Chocolate Chip Orange Spice Cookies
These holiday-ready cookies smell like orange spice and taste amazing with nutty pecans and rich chocolate chips. Vegan dessert.
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh orange zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoon vegan butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup cane sugar
- optional: ½ teaspoon orange extract
- ½ cup apple sauce (or sub with mashed banana or pumpkin puree)
Dry:
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup almond meal
- ¼ - ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ - 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup all purpose flour (+ 1-2 tablespoon as needed)
Fold in:
- 1 cup raw pecans, chopped roughly or crumbled
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- Add all wet ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Add in dry ingredients, adding flour last. Add the last 1-3 tablespoon of flour as you see fit. Beat until smooth. You want your dough to be nice and moist, yet stiff enough to hold its shape.
- Chill dough for at least a half hour. Two hours is great. Overnight is best.
- Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Scoop cookies into balls then bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Baking for a longer period of time will get a stiffer cookie with crispier edges. "Underbaking" a bit will give you a doughier cookie. Both versions are delicious!