Vegan Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies
These cookies are an absolutely classic, thanks to renowned cookbook author and restaurateur Isa Chandra Moskowitz.
June 2, 2024
Created by award-winning cookbook author Isa Chandra Moskowitz and published on her Post Punk Kitchen blog, these chocolate-cinnamon cookies are a VegNews reader favorite. If you’re anything like us, you’ll be whipping up batches all year long.
What you need:
For the cookies:
1-2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons almond milk
For the sugar topping:
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
What you do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, sift flour, cocoa, cayenne, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In a separate medium bowl, whisk canola oil, maple syrup, vanilla, milk, and sugar until fully incorporated.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet, mixing continuously. The batter will be thick.
- Using cookie scoop or the palm of your hands, create 2 tablespoon balls of dough and flatten into disks, place on cookie sheet, and cover one side with the sugar-cinnamon dusting. Bake 12 minutes.
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