Written By 
Guest Elise Blight
recipes
VEGAN AND GLUTEN FREE HOT CROSS COOKIES
VEGAN AND GLUTEN FREE HOT CROSS COOKIES
| 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
