Healthier Blood Orange Poppy Seed Vegan Cookies (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
The Cookies
- 300 ml almond flour
- 55 ml coconut flour
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- 100 g softened vegan butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 75 ml granulated sugar either white or raw sugar, coconut gives a bit too much flavour I find since there is already coconut flour in this recipe. unless you love lots of coconut flavour!
- 2 tsp poppy seeds
- 2 ½ - 3 teaspoons fresh finely grated blood orange zest *
- 2 tsp freshly squeezed blood orange juice
Icing alternative 1
- ½ cup powdered confectioner's sugar
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 3 tbsp blood orange juice
Icing alternative 2
- ⅓ cup coconut butter
- 2-3 tbsp blood orange juice
- approx 3 tbsp agave
Icing alternative 3
- ⅓ cup cashew butter
- 2-3 tbsp blood orange juice
- approx 3 tbsp agave
Instructions
- Take the fine blood orange zest and rub some together with sugar between your fingers to really bring out the flavour and oils.
- Then cream the softened vegan butter and sugar together in a medium mixing bowl.
- Once the mixture is combined add the rest of the wet cookie ingredients.
- Add all of the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl and once they are combined add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture.
- Chill the dough for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 165°C when the dough is almost done chilling.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and make approx 16 cookies on two baking sheets.
- After making approx 16 cookie dough balls, flatten them a bit ensuring they keep a nice shape. These cookies do not spread much in the oven.
- I baked the trays one at a time so they'd all bake evenly. Bake for approximately 10 minutes, until the edges are slightly golden brown.
- If you would like to make the frosting for cookies, let the cookies cool completely before frosting them. While you wait for them to cool and you can make the frosting.
- Icing alternative #1 - Sift the powdered sugar into the liquid ingredients and mix until it's perfectly smooth. Taste the icing to see if you'd like to add more citrus. If the icing is too runny, add more powdered sugar.
- OR Icing alternative #2 - If the coconut butter is too firm to scoop out of the jar, soften it in a water bath on the stove (make sure no water gets in the jar though!). Mix all the ingredients together to make a perfectly smooth and creamy icing. Taste the icing to see if you'd like to add more sweetness or more citrus. If the icing is too thick, add more citrus and sweetener, or water.
- OR Icing alternative #3 - Mix all the ingredients together to make a perfectly smooth and creamy icing. Taste the icing to see if you'd like to add more sweetness or more citrus. If the icing is too thick, add more citrus and sweetener, or water.
- Spread the icing on the cookies and let the icing set a bit before enjoying! (or before putting the cookies in a container)
- I store these cookies in an airtight container in the fridge if they have icing, but if the cookies don't have icing, I store them in an airtight container on the counter. Enjoy! : )
Notes
*Make sure you use an organic lemon for the zest if you want to avoid nasty chemicals and pesticides!