Thursday, July 19, 2012

Vegan Peanut Buttery Cookies



I’ll bet you have everything in your pantry to make these right now.

Robert’s favorite food is peanut butter, but so many peanut buttery treats are non-vegan. So, here’s my recipe revision for Peanut Butter Cookies!

Ingredients:
1.5 cu flour (I used whole wheat)
1 t baking soda

1 T ground flax seed
3 T water(in place of the flax and water you can use one egg or any substitution for one egg)

½ cu peanut butter
½ cu brown sugar
½ cu butter or butter substitute (I used Earth Balance)
1 t vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° F.

In a nonstick skillet over medium heat whisk together the 1 T flax seed and 3 T water. This is your egg replacer. Add this to your stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Add in ½ cu peanut butter, ½ cu brown sugar, ½ cu butter substitute, and 1 t vanilla and mix on medium speed until creamy. Slow mixer to low and gently add in flour and baking soda. Mix until just combined.

Dish out onto baking sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper. (I used my #70 disher – portion control!) Roll each portion into a ball then flatten with fork into a crisscross pattern.

The crisscrossing is my favorite part.

Bake at 375° F for 4 minutes then flip and rotate the sheets for even cooking. Bake for another 2 – 4 minutes until puffy and mouth watering. Let cook on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack. Allow to cool if you can stand it! Enjoy! I made 3 dozen cookies from this recipe!


What is your favorite cookie? Let me know and I’ll try to veganize it!