Seeded maple spice cookies – vegan

Delicious vegan maple spice cookies with a crunchy coating of nutritious seeds. A tasty sweet treat that’s quick and easy to bake.

Vegan desserts

Almost a year ago, last Rosh Hashanah, we invited a vegan friend over for dinner. I’d made a honey cake and fruit salad for dessert, but not wanting to leave him out, I thought I’d make some vegan maple spice cookies as well. They weren’t just for him, I fully expected everyone else to eat them too.

Don’t forget…

Dinner was lovely. There were 10 of us around the table and plenty of food. By the time we got to dessert I served up the cake and the fruit and completely forgot about the cookies altogether.

The really daft thing is, the cake was right on top of the box of cookies! I really don’t know how I missed them.

It was only when everyone had gone and we were washing up that I noticed the maple spice cookies out of the corner of my eye. And then kicked myself! What a fool!

Unexpected treats – maple spice cookies!

Of course the upside to my memory lapse was that we had an unexpected box of delicious cookies to enjoy!

It didn’t take long for my daughter Kipper to find them and ‘help’ work through the backlog. Even diabetic DH dutifully worked out the carbs in a single cookie and tucked in with a cup of tea.

New Traditions – cookie packages!

Rosh Hashanah 2020 was a lot different than other years. No long tables surrounded by guests. No gatherings of extended family and friends. Just a heartfelt wish for a better year ahead.

That said, we did enjoy a special time within our (smaller) household bubbles. I took the chance to relax without the pressure of entertaining a crowd. It’s important to be able to enjoy the moment and find a silver lining, I think.

We were also able to enjoy sweet treats like these maple spice cookies! They made fabulous Shana Tova gifts, packaged up and left on doorsteps for our friends to collect once we’d retired to a safe distance. I hope that future Rosh Hashanah gifts will be delivered in a more usual way!

Maple spice cookies – ingredients

These yummy cookies only use a few ingredients and nothing exotic or fancy! You can easily make a batch using items you probably already have in your kitchen. The recipes makes 12 large cookies but you can easily scale it up to make more.

To make these vegan cookies you will need:

• Self-raising flour – also called self-rising flour.
• Porridge oats – the quick-cook ‘instant oats’ kind, not chunky rolled oats.
• Baking powder and bicarbonate of soda – for light cookies that spread evenly.
• Mixed spice – this is a classic British sweet spice blend but you can substitute any similar spice blend such as pumpkin pie spice, hawaij l’cafe or speculaas
• Dairy free spread or margarine – or use butter if you don’t mind the cookies not being vegan/parve.
• Golden caster sugar – this is a slightly less refined sugar which has a subtle but delicious flavour, however regular white sugar also works fine.
• Pure maple syrup – yum!
• Mixed seeds for coating – totally optional but I love the crunchiness and added flavour.

Maple spice cookies – Easy seedy

These vegan maple spice cookies are very easy to make. The mixture comes together quickly and then it’s simply a question of rolling them into balls and baking.

I like to roll each cookie in seeds first – I love the crunch it gives, plus of course the boost of essential minerals and micro-nutrients. You can use any kind of seeds – sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, linseeds – or a mixture. I think they also look gorgeous on the finished cookie, too.

Wishing you a very happy, healthy, and ‘normal’ Rosh Hashanah! Don’t forget to eat some delicious cookies!

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Vegan maple spice cookies

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Delicious vegan maple spice cookies with a crunchy coating of nutritious seeds. A tasty sweet treat that's quick and easy to bake.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Cookie

Cuisine Vegan

Servings 12

Calories 178 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• 85 g self-raising flour
• 85 g porridge oats
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2½ teaspoon mixed spice (or your favourite sweet spice blend)
• 85 g dairy free spread or margarine
• 85 g golden caster sugar (or use regular white sugar)
• 3 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 65 g seeds of your choice (optional)

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Line two baking sheets with parchment or a non-stick liners.
• 85 g (⅔ cup) self-raising flour, 85 g (1 cup) porridge oats, ¾ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 2½ teaspoon mixed spice, 85 g (⅜ cup) dairy free spread or margarine
  In the food processor, pulse the flour, oats, baking powder, bicarb and spices to combine. Add the margarine and pulse again until the mixture resembles crumbs. (Alternatively, mix the dry ingredients together then rub in the margarine by hand.)
• 85 g (⅖ cup) golden caster sugar
  Add the sugar and mix well to combine.
• 3 tablespoon pure maple syrup
  Warm the maple syrup – I usually put it in the preheating oven for a minute or two, but a quick blast in the microwave works too. If using a food processor, have the motor running, and pour the warmed syrup in to mix to a stiff dough. (If making by hand, add the warm syrup and use a spoon to combine everything together – be careful not to let the syrup touch your skin as it can burn!)
• 65 g (½ cup) seeds of your choice (optional)
  With damp palms, roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls. Roll each one in the seeds and space well apart on the prepared baking sheets. The cookies will spread to be 8-10cm (3-4 inches) across so make sure they have room to grow or they will stick together.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool on the trays for a minute or two to firm up, then transfer to wire racks until cold.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Vegan maple spice cookies

Serving Size

 

1 cookie

Amount per Serving

Calories

178

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

9

g

14

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

2

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

3

g

Sodium

 

117

mg

5

%

Potassium

 

50

mg

1

%

Carbohydrates

 

21

g

7

%

Fiber

 

1

g

4

%

Sugar

 

10

g

11

%

Protein

 

3

g

6

%

Vitamin A

 

255

IU

5

%

Vitamin C

 

1

mg

1

%

Calcium

 

30

mg

3

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword baking, maple syrup, spice

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