My fiance and I were starting to set up my Christmas decorations and I decided that we needed a festive treat. I couldn't find any that I liked and had all of the ingredients for, so I made one up.
The result was a crazy fluffy cookie that was definitely a hit. They aren't overpoweringly chocolatey or minty, they are just a teensy bit chewy around the edges, and they absolutely melt in your mouth. This is definitely a recipe that will be added to my Christmas cookies folder.
To decorate them, my fiance made little paper cutouts that we placed over the cookies and dusted with powdered sugar.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of applesauce
1 tablespoon molasses
1/4 almond milk (soy, rice or hemp will work too)
1/4 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 ounces semisweet baking chocolate
1 1/2 tablespoons Earth Balance
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips
How to make them:
Preheat oven to 350.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl.
Melt the baking chocolate in a double boiler. If you don't have a double boiler, melt the chocolate in a glass bowl on top of a saucepan with simmering water in it.
When it is all melted, remove from heat and mix in the Earth Balance.
Add the sugar, applesauce, molasses, milk and vinegar to the flour mixture. When it is mixed together, add the melted chocolate and mix well.
Mix in the extracts and the chocolate chips.
Put tablespoon sized pieces of dough on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Cool on a cooling rack.
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