Vegan Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
These Vegan Peppermint Chocolate Cookies are about to be your new favorite holiday cookies, but can definitely be enjoyed all year round! Just a few simple ingredients and come together in 30-minutes or less!
Servings 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup almond flour can be subbed with sunflower seed flour or more all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup vegan butter
- 1 tbsp ground flax seeds can be subbed with chia seeds
- 2.5 tbsp warm water
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup vegan chocolate chips I used PC Brand semi-sweet
- 1/4 cup crushed candy cane
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Lay parchment paper or grease a large baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, mix ground flax seeds and warm water. Let sit for 5 minutes, or until gelled.
- In a large bowl, cream together vegan butter and sugar.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add flour mixture to the creamed vegan butter and sugar, along with the flax egg, peppermint extract and chocolate chips. Mix until combined.
- Spoon cookie dough mixture onto the lined baking sheet (about 3 tbsp per cookie). The recipe should make about 12 cookies.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes, until edges look cooked but not burnt. Remove from oven, sprinkle crushed candy canes on top, and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet. Serve and enjoy!