Recipe Directions

1. In a food processor, process sprouted quinoa, salt, and lecithin into a powder. If there is still moisture in the sprouted quinoa, it will process into a dough-like mass.

2. Place quinoa mixture into a bowl. Set aside.

3. In a food processor, process peanuts into peanut butter. Add agave and vanilla and process to mix.

4. Add the quinoa mixture to the peanut butter mixture in the food processor; process until the mixture forms into a ball.

5. Freeze dough for an hour. Take a rolling pin and roll out dough into desired cookie shapes.

6. Dehydrate for 4-5 hours turn and continue dehydrating for 4-5 hours or until cookies reach the consistency you prefer.

7. To heighten the peanut flavor, I added raw peanut butter between two cookies.

Nyuszi's Thoughts

By Nyuszi

The cookies alone have a subtle peanut taste.

Not only are these healthy, "good for you" cookies, they are filling, so one goes a long way.

At room temperature, the dough can be sticky and not easy to handle. I hope you enjoy these cookies!

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So if one doesn't have lecithin on hand is there anything that can be used in place of, or could it just be left out??? Thanks. Gosh darn these look so good!

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I got the peanuts, now to sprout the quinoa - why do I feel like the little red hen?

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*miss souffle* I'm sure you could use any nut of a similiar consistency. Almond would be delicious, I bet!

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where can i find raw peanuts???

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I bought some raw peanuts online for my partner, who was a peanut butter addict before going raw. These cookies are great! They are still in the dehydrator, but we scraped the blender clean. I used 4 medjool dates instead of agave, and the cookies are not very sweet. I think next time I will use more dates. I love the use of quinoa. I do not eat very much sprouted quinoa, although it is so easy to sprout! I did not freeze the dough before plumping it down on dehydrator sheets, but cookies are still flat and round. I also used a touch of olive oil to help the peanuts grind into butter. My partner complained that the dough tasted "vegatable-y" because of the olive oil, but I still caught him stealing from the dehydrator!

Thanks for this recipe!

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Shy Princess ~ I'm so glad you enjoyed these cookies.

queenfluff ~ Sounds delicious with the frosting.

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Hi and thank you for your comments!

iluvlife ~ you could sub quinoa with ground sunflower seeds or how about buckwheat grouts.

Miss Souffle ~ Branwyn32's suggest is a great one.

Branwyn32 ~ thanks! :-)

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*miss souffle* I'm sure you could use any nut of a similiar consistency. Almond would be delicious, I bet!

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hi. wow looks good.

i was wondering if i can sub peanuts for something else? i can't get them in my country ;-)

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hi. wow looks good.

i was wondering if i can sub peanuts for something else? i can't get them in my country ;-)

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You said you could try substituting ground flax seeds for the lecithin...any substitutes for the quinoa?

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I made these for a raw potluck and I made a frosting for them with peanut butter, cacao, coconut oil and agave. Yum!

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I made these for my last birthday party...lovely!

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Oh Gosh!!! And I was sure I proofed it before I submitted this recipe. The recipe should read 1/3 cup of agave, not 1 cup. My apologies to Lalala.

Lalala: What I did after making the dough, which was a bit sticky, was place it on a wooden cutting board, flattening it out into a thick round patty and freeze it for about an hour.

Next I took it out and using a rolling pin rolled it out to the thickness I wanted, using a cookie cutter shaped the cookies, then used a spatula to remove each cookie from the wood board and transfered the cookies to the dehydrator. I hope this makes sense and helps.

Thank goodness you caught my mistake Angie. Let me know if you have any questions.

Nenufar07 - thanks for your comment. I created this recipe using soy lecithin and haven't tried it any other way, yet. Perhaps you could try ground flax seeds or even ground sunflower seeds.

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lalala - thanks! I would have used this recipe without checking the other one. I am getting impatient to try this!!!

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uh oh! i was wondering why it was so sweet! the recipe on your blog says 1/3 c agave, and here it's 1 c....could have a ton to do with the consistency i got!

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i just tried these without the soy lecithin. i also used almond butter instead of grinding peanuts into peanut butter because peanuts make my nose itch.

i had a question though about the texture before it goes into the freezer. for me, the batter was fairly loose and i put it in the freezer in a tupperware container. is it meant to be a ball of dough? maybe i missed something....

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I got the peanuts, now to sprout the quinoa - why do I feel like the little red hen?

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OMG!! Between these divine cookies and the chocolate bar recipe that I just saw, I don't know what to make first. Hmm....my sweet tooth is telling me to put the chocolate bar in between the two cookies :) Has anyone tried this recipe without the soy lecithin?

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greenie - I assume you're talking about the coconut oil in my dipping chocolate recipe, right? I use it because it stiffens the chocolate. You could probably use a smaller amount of raw cacao butter (people say melt it in the dehydrator). I have never used it.

I just thought maybe this would be good with a chocolate-peanut butter spread (cacao & agave in the raw peanut butter?) My mouth is watering - I'll have to get some of those jungle peanuts!!!

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Hi coconutty - I haven't tried this but you could try subbing [soy] lecithin granules with ground flax seeds. Leaving out either wouldn't alter the recipe too much.

Hi SarahJ - you are right. This recipe doesn't call for coconut oil. I think Greenie was simply putting the question out there. But now that I'm thinking about it.....

Greenie - have you tried coconut butter? It has a different consistency "buttery" - just a thought.

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Greenie mentions coconut oil but I don't see it in the recipe. Am I missing something?

These look fantastic BTW. :)

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So if one doesn't have lecithin on hand is there anything that can be used in place of, or could it just be left out??? Thanks. Gosh darn these look so good!

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Hi RCBAlive - great point! Initially I was going for a powder. I thought to dry/dehydrate the quinoa but decided against it. There was a bit a moisture and the quinoa formed into a dough-like mass in the food processor. I think either way works fine. A suggestion would be not to germinate the quinoa and grind it to a powder.

Oh and your Hot and Sour Basil soup sounds delicious!

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sounds and looks great. do you need to dehydrate the quinoa once you sprout them? do you want a powder or a dough like mass? i can't imagine how you can get a powder if they are still moist.

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Hi OceanBliss - hope you have a chance to try them. If you tweak the recipe, let me know what you did and how it turn out. Thanks :-)

Hi Chakra Essence - lecithin is a substance derived from either animal or plant tissues. In my case, I used Health Best - All Natural Lecithin Granules. This product is plant derived lecithin. I'll edit the ingredient list to read "Granular Soy Lecithin".

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Isn't lecithin an animal derived product?

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WOW - Incredible! There's so many possibilities you can make with these cookies. I can't wait to try them.

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