Kay's ‪Vegan‬ Midnight Craving Cookies

May 20, 2016

I made applesauce yesterday out of Golden Delicious apples from a friend's orchard in Keremeos and I've been eating it non stop ever since. It's so easy to make (bake/reduce apples, mash & strain) and handy to have on hand as a egg replacement. 45 minutes ago, I started to crave cookies. Here's the quick recipe that shook out of that craving (and had me eating 5 cookies before bed).

Kay's Vegan Midnight Craving Cookies

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Kay's Vegan Midnight Craving Cookies

Ingredients:

1 + 1/8 c. flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 c. brown sugar
5 tbsp. sunflower oil
1 tbsp. flax oil
2 tbsp, molasses
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 tbsp. apple sauce*
Sugar for coating

Instructions:

Heat oven to 325° on bake.
Mix first 6 ingredients in one bowl. Set aside.
Cream brown sugar, oil, molasses, and apple sauce. Add dry to wet until just combined.
Use cookie scoop to measure out portions into a shallow bowl filled with sugar. Coat cookie ball and place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2" apart.
Cook ~10 mins.
Let rest 2 mins before moving cookies to a cooling rack.

*In the summertime, it's so easy to get amazing local apples and I keep them stocked all season. In fact, I always buy more than we can eat so that when a few them start going soft, I don't feel bad making some quick apple sauce. While you can find many recipes online, I simply quarter a bunch (~2KG) and roast them in the oven for 30-45 minutes. I leave the skins on, but you can peel them for a quick snack while everything is baking. Then I drop the lot into my cast iron cooking pot with a cup of water and a tablespoon of cinnamon (which sometimes I skip depending on the apples). I let it simmer for an hour with the lid off and the reduction makes the perfect apple sauce for baking. Take a potato masher or your immersion hand blender to the reduction if you'd prefer something smoother, but after 2 hours of cooking, a spoon-stir should be enough.

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Kay's ‪Vegan‬ Midnight Craving Cookies

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