Skinny Jean Cookies

Recipe By: http://foodstorageandbeyond.com
Serves: 4 - 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients:
1 15-oz can white beans, drained and rinsed (Great Northern or Navy)
1½ cups sugar (white or brown… your preference)
5 eggs (or 10 Tbsp egg powder and 15-20 Tbsp water)
1/3 cup applesauce
2 tsp vanilla extract
4½ cups whole wheat flour (can use half all-purpose if you’re not use to whole wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
 1¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1¼ cups dried cranberries

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
2. Place beans in a mixer and beat them until they’re creamy and non-recognizable as a bean.
3. Add sugar and cream together.
4. Add eggs, applesauce, and vanilla. Mix.
5. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix until well blended.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and dried cranberries.
7. Drop the dough by small, rounded spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. (These cookies do not spread when baked, so you can pack them pretty close together on the cookie sheet.)
8. Bake 10-15 minutes, but DO NOT over bake. They will not turn golden when done, so try testing them with a light touch on the top of the cookie. They should be barely firm to the touch and will set up more as they cool. (My optimal cooking time for me was 11 minutes.)
9. Remove baked cookies from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store at room temperature in an airtight container. (Or you can freeze them for later.)