Chocolate Sambuca Cookies
Back in the day I would bake a non-vegan version of these cookies and gift to friends at Christmas. Then it began to bother me knowing the impact animal fat and dairy was having on their health, so I stopped. Today I decided to create a vegan version... and it pushes all the right buttons for me!
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup raw cocoa powder
- 1 cup Black Sambuca
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 2 tsp ground golden flax seed
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add the first 5 ingredients to a large mixing bowl and blend to incorporate raw cocoa and flour.
- Put the next 6 ingredients into a Vita-Mix or heavy duty blender and blend until flax seeds are well broken down and everything is blended smooth. Let the liquid sit for a couple of minutes while you chop the walnuts.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry mix and blend before adding the chopped nuts.
- Drop cookie batter onto parchment lined cookie sheets and flatten slightly by dipping your fingertips into a very small amount of additional almond milk (just enough to wet your fingertips).
- Add additional chopped walnut pieces to decorate flattened cookies before baking, if desired.
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