Cookies


Vegan Sugar Cookies
  • 3/4 flour
  • 1/4 c sugar
  • 1/4 c unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 + 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 tbsp non-dairy milk
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Directions
Preheat oven 325F

Combine dry. Add wet. Stir. Refrigerate for a few hours. Scoop dough by tablespoon onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake about 12 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to rest on cookie sheet an additional 5 minutes. Continue to cool on counter or cookie rack.

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NO GLUTEN COOKIES

2 cups almond flour

½ tsp. baking powder

 cup (5–6 Tbls.) sugar, honey, maple syrup

tablespoon(s) of liquid to form dough ball

     orange juice, milk, 


let dough rest 5 minutes

roll 18–19 balls in hands and flatten with fork tines

350°  10–12 minutes

let cool on pan 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack

https://youtu.be/yxBFTFIakR0


My first time trying this recipe, I used turbinado sugar.  10 minutes was not enough, even the full 12 was not enough.  Even 13 still the cookies did not look browned.  I cooled them anyway.  They were less un-crisp after cooling, but not like I hoped.  I put them on the counter on a plate inside an unsealed zip bag.  The next morning they were gooey soft.  I put them back in the oven at 220° on the cooling rack, but I noticed they were sticking to the wire mesh so I transferred them back to the parchment papered sheet-pan, for 10+ minutes, then let the oven cool leaving the door ajar and the light on.  That made them crisp enough, but I don't know if it will last, if they will soften anyway, like bread will do when you want a crisp crust. 


Next time I want to try baking longer at a lower temp, check other cookie recipes for temp, and then waiting for the browning before removing from oven.  

 




Ginger Snaps
Ingredients:

1/4 C Apple Butter (or other fat substitute) [50 calories]
1/2 C molasses [385-475 calories]
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vinegar
1 tsp. ginger powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 cups Whole wheat pastry flour [660 calories]

 Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix all ingredients except flour and stir well.  Stir in flour
 If there is time, form dough into a ball and let it rest - even 15 helps make dough easier to handle
 Form 20  1" round balls and place on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet.  Balls can be rolled in sugar, if desired. 
 Moisten the bottom of a drink glass and flatten each ball. 

[or balls can be rolled in sugar and flattened with a dry glass] 

 Bake for 13 minutes @ 375° degrees