The ingredients of these cookies from the Fantastic Vegan Cookies cookbook—such as applesauce, pecans, apples, and caramel, along with warm fall spices like cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg—make for a cozy and irresistible dessert.
What you need:
For the cookies:
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
3 tablespoons applesauce
1½ cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup vegan butter, softened
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup chopped pecans
1 cup chopped apples
For the caramel sauce:
¼ cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons coconut cream
¼ teaspoon salt
What you do:
- For the cookies, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a small bowl, mix ground flax seeds with applesauce and let set at least 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Into a stand mixer, add vegan butter, sugar, and brown sugar, and cream together. Stir in flax mixture.
- Add dry ingredients into butter and flax mixture. Fold in pecans and apples and combine until dough is firm. Scoop out 2 tablespoons of dough and form into a cookie shape. Place on prepared baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack.
- For the caramel sauce, into a saucepan over medium-low heat, add brown sugar and cream. Bring to a boil and let simmer about 5 minutes until caramel thickens. Add salt and stir.
- Drizzle sauce over each cookie and let cool 1 minute.
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