VEGAN MOLASSES COOKIES

By Peggie

Vegan molasses cookies that are wonderfully soft and chewy, deliciously spiced with perfect molasses flavor. Super easy recipe and an ideal holiday cookie!

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (170g) Vegan Butter
• 3/4 cup (150g) Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup (60ml) Unsulphured Molasses
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 and 1/4 cups (280g) All Purpose Flour
• 1 and 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 and 1/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 Tbsp Soy Milk*
• 1/4 cup (50g) White Sugar (for rolling)

Preparation

Step 1

Add the vegan butter and brown sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer and cream them together. Then add the molasses and vanilla and mix them in.

Add the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt and mix in with the wet ingredients using a spoon (don’t use the electric mixer for this part) until crumbly.

Then add in the soy milk, only as much as you need so that the cookies can easily be rolled into balls. If your vegan butter has a higher water content, you might not need all the soy milk. I used all of it, but just know that you only need to use as much as required so that the dough comes together enough that it will easily roll into a balls.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).

Roll the balls in white sugar and place onto a parchment lined baking tray aiming for around 20 cookies. Flatten them with a fork.

Place into the oven and bake for 12 minutes.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool and firm up on the baking tray before moving them.

NOTES
*You can switch soy milk for almond milk if you prefer.