Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan)
Almond butter cookies! Yes, they are "almond butter" cookies with a hint of cardamom(elaichi). So delicious and crumbly these cookies are so easy to whip up. Vegan Recipe.
Servings: 8 medium sized cookies
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons Raw turbinado sugar
- 1.5 tablespoon agave syrup
- 1 teaspoon flax meal
- 1.5 tablespoon water
- 1.5 tablespoon roasted almond butter
- 1 tablespoon vegan butter (earth balance)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder (less if u don't like cardamom much :, more if u love it)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon oatmeal (coarsely ground oats for a little crunch, optional)
- 2/3 cup self rising flour Or all purpose flour + 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- In a pan, mix the flax meal and hot water and let sit for a minute.
- Add in the softened butters(kept out for half an hour), sugar and agave syrup and mix well by hand or by hand mixer until the mixture feels light.
- Add in the flours, salt, cardamom powder and lemon juice and mix till just about combined.
- The mixture should be a sticky dough with no dry flour patches.
- Oil hands and pick up tablespoon full dough, lightly roll into a ball and flatten on parchment paper using a fork. You can drop spoonfulls directly as well, to get random shaped cookies :), but dont let them get thicker than a 1/4 inch.
- Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 9-10 minutes. the cookies should not be runny or liquidy. They might look wet, but check with toothpick to confirm they are not squishy.
- Take cookies off baking tray and cool on rack for a few minutes before burning your mouth!
- Store in airtight container for a week or so. Let me know how yours turn out!
Notes
Nutritional value is based on 1 cookie
Nutrition
Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.3mg