Recipe for the Best, Healthiest Chocolate Chip Cookies

Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup date paste (mash down about 2 cups of dates, pitted, in the cuisinart)
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 eggs
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t sea salt
lots of vanilla extract (I like to use about 3 T)
2 cups spelt flour
1 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries (optional)

Directions

1. Make date paste in cuisinart.
2. Add in butter, eggs, baking soda, sea salt, and vanilla and mix. Add spelt flour and mix.
3. Transfer dough to a bowl, and stir in chocolate chips, walnuts, and dried cranberries.
4. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees. Check after 10 minutes. Remove from over when browned to your liking.