Add a little twist to your weeknight baking with spelt flour! These easy, vegan Spelt Chocolate Chunk Cookies are a great alternative using whole grain flour.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 22 minutesminutes
Servings 12cookies
Author Two Market Girls
Ingredients
150g(1¼ cups) spelt flour
5g(1 tsp) baking soda
pinchsalt
75g(⅓ cup) vegan butter
75mL(5 tbsp) maple syrup
62g(5 tbsp) brown sugar
1flax egg(1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water)
1/2tspvanilla extract
75g(½ cup) dark chocolatechopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F
In a bowl combine spelt flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
To a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add maple syrup and brown sugar and beat until combined. With the beater on low slowly drizzle in the vanilla extract and flax egg. Mix until combined.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture a little bit at a time and mix until just combined. Continue until all the dry ingredients are mixed in.
Add the chopped chocolate and mix until evenly dispersed through the dough.
Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough onto a lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.