VEGAN THUMBPRINT COOKIES
almond flour, oat flour, maple syrup, oil, vanilla, soy milk
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats blend into flour
- 1 cup almond flour blanched
- 1/8 tsp salt
wet ingredients
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil or other neutral tasting oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp soy milk or other plant milk
- raspberry or strawberry jam
Instructions
- 1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. Blend the oats into flour using a blender. You could also use a food processor but the flour wont be as smooth. Blend for about 30 seconds. Pour oat flour into mixing bowl.
- 3. To the oat flour add the almond flour and salt and mix well. Set aside.
- 4. In a small bowl mix together the maple syrup, oil, vanilla and soy milk.
- 5. Combine the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until it forms a dough.
- 6. Use a 1/2 tablespoon to scoop the dough into balls. Roll the dough in your hands to make a perfect ball (it helps if your hands are slightly wet for this process so the dough doesn't stick to your hands). Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use a 1/4 teaspoon to press a circle indent into the cookie. It helps if you wet the tsp measurement so it doesn't stick to the dough when making the indent. Repeat with the rest of the cookies.
- 7. Use a 1/4 teaspoon to spoon jam into the indent. Repeat with the rest of the cookies.
- 8. Bake at 350 degrees on top rack for 12-13 minutes until the bottom of the cookies are golden brown. Let them cool on the baking sheet for 10-15 minutes afterwards.
- optional* sprinkle confectioners sugar on the top of the cookies using a sieve/ sifter.
Notes
Wet your hands before you start rolling the dough into balls so the dough doesn't stick to you. Also wet the 1/4 tsp scoop when you make the indents, or the tsp will stick to the dough.
Its best to make the indents right after you roll the balls so you have less cracks. If you do get cracks just wet your finger with some soy milk and pat the cracks back together.
These are meant to be "healthier" less sugar and oil cookies. To make them sweeter, add an extra 1/4 cup sugar to the wet ingredients. to make them moister, add extra sunflower oil.
My favorite jams to use are Trader Joe's no sugar added fruit spreads. I like the strawberry one because it doesn't have seeds. Use whatever jam is your favorite!