Hemp Seed Chocolate Chip Cookies

If cookies are your downfall then these are just for you. With extra protein, you can definitely afford to go back for more.

Ingredients:

• 125g butter
• 1 cup sugar (lightly packed)
• 1 cup hemp hearts
• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup chocolate chunks or chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C conventional or 160ºC fan forced and grease or line two baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat butter, caster sugar, hemp hearts and vanilla until pale and creamy, add egg and beat until mixed. 
3. Sift in flour and salt, mix until combined before stirring in the chocolate chunks or chips.
4. Roll heaped teaspoon sized balls of mixture and place on tray, press down lightly with a floured fork. Bake for approx. 12 - 15 minutes.

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