Non-Dairy Butter Cookies w/ Fruit Filling

You will not miss the dairy in these cookies!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2  sticks Earth Balance Butter
• 2 Tbs Walnuts (after blended in a food processor)
• 1 Tbs Almond milk
• 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup Cane sugar 
• 2 Cups Unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/4 tsp Sea salt
• 1 Egg replacer
• Fruit spread (no cane sugar added) filling for cookies

Directions

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Cream butter, walnuts and sugar together.  Add vanilla extract, egg replacer and almond milk. Mix until well combined.

In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and sea salt.  Add to butter mixture. Mix until combined and let chill for 15 minutes.  I could not wait 15 minutes because I had a good feeling these cookies were going to taste great so I popped them in the freezer for 5 minutes. 

Take a small piece and form into a ball and place on baking sheet.  You will need to make a hole in the middle of the cookie. I used the back of a small icecream scooper.  Dip the scooper into flour so that is does not stick to the dough.  

Add the fruit spread to the center of each cookie and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until slightly brown.    

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Dairy-Free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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It's going to be hard to eat just one of these cookies!

Ingredients

• 2 Egg replacer (1 1/2 tsp plus 2 Tbs warm water = 1 egg)
• 1 1/4 cup unbleached Flour
• 1 cup wheat Flour
• 3/4 tsp Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Sea salt
• 1 stick plus 2 Tbs Vegan butter (softened)
• 1 1/2 cup Cane sugar
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 Tbs Almond milk
• 1 cup dairy-free semi-sweet Chocolate chips

Directions

Mix 2 eggs replacers and set aside. In a medium bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and set aside. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar very well. Add egg replacer, vanilla extract, almond milk and mix. Add flour mixture and chocolate chips mix till everything is combined. form the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, place on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Check on cookies after 10 minutes. You don't want to over-bake them. 

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Dairy-Free Shortbread Cookies

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You won't even miss the dairy in these cookies!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Whole wheat pastry Flour
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose Flour
• 1/2 tsp Sea salt (optional)
• 1 stick Earth Balance Vegan butter (softened)
• 1/3 cup Honey
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 Tbs Almond milk
• 2 Tbs chopped dried Cherries
• 1/4 cup chopped Pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine whole wheat, unbleached flour and salt. In a separate bowl, mix butter, honey, vanilla extract, almond milk. Add flour mixture, dried cherries and pecans. Mix well. Form dough into a log. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes. Cut dough 1/4 to1/2 inch thick and place on cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are slightly golden brown.

Some Health Benefits

Pecans boost good cholesterol and reduce unhealthy cholesterol in the blood system. they support blood health in general and heart health. Pecans also help the body process foods and to release energy from what we eat.

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