Spelt Chocolate Chip Vegan Cookies

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Crispy, chewy, delicious.

 

Does the world need another chocolate chip cookie recipe? Well, let me see, what if I told you this recipe uses wholemeal spelt flour, is dairy and egg free, and creates deliciously chewy, moist cookies? Yes please!

The recipe makes about 3 dozen large-ish cookies, but you can easily halve it if you prefer. I think it’s just as easy to make up a full batch, as they will keep well in an airtight tin - and it uses less energy in the oven to make one big batch than 2 separate ones.

You can add any kind of nut you prefer. I love the combination of dark chocolate and pecans, but sometimes I use white chocolate and macadamias, or sunflower seeds, or a mix of both. This batch used a mix of white and dark chocolate bits, which I think adds an extra depth of flavour.

 
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The cookies are made with all wholemeal spelt flour - yet they are moist and light. You can sub out 1 cup of flour for 1 cup of rolled oats if you love the texture and flavour of oats. (Always a winner in our family, who are oats-mad!)

Heads up that it does use a fair bit of sugar in the ratio, so I’m not pretending these are healthy. But the combination (and quantity) of dark and light brown sugars give the cookies a fantastic texture. So every now and again, I don’t mind using this amount of sugar, as a special treat. Both my son and I have just finished our uni exams - so it’s a fair excuse to celebrate with a yummy cookie or two.

 
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printable recipe here

Wholemeal Spelt Chocolate Chip Cookies
(vegan : egg-free : dairy-free)

INGREDIENTS
1 cup coconut oil
1 cup dark brown sugar
⅓ cup raw sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
⅓ cup plant milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground flaxseed
3 cups wholemeal spelt flour
2 cups vegan chocolate chips (mix of dark and white if desired)
1 cup pecans

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.

  • Place coconut oil and sugars in food processor and whiz until well combined, and the coconut oil has slightly melted. (About 3 minutes.)

  • With motor running, tip vanilla essence and milk down shute and continue processing for another 2 minutes.

  • Add baking soda + ground flaxseed and whiz again till combined.

  • Remove lid of processor, and tip 1 ½ cups flour on top of mixture. Replace lid and whiz in bursts until just combined.

  • Repeat process with remaining flour.

  • Remove lid of processor, and tip in chocolate and nuts. Replace lid and whizz in bursts until just combined.

  • Using a dessertspoon, scoop out 12 spoonfuls of the mixture onto each baking tray - allowing room for spreading.

  • Bake for approximately 10 minutes, or until starting to brown at the edges. (Adjust timing to suit your oven - but do not overcook them.)

  • Remove from the baking tray and allow to cool on wire cooling trays.

  • Store in an airtight tin or jar.

  • MAKES APPROX 3 DOZEN COOKIES.

 

If you try the recipe,
please let us know in the comments how it turned out for you.

Happy cooking!


 
 

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By Virginia

As the "mother" half of the Future King & Queen mother-daughter duo, Virginia is a Melbourne based designer who firmly believes that living kindly is a series of daily choices that we can each make in order to touch the earth more lightly. At the age of 11, she wrote a passionate English essay about the practice of animal testing in the cosmetics industry, as part of a school assignment - and as an adult, has strived to encourage her 3 children to become compassionate, thinking young adults who care for both others around them and the world in which they live.

Virginia has been vegan for more than 2 years, after attending a talk by Phillip Wollen (OAM) when all the lightbulbs suddenly went on! Here was a way to live that touched the earth more lightly, didn't involve harm to animals, and opened the door to a much more healthy lifestyle. 

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