super healthy cho-cho cookies

yesterday, i was baking the last batch of butternut squash from our garden. while waiting, i checked pinterest for a possible squash recipe. i found one but i made a lot of changes. so this is my first trial....

chon's chocolate cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butternut squash, pureed
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp sorghum syrup
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 3 tbsp wheat germ (optional)
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp milk

Directions:

1. stir together flour, cocoa, wheat germ, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg & ginger.

2. in another bowl, combine squash, sugar, olive oil, sorghum syrup, vanilla extract & egg. dissolve the baking soda with milk and stir in.

 

3. add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

4. make flat circles, lay in a cookie sheet & bake at 350F for about 10 minutes.

hubby said it's good for milk dunking. it has a cake-like consistency & reminded me of a whoopie pie.