I made these Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies for my favorite little man – my son, Jay. But as their rich, intensely chocolate-y, deep fragrance permeated the house, and as I took my first bite, I simply didn’t want to share. Not very mom-like, I know, but, erm, human? Chocolate and hazelnuts are an easy and natural flavor combination, as anyone who’s spread a spoonful of Nutella on toast knows. And in these cookies there’s an armload of hazelnuts and two armloads of chocolate, in the form of raw cacao powder and semisweet chocolate chips. You need just nine ingredients for this recipe. And what also gladdens this mom’s heart is that the cookies are wholegrain, and with unrefined sugar sweetening them, I know this is a treat I can add to Jay’s vegan lunch box without any qualms. Also, I don’t think I’ve made an easier cookie– there was no mixing the dry ingredients and mixing the wet ingredients and combining them, and all that. You just throw the ingredients in one by one – in the right order, of course – and you’re done. Check to get new recipe updates by email.
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I used whole wheat pastry flour to make these cookies, but mix it up with half unbleached all purpose and half regular whole wheat, or all unbleached all purpose flour. Try another nut. Almonds would be great in these cookies. Or you can just add in some almond or coconut flour. Use half a cup. If you don’t want to use vegan butter, swap it out for any vegetable oil, like avocado or coconut oil. Can’t find raw cacao powder? Use regular baking cocoa. Don’t have a stand mixer or don’t want to use it? You don’t really need one to make these cookies. Mix the ingredients in the order listed in a large bowl. Before you mix, make sure your butter is at room temperature so it mixes easily with the sugar.
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