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VEGAN AND GLUTEN FREE HOT CROSS COOKIES

Written By

Guest Elise Blight

PREP TIME	COOK TIME	SERVES	DIFFICULTY
30 minutes	15 minutes	8 people	Medium

INGREDIENTS

½ cup Organic Road Coconut Sugar
⅓ cup Organic Road Coconut Oil, at room temperature ⠀
1 flax egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract/stevia⠀⠀
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup almond milk
1 1/2 cups Natural Road Almond Meal⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
½ cup GF plain flour or try Organic Road GF Buckwheat Flour⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
½ teaspoon Organic Road Cinnamon⠀
½ teaspoon nutmeg⠀
¼ teaspoon ginger⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⅓ cup raisins⠀
¼ chopped walnuts (optional)⠀
Dairy-Free White Chocolate, melted (for crosses)⠀

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius, fan-forced.⠀⠀⠀
Cream the sugar, coconut oil, flax egg, and vanilla.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Add the salt and milk, and stir. Then add the almond meal, flour, baking powder and spices and combine with spatula. Lastly, fold through the raisins and walnuts (optional). ⠀
Refrigerate batter for 20 minutes.⠀⠀⠀⠀
Scoop out a tablespoon of mixture at a time, roll into balls and place of a lined baking tray. Flatten cookies with the back of a slightly wet fork.⠀⠀⠀
Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Allow to cool and then pipe on crosses with the melted white chocolate