Who does not like cookies? They are one of the foods that people mostly like to eat. It is not only fun to eat, but also fun to make. And if you are a vegan and did not know, there are also vegan cookies. You can bake them using vegan cookies recipe with the basic ingredients, but you can also bake it with your favorite flavor, and like cakes or other pastry you can also be creative with it. With sprinklers and food coloring or colored icing; you could just use your imagination and the cookies will make your day fun.
The reason why people love to bake cookies is that baking cookies is very easy, unlike cakes, you do not have to worry about equal rise or any of the complication of cake baking. You can literally just mix all the ingredients and throw it into the oven. And because it cooks so fast, it could be a fallback food to prepare when there are unexpected guests. Cookies are more interesting when it is vegan because it is less fat and more nutritious.
Here is an easy vegan cookies recipe, and for this you will need:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1/4 cup roughly chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup dried fruit and nuts
- pinch salt
- 1 cup soy milk
- juice 1 clementine
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions:
Once you have all these, you may now preheat your oven to 150 degrees C or 300 degrees F. Then mix all the dry ingredients (sugar, flour, baking powder, salt fruit and nuts like the chopped almonds) in a large bowl. Then in a small bowl mix all the Clementine juice, oil and soy milk, set it aside for a few minutes until it will curdle. Then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, but make sure to add it bit by bit; if the mixture forms dough, stop mixing the wet ingredients. Then divide the dough with a tablespoon and then place it on a baking sheet. Once you have filled the baking sheet, you may now place it in the oven and bake it for 15 minutes, but if the cookies are golden brown or has a little crack on top, it is already done. Do not allow it to dry, that is why you need to take it out while it is golden brown. Then like any other cookies, do not take it out of the baking sheet before 2 minutes of cooling. After 2 minutes you can take it out and put it on a wire rack to cool it completely. So, now you have your vegan cookies, but if you want to upgrade your vegan cookies recipe you have to try this recipe.
To make it chewy you need the following:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup organic cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup Earth Balance
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, loosely packed
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk
- 1 medium ripe banana
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Just follow the same instruction in baking the ordinary vegan cookies.