Genius Chocolate-Chip Blondies

Genius Chocolate-Chip Blondies
(makes 15-20 squares)

• 1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can, drained and rinsed) (250g after draining)
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• level 1/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar (See note below, for substitutions)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup ground flax or quick oats (20g)
• 1/4 cup peanut butter (or other fat source) (see nutrition link below, for lower-cal options)
• optional: 1/2 cup chocolate chips (Not “optional” if you’re CCK!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend all ingredients (except chips) until very smooth in a food processor (not a blender). Mix in chips, and scoop into a greased (or tinfoil-lined) 8×8 pan. Optional: for “prettiness” you can stick some chocolate chips on top of the batter as well. Bake for around 30 minutes. They’ll look a little undercooked when you take them out, but they firm up as they cool, and you don’t want them to get hard.