Hot Chocolate & Spice Mexican Cookies

Happy Spring! Today was a sunny, warm and absolutely lovely day in New England. Days such as these make me want to settle down here and stay a bit longer....I will momentarily set down my red riding hood... (Think Juliette Binoche in Chocolat)...

"Chocolat is about Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and her child (Victoria Thivisol) who are literally blown into a small French village in the winter of 1959. Here she opens a small chocolate shop in the midst of Lent season. This does not set well with this placid community. She ends up converting citizens to love her sinful chocolate and it turns the community upside down."

Ahem.... I would love to convert this town's citizens to love my vegan treats in the midst of Lent!

So, here is a new Vegan cookie from this week's baking adventures. Feel free to use 1/2 of the chili powder if you like less spice. Or, live dangerously and use a bit more. Everyday is an adventure, why not carry that excitement over into the kitchen as well? I may even bust out my red satin heels this week and follow Vianne's lead!

2.25 Cups Whole Wheat Organic Flour

1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder

2 Tsp Baking Soda

1/4 Tsp Coarse Salt

1 Cup Non Dairy Non Hydrogenated Butter Alternative

1/4 Cup Agave Nectar

1/4 Cup Turbinado Sugar

2 Tbsp Ground Flax in 6 Tbsp Water

3 Tsp Cinnamon

1/2 Tsp Chili Powder

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Beat sugar, agave and "butter" in the bowl of a stand mixer. Scrape sides of the bowl and add the flax mixture and all of the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.

Place a bit of extra turbinado sugar in a shallow bowl. Take rounded tablespoons of the dough, roll into balls and drop into the sugar.

Place on sheets lined with parchment about 1 inch apart and flatten a little with the palm of your hand. Bake 6 minutes, rotate the pans and bake an additional 5-6 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Enjoy!

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New Incredible Vegan Cookie Recipe

Vegan Ne Plus Ultra Cookies

Heads up! Today's Vegan Cookie Recipe! OMG - "Ne Plus Ultra" is defined as follows on dictionary.com:

ne plus ultra

\nee-plus-UL-truh; nay-\ , noun:

1.

The highest point, as of excellence or achievement; the acme; the pinnacle; the ultimate.

2.

The most profound degree of a quality or condition.

This recipe is one that is traditionally made using butter, granulated sugar, and 2 large eggs - Yuck! Hello cholesterol, goodbye, waistline.... I don't think so....We can do it better!

Do yourselves a huge favor! Cut and past this recipe (all Vegan & all ours here at AnnaVeda Kitchen - sharing with you gratis!) and make these cookies as soon as you have some free time, trust me you will be so happy - a lot of bang for your buck; quick and easy to put together.

Make sure you do rotate the pans 10 minutes into the baking process, and let them cool right on the parchment in the pans to avoid making additional clean-up work - these vegan cookies slid right off with a nice firm spatula! Enjoy!


Vegan Ne Plus Ultra Cookies

.5 Cup Soy Butter Substiture ( We Love Earth Balance)
2/3 Cups Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Raw Turbinado Sugar
2 Tbsp Ground Flax in 6 Tbsp Water, whisked in a small bowl
1 teaspoon High Quality Vanilla (We Love Frontier)
1.25 Cups Wheat Flour
1/2 Tsp Coarse Salt (We have been loving Himalayan Pink Salt)
1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Cup Vegan Chocolate or Carob Chips
1 Cup Raisins
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts


Preheat oven to 350 and line 2 cookie pans with parchment paper.
Beat the butter and sugars, add vanilla and the flax mix.
Combine at medium speed in your stand mixer.
Add salt, baking soda on medium speed, reduce to low speed and sift or pour in (pour a tiny stream of flour from about 10 inches above the mixer) at lowest speed and stop after just a minute.

Take the bowl off the stand mixes, and add nuts, raisins, and chips with a wooden spoon, stir and do not overmix, so as to keep the cookies nice and cakey.

Drop by heaping tablepoons onto prepared pans and spray your fingers with s bit of canola oil. Press the cookie dough globs into flat discs that are about 1" thick.

Wash your hands, bake 10 mins. and rotate the pans at ten mins, to evenly brown the cookies.

Let cool in pans and share some asap - these vegan cookies contain no cholesterol, no animal fat or protein....Bake up folks, and enjoy! More cookies coming this week!