During Advent, in addition to mulled wine, fairy lights and thick socks, coconut macaroons, cookie cutters and rascals are a must. But classic cookies without butter, eggs or refined sugar? Works wonderfully! Vegan and with healthier ingredients they taste even better.
You don't have to be a vegan to bake vegan: avoiding animal products in cookies is animal-friendly, environmentally friendly and climate-friendly.
We have five recipes for you that will sweeten your Christmas season in a natural way. Perfect to enjoy with loved ones or as a gift.
Baking vegan cookies: What do I have to pay attention to?
Baking vegan Christmas cookies is not as difficult or complicated as many people might think. You just have to know how to replace animal products and what to look out for. Expensive replacement products: none. Here are our tips for vegan Christmas baking.
Mix butter, flour, and milk...
- Regardless of whether it's rice, soy, oats, almonds or hazelnuts: When baking vegan, you can easily replace cow's milk with a plant-based drink.
- You can easily swap butter 1:1 with plant-based margarine - for example in shortcrust pastry.
- If you use coconut oil instead of butter: Only use about 2/3 of the specified amount of butter.
- Nut butter is also the perfect alternative to butter for nutty cookie recipes. Before using, puree the puree finely and, if necessary, mix it with a little coconut oil.
And then the egg comes... Watch out!
Eggs have several functions when baking cookies: They serve as a binding agent for smooth dough, provide moisture and give the cookies flavor.
You can replace eggs in cookie dough as follows:
- Ground flaxseed as an egg substitute: Mix one tablespoon of ground flaxseed with three tablespoons of water and let the mixture stand for 10 minutes until a gel forms. Your “vegan egg” is now ready. Also works great with ground chia seeds.
- Aquafaba for "egg whites": From now on you no longer have to pour away the water in the chickpea jars - you can easily use it to conjure up a vegan egg substitute. To do this, mix the draining water with 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of starch (e.g. locust bean gum). Then just beat all the ingredients with the hand mixer.
Don't we need chocolate, honey, nuts and succade?
We do not need. Instead of honey, you can use agave syrup or date syrup. Maple syrup brings a caramel flavor to your cookies.
Instead of refined sugar, use coconut blossom sugar.
4 simple recipes for vegan cookies
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1. Rose Raspberry Cashew Coconut Macaroons
These vegan macarons are exactly how good macarons should be: crispy on the outside, tender on the inside and of course sweet and packed with coconut.
Coconut macaroons are usually bound with protein, but it can also be done without: we use our creamy cashew-strawberry puree, which not only tastes great with coconut and vanilla, but also colors the cookies slightly pink. The macarons are really good with a coating of white chocolate, cocoa nibs, flowers and freeze-dried pomegranate seeds.
2. Chocolate angel eyes with nut butter filling
Chocolatey, naturally sweet, high in fiber and absolutely delicious: our flourless cookies are a healthy Christmas treat and you only need eight ingredients for the vegan cookies.
Use nut butter of your choice to fill the vegan chocolate angel eyes or replace the butter with chia jam .
3. Crispy Granola Crossies with goji berries
Crunch, crunch, crunch... We love chocolate crossies! Our version uses granola made from ancient grains instead of cornflakes and is refined with berries, cocoa nibs and flowers.
The best part: The Granola Crossies only need six ingredients and are ready to eat in no time.
4. Heavenly vegan vanilla crescents with coconut ganache
The absolute classic among Christmas cookies: vanilla crescents . No wonder: The cookies taste wonderfully vanilla and are so tender that they melt in your mouth.
Our version uses vegan ingredients and tastes even better than the original. The highlight is the ganache made from coconut and white chocolate.
Vegan Butter Cookies - how is that done?
You don't need butter at all to make wonderfully soft and delicious cookies that you can cut out. The cookies can also be made with vegan ingredients.
Ingredients for vegan butter cookies, approx. 25 pieces
- 200 g spelt flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 75 g sugar
- 125 g cold vegan margarine
preparation
- Knead all the ingredients into a smooth dough, form a ball of dough and place it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Preheat the oven (180 C top/bottom heat; 160 C fan oven). Line a baking tray with baking paper. Divide the dough into two pieces and roll out one part on a floured work surface to a thickness of approx. 0.5 cm. Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut cookies out of the dough and place them on the baking sheet.
- Bake the Christmas cookies on the middle rack for about 8 minutes until the edges turn slightly brown. Remove the cookies from the oven, let them cool and decorate as desired.
decorating cookies
Speaking of decorating: When it comes to toppings, you can let your imagination and creativity run wild! Icing made from powdered sugar and lemon juice is completely vegan, just like most colorful sugar sprinkles from the supermarket.
When it comes to chocolate sprinkles, make sure they are made from dark chocolate and do not contain milk or butter fat. Grated coconut or chopped nuts are also suitable for decorating.
Do you already know ourWholey Toppings ? Blue coconut flakes and dried berries and flowers are guaranteed to add variety to your cookie plate!
Properly store Christmas bakery
Store your finished cookies in jars with seals or tightly sealing containers, preferably in a dry and cool place. This means the cookies stay fresh and last longer. Spitzbuben, butter cookies, angel eyes and vanilla crescents stay fresh and crispy for up to 4 weeks.
Coconut macaroons and cookies with a cream filling are a little more delicate.
Plan B, if you have too many cookies left: Give away vegan cookies. This way you can easily show your friends, colleagues and family how delicious and easy it is to bake vegan cookies.
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