Cashew Butter Cookies

Makes 12 cookies

My vegan take on the famous levain cookies. I used the [Pancake Princess’s]Best Copycat Levain Cookie Recipe - The Pancake Princess levain cookie bake off as a starting point for this recipe. Using her tips, and through looking at the nutritional information and macro ratio from the winning recipe (bravetart)) I created a wfpb compliant, gluten free (if using gluten-free certified oat flour) cookie!

I chose to use cashew butter in this recipe because of its natural sweetness and somewhat buttery taste. Choosing a different nut or seed butter ( use sun-butter or tahini to make it nut free) may result in a thinner, greasier cookie, so you may want to chill the cookie a bit longer.

I was shocked by the results of these cookies, and adding the nutmeg really added an omph to them. The cookie had an ooey gooey center with a beautiul golden crust that was crisp but had a slight chew.

Ingredients

- 250g cashew butter 
- 1 cup Coconut Nectar
- 2 tsp salt
- 250g oat flour
- 300g chocolate chips
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp flaxseed
- 1 tbsp potato startch
- 6 tbsp boiling water
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder  
- 1 heaped tsp baking soda  
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 tsp rum

Prep

  1. Cream together the cashew butter and coconut nectar until pale and homogeneous.
  2. Make the “egg” by combining the flaxseed with the 6tbsp boiling water and let sit for a bit.
  3. combine the oat flour, salt, potato starch and baking powder in a seperate bowl.
  4. add the “egg” and rum to the creamed cashew butter, and then slowly combine the flour mixture.
  5. Add extra liquid of necessary, dough should come together, and bit kinda soft but able to hold its shape.
  6. Let sit in the frige overnight if possible or atleast 30 mins, feel free to freeze at this stage
  7. baking at 350 f / 175 c for 15 mins or until golden brown.

    Notes