Lentil Cookies

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These were good, I left out the coconut because I don't care for it, and I substituted chocolate chips for dried fruit, because that's what I had on hand. They were good, but I think they would be better with raisins instead. Would definitely try them again.

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We made these for mother's day, and baked them until they were golden brown. They were excellent, and we look forward to playing with the recipe, and trying some of the suggestions from other comments, like brown sugar. We used cocoa nibs, dried blueberries and dried papaya as our fruit. Our coconut was organic and unsweetened - it worked well.

Our only modifications to Alton's recipe were using salted butter, and toasting the coconut. Some notes about the lentils - we used organic red lentils. The cooking time was much less, about 10 minutes max, and we drained our lentils. As one reviewer noted, we did not have to puree the lentils before adding to the cookie mix.

Tho cookies do not spread, and are not cake-like. We liked the fact that they were less sweet than most cookies. We will be making these again.

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I just made these In spite of my family's aversion to coconut, lentils, and all things "healthy" -- in fact the last pan is still in the oven. They are a huge hit. The kids actually wanted more and I just saw my husband go back for another. I've eaten five so I do wish the recipe included nutritional information.

I used craisins for my fruit and was a tad generous with my spices and sugar -- didn't totally level them. I had to use sweetened coconut but it was fine. I also only had salted butter so I went light on the salt and that was fine too. Couldn't find whole wheat pastry flour at the store so I had to settle for cake flour. My cookies actually did spread a little bit so the thickness was perfect -- puffy, not flat. We're at high altitude so I don't know if that made a difference.

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I'm trying to eat healthier so what better than cookies with BEANS!! I used 3/4 cup of Brown sugar instead of the white and all other ingredients as called for. Realized halfway in that the boys had gotten into my cranberries so I used half cranberries and half dried blueberries.
Did NOT use coconut! :-P Cause then NO ONE in my house would have eaten them.

Also, I read in someone elses comment that they don't spread, so I dipped the bottom of a drinking glass in demarara sugar and gave them each a little pat with that.
Coming out of they oven, they had a little crispy sweet glaze.

Really good.

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I made these cookies yesterday and they were good but not great. I had to use sweetened coconut (that's all the local market carried and it worked fine. I used dried figs and apricots for the dried fruit and they tasted wonderful in this recipe. Next time I am going to add 1/2 C of brown sugar to kick up the sweetness. This is a dense, moist, cakelike cookie and doesn't spread out when baked, so I smashed them down a little to flatten them out some and they still stayed soft. Diffinitely worth trying again with the addition of brown sugar.

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I love them, my baby loves them, my hardcore junk food family loves them. these cookies are delicious. Plus, I get some protein into my picky baby!

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Even my pickiest eater liked these cookies. I used half a bag of butterscotch chips instead of raisins and they are delicious.

I saw some negative reviews on these cookies and think the problem may have been that they didn't use pastry flour. Our cookies turned out a beautiful tan, so I don't know what the people did who's cookies turned out gray. For those who had dry cookies, you may have baked them too long. We always bake our cookies for the least amount of recommended time (unless they're too underdone, then we extend the time a minute or two, and our cookies are always moist.

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My family loves these cookies. From teen to toddler these are GREAT!!! I have made it a couple of times. I have used mixed dried fruit in stead of the cranberries as well as making them with chocolate chips for a party. Most people who have tried them think they are oatmeal, and then I pop the secret ingredient. My father in law has heart trouble and was told to get more fiber and less sweets into his diet. I made the cookies for him using the splenda baking mix (just make sure you use the correct amount for the splenda and he loves them, and still gets to follow doctors orders!! Thanks Alton!!! I hope we can get some more recipes like this.

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These turned out really well! I had to add some fat free half n half to the lentils in order to puree them in my blender. Yummy!

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Alright so the first batch came out and I just put the second batch in and the first batch is almost already gone. ...There are only two of us. haha. Anyway, I think anyone who gave this recipe a poor rating simply messed up at some point. These are great! Hearty, filling, delicious, and really can hardly taste the lentil! It's like a designer oatmeal cookie bite! If you rated these down, try making them again and follow the recipe for goodness sake! I wish I had cranberries on hand but I only had some chocolate chips so that is the only substitution I made. I even made them with the small green french lentil and they turned out basically normal colored. You could fool anyone.

Two enthusiastic thumbs up! Five stars! yay!