Almost Chocolate Chip Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups ten-grain pancake mix
• 3/4 cup pastry flour
• 1/3 cup oatmeal
• 8 ounces stevia powder
• 2 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup butter
• 12 ounces callebaut bittersweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons agave syrup
• 2 teaspoons rose water
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon hazelnut extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 mix the first three ingredients together in a bowl with a fork.
• 3 melt 3/4 cup butter for 20 seconds in microwave (do not cover!).
• 4 in a separate bowl, mix apple sauce, melted butter, agave syrup, rosewater, vanilla extract, hazelnut extract with spoon.
• 5 pour liquid mixture into flour mixture and stir slowly with fork until mixture is smooth.
• 6 if you previously decided to use a small bowl anyway, because your other medium-sized bowl was dirty, and you are far too smart to be outwitted by pancake mix; thank the applesauce for the current absence of flour all over your clothes and counter.
• 7 pour chocolate chip cookies and stevia powder into dough, and stir in together.
• 8 if the mixture looks a bit too thin, add 1 tablespoons at a time of oatmeal until it thickens up a bit.
• 9 cover cookie sheet with aluminum foil, and drop dough with a tablespoon onto foil, about 1 1/2 inches apart. to make cookies of proper size, each spoonful should be about 2 tablespoons.
• 10 bake each sheet for 10-12 minutes. if you're not sure, bake to 10 minutes, and turn off the heat, but leave the cookies in the oven for five more minutes.