Yes, Virginia, there are vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies and 119 other Sweet and Natural desserts, thanks to Meredith McCarty’s writing her wonderful cookbook! Titled, Sweet and Natural, of course! You’ll enjoy nostalgic holiday tastes this Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy New Year, and you have plenty of time to try the best treats for your own special Valentine too! So, let’s get this one started so you have a delish-ious soft, healthier chocolate chip cookie for your Christmas cookie holiday swap! I’ve taught lots of variations in my macrobiotic cooking classes, always to great delight! Add whatever else you enjoy to yours! I tried it with hazelnuts, coconut, and pecans too! For tonight I used only unbleached white flour and pecans – what do you want to try? Most important, just enjoy and share!! Maybe even try a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake too!
Chocolate Chip Cookies,
thanks to Meredith McCarty, Sweet and Natural cookbook
Preheat oven – 350 degrees. Remember, organic ingredients enhances tastes!
dry ingredients
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 cup malt-sweetened Sunspire non-organic chocolate chips*
1/2 cup walnuts, rinsed, then toasted, and chopped
1 teaslpoon aluminum-free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon si salt, sea salt, Kushi Institute Store
wet ingredients
1/2 cup light vegetable oil such as walnut, or safflower
1/4 cup brown rice syrup, Suzanne’s, Natural Import Company, NC
1/4 cup pure maple syrup, Grade B is for baking!
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Now let’s make these cookies dance onto that cookie sheet!
Your oven’s preheated to 350 degrees. Now line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly brush with oil. I prefer the stoneware bake sheets to metal ones.
Mix dry ingredients in large glass bowl,
Whisk wet ingredients in medium glass bowl, and stir into dry ingredients.
Want medium-size cookies? Use a small ice-cream scoop about 1 1/4 inch diameter, leaving 1-2 inches between cookies.
Bake 12-15 minutes for small cookies, or 15-20 minutes for large cookies.
My gas oven takes 20 minutes for smallish cookies. And they are delish.
*Sunspire – in this case, we do not select the organic because the organic is sweetened with organice sugar;
the non-organic is the one sweetened with barley malt. The company got this one backwards!
