Veganize this recipe?
I really want to make this recipe for a vegan potluck as they look amazing, but it definitely could use some work...
Cookie dough
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1/2 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter, soften
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp palm sugar (gula melaka)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
18 tbsp peanut butter
Topping
1/4 cup almond nibs
2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tbsp melon seeds
Filling
6 tbsp peanut butter
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp icing sugar
3 tbsp granulated sugar
4 tbsp finely chopped dark chocolate
Instructions
For the cookie dough:
1. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
2. Cut about 4 tbsp of palm sugar
Note: I added some palm sugar because it has a special fragrant flavour you can’t get from any other sugar. If you don’t have it, you can always use white sugar (about 1/2 cup) instead.
3. Cream the butter and sugars in a bowl
4. Then add in the egg, vanilla essense and peanut butter.
5. Beat the mixture till well combined.
6. Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix well.
7. A smooth dough will form so spoon it onto a piece of parchment paper.
8. Shape the dough into a roll of about 3 inches in diameter
9. Refrigerate it for about 2 hours or till the dough harden.
Now, on to the cookie fillings:
10. Place all the ingredients in a bowl
11. Mix it around and you will get a smooth paste.
12. Then form small balls with the paste
Finally, remove the dough from the fridge…
13. Cut the dough into pieces
14. Flatten the dough on your palm, place the ball of filling in the centre and wrap the dough around the filling. Make sure the filling is completely covered. You can shape it into a small ball.
15.Place the toppings in a bowl and mix it around.
16. Then, roll the ball of dough in the bowl of toppings.
17. Place the dough balls on a baking tray lined with baking paper
Make sure you leave more space around each ball as you will need to flatten it with the bottom of a glass or any cup with a flat bottom.
Also, preheat the oven to 190C (375F).Finally, bake the cookies for about 10 minutes or until it turns a golden brown.
Let it cool for a couple of minutes on the tray before moving the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
For cookie doughs, i find that 1/4 cup pureed silken tofu per egg you're replacing is best. Other than that, the only thing you need to replace is the butter, and a good vegan margarine should sub in easily there.
If you can't find vegan chocolate, ghiardelli's semi-sweet chocolate chips are vegan and usually easy to find (at least in the US... not sure where you're coming from).
replace the egg with about 1/4 tsp arrowroot and 1-2tbls. of almond or soy milk
the butter.. well, applesauce or just vegan marg.