what you’re thinking, you don’t want to dig into a plate of compost cookies. But after doing some research on the interwebs, it’s really the only thing to call them. And if Momofku calls them compost cookies, I’m calling them that too.
I know I’ve told you this before, but I have a VERY picky husband. He won’t eat pumpkin, cooked carrots, stewed tomatoes, coconut, shellfish, red meat and he’s not a huge fan of butter, whipped cream or cheese. Now, a few of these he’s allergic too, but the rest? He just doesn’t like. Sometimes I feel like I’m feeding a 5 year old. “E, it’s good for you! Open wide!” “I want chicken nuggets.”
Now, I love him very, very much. But it’s hard to be a food writer, recipe developer and wannabe chef sometimes because I have to cook around his parameters. Now, that doesn’t stop me from making whipped cream, butter filled shrimp with cooked carrots and stewed tomatoes. It’s just harder because if I’m the only one eating it, I have to really tailor down the recipe or risk throwing away extra food. And I’m not down with that. Sometimes I just make things, sneak in ingredients he hates and then just don’t tell him they’re in there.
And you know what? It works most of the time. I think these aversions are just him not wanting to eat foods he thinks he’ll hate because he grew up hating them. I’ve snuck many a stewed tomatoes in my recipes and he’s devoured them.
So friends, if you have picky eaters, just trick them into eating the food they think they hate. What they don’t know won’t kill them, I always say.
Compost Cookies
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Yields about 14 cookies. Adapted from Cooking Channel.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Chill time: 2 – 3 hours
Cook time: 12 minutes
Ingredients:
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons applesauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup crushed* Food Should Taste Good lime tortilla chips
- 2 – 3 tablespoons melted chocolate
- 2 1/2 tablespoons quick cooking oats
- Dash of salt
*Be sure to chop very fine so they don’t get stale in the batter.
Directions:
- In the bowl of a large mixer, beat the butter, applesauce and sugars together until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- In another bowl, whisk the flours, baking soda and salt together. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing well after each addition. Remove from your mixer.
- Carefully stir in the melted chocolate and oats. Using a spatula, fold in the tortilla chips until combined. Cover mixture with saran wrap and chill for at least two hours.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease with cooking spray. Once chilled, remove from fridge and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop cookies onto a greased baking dish. Bake for about 10 – 12 minutes, or until golden.
Nutritional information per cookie:
Calories: 168
Fat: 7.25 grams
Carbohydrates: 20 grams
Fiber: >1 gram
Protein: 1.5 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 4
Your hubs is a lucky man; I think by now I would have sent him to his room. :)