VEGAN CHOCOLATE ORANGE COOKIES
These Vegan Chocolate Orange Cookies are rich, chocolaty, chewy, and soft. They are made of cocoa powder and orange essential oil, which gives them fruity and zesty tones. The cookies are drizzled with dark chocolate and sprinkled with orange zest. The incredible combination of orange and chocolate makes the cookies extra delicious.
Ingredients
- 70 g vegan butter, soft , (75-80% fat)
- 50 g white cane sugar
- 60 g brown sugar
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) unsweetened almond milk, room temperature
- 3-4 drops orange essential oil, 100% *
- pinch sea salt
- 25 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 tbsp (8 g) corn starch
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 120 g all-purpose flour
- 60 g dark chocolate bar, chopped , (for drizzle)
- orange zest, fresh or dried, (for decoration)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and line the baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
- To a mixing bowl, add vegan butter, white cane sugar, and brown sugar and cream together with a hand mixer for about 1 minute until fluffy. Add unsweetened almond milk and 3-4 drops of orange essential oil and mix until combine. Then add sea salt, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and half of the all-purpose flour, mix, add the rest of the flour and mix again with a hand mixer until just combined. Don't overmix the batter.
- Use a kitchen scale to divide the dough into 20 small balls. Each ball should weigh about 17 g.
- Place the cookie dough ball on the prepared tray (make some space between them). Bake them in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.**
- Take the cookies out of the oven and let them sit on the tray for about 2-3 minutes. Then place them on a cooling rack and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place a chopped dark chocolate bar in a glass bowl, then place the bowl over a small pot of simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Take the bowl off the stove.
- Drizzle each cookie with dark chocolate and sprinkle with fresh or dried orange zest.
- Let the chocolate harden completely.
Notes
*You can substitute the orange with orange zest (from about ½ orange).
**If you want the cookies to be extra chewy, bake them for a shorter time.
Storage:
Store the cookies in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. The cookies will maintain their taste and texture for 3 days.Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1 cookie (approx. 19g) / Calories: 88kcal / Total Fat: 4,1g / Saturated Fat: 2,1g / Cholesterol: 0mg / Sodium: 28mg / Total Carbohydrate: 12,6g / Fiber: 0,9g / Sugar: 6,6g / Protein: 1,0g / Iron: 0,6mg / Potassium: 44,8mgNutrition
Calories: 88kcal
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