Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Easy, vegan, wholesome and super addictive Orange Chocolate Chunk Cookies. So delicious, even your non-vegan friends will love them.
Ingredients
WET:
- 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- 3 Tbsp orange juice
- 3 Tbsp melted coconut oil, plus more for greasing the pan
- 1 Tbsp almond butter*
- 1 tsp finely grated orange zest, tightly packed
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
DRY:
- ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1.5 oz - 45 grams chocolate, roughly chopped - I used 70% chocolate (can sub chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F / 180 °C.
- Grease a baking sheet with a little oil.
- Add all wet ingredients to a small bowl. Whisk until combined and set aside while you prep the rest. Ground flaxseeds will absorb some of the moisture and the mixture might thicken a little.
- Mix all dry ingredients, except the chocolate, in a medium bowl.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Gently stir to combine.
- Add the chocolate chunks and gently mix until the chocolate is evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Use your hands to shape the dough into 6 - 8 balls. Flatten the balls just a little with the palm of your hands and place them on the prepared baking sheet leaving 2 to 3 inches (5 – 8 cm) of space between each cookie, they will spread out as they bake!
- Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until the edges are starting to slightly brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow them to cool for a few minutes. They will still be soft, but they’ll become firmer as they cool down. After 10 minutes you can transfer them to a rack.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*If you don’t have almond butter you can try using peanut butter, cashew butter or tahini.