Vegan Chanukah Star Spelt Cookies
Wow, Chanukah’s coming early this year! It actually kind of snuck up on me and I don’t have a new truly new recipe to share with you….but I do have an updated version of last years Chanukah Cookies!
Today’s new and improved Vegan Chanukah Star Spelt Cookies are a softer and more melt-in-your-mouth-ish version of last year’s recipe. They use spelt flour, so they are not gluten-free, but spelt is a low-gluten grain which personally sits well with me (unlike wheat).
I’ve had the same Jewish star cookie cutter for years (which is what I used in this recipe) but next year I’m definitely upgrading to this full set!
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Vegan Chanukah Star Spelt Cookies
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Author: Ilene Godofsky
Recipe type: dessert, Chanukah
Cuisine: vegan
Serves: 16
Ingredients
Flax "egg"
- 1 tbs ground flax
- 3 tbs warm water
Dry
- 1½ cups spelt flour + extra for sprinkling
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ⅛ tsp salt
Wet
- ⅓ cup vegan butter (can sub coconut oil)
- ¼ cup non-dairy milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Toppings
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a baking sheet.
- To prepare flax "egg", stir ground flax and water together in a small cup. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients.
- In a small bowl, stir all wet ingredients together until smooth.
- Add contents of small bowl and flax "egg" to large bowl and mix until smooth.
- Sprinkle a generous amount of flour on a clean surface. Use rolling pin to roll dough out until it's about ¼" thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut out cookies. Repeat until all dough is used and place cookies on baking sheet.
- Bake for 9 minutes, until edges are slightly golden. Let cool completely.
- In a small saucepan, melt chocolate chips at low heat. Drizzle chocolate over cookies and sprinkle shredded coconut on top. Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to set chocolate.
Love these! How beautiful!
Thanks, Erin!!
I have questions : Do you melt the vegan butter? And also, it says 1 tsp of ground flax for 3 tbsp of water, I usually see 1 tbsp ground flax for 3 tbsp of water…. I just want to make sure it is not a typo. Thanks!
Thanks for catching that typo! It’s definitely supposed to be 1 tablespoon. You don’t have to melt the butter, just make sure it all gets mixed in! 🙂
Thanks for the quick reply! I am making them as I write. Can’t wait to see how they turn out! 🙂