THE BEST HEALTHY VEGAN CHOCOLATE COOKIES - GLUTEN-FREE

Tamara June

This is the best healthy vegan chocolate cookie recipe I’ve ever made. Don’t believe me? Well, I guess you’ll have to try it then. It is made entirely from whole foods, gluten-free, flourless and super delicious. It doesn’t get much better than this. Oh, it’s also easy to make and you only need a few ingredients.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Gluten-Free, Vegan

Servings 12 cookies

Calories 149 kcal

Equipment

Large mixing Bowl
Small bowl
Mixing spoon
Baking tray
Reusable parchment paper
Food processor
Knife and cutting board

Ingredients

200 g 2 cups ground hazelnuts
30 g ~1 oz hazelnuts - roughly chopped
100 g ⅖ cups dates
2 tbsp water
½ tbsp ground flax seeds
3 tbsp water
3 tbsp cacao powder

Instructions

Prepare the flax egg by mixing the ground flax seeds and 3 tbsp water in a small bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 160 °C/320 °F.
In the meantime, put the dates and 2 tbsp water in a food processor and purée until you get a smooth paste.
In a big bowl, mix the ground hazelnuts with the cacao powder.
Next, add the date paste and flax egg and blend until you get a sticky dough.
Take about 1 tbsp of batter and roll it into a ball. Then flatten it out with your fingers.
Put the cookie on the baking tray. Repeat until you've used up all the dough.
Top the cookies off with the chopped hazelnuts.
Bake the cookies in the oven for 10 minutes. Let them cool off before removing them from the tray.
Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe inspired and adapted from Gathering Dreams

Keyword gluten-free, healthy cookies, oil-free, vegan cookies, wholefoodsplantbased