Chickpea Blondies

Ingredients

• Cooking spray

  Pam brand

  1 spray , about 1/3 second or 0.3g

• Chickpeas

  canned

  400g

• Margarine

  8 tablespoon or 112g

• Brown sugar

  ¾ cup packed or 165g

• Vanilla extract

  1 tsp or 4g

• Baking soda

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Salt

  table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Cake flour

  white, enriched

  ¾ cup unsifted, dipped or 103g

• Chocolate Chips Semi-Sweet

  Compliments

  ½ cup or 30g

Directions

1. Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350F. Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. Separate the chickpeas from their liquid, and reserve 3 tablespoons of the liquid. Do not rinse the chickpeas.
3. Place the chickpeas, reserved chickpea liquid, butter, sugar, vanilla, baking soda, and salt in a food processor fitted with the blade attachment. Process until the chickpeas are broken down and the ingredients are well-combined, 1 to 2 minutes. The mixture will be mostly smooth, but expect to see some graininess.
4. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, then stir in the flour. Fold in the chocolate chips. Transfer the batter to the baking pan and spread into an even layer.
5. Bake until the edges are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with no crumbs, 20 to 23 minutes. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before cutting into 16 squares.
6. Recipe by: Kelli Foster (source: https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chickpea-blondies-230153)