Celebrate Fall with a Vegan Leaf Cookies Recipe!

This Leaf Cookies Recipe is so fun to make, and such a festive treat this time of year! Oh….and did I happen to mention that it’s vegan!? YAY!

It can be difficult to make menu items that please everyone, fit dietary restrictions, etc – and who wants to make several dishes in order to feed their guests this holiday season? Let’s pick on basic, delicious recipe, and make it friendly for everyone!

Leaf Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon sea salt or pink Himalayan salt
• ¾ cup coconut oil, soft
• 1.25 cups brown sugar
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• 2/3 cup chopped to crushed walnuts
• 1 tablespoon flax meal (ground flax seeds) mixed with 3 tablespoons warm almond milk  OR 1 egg.

Directions

If using the flax meal and warm almond milk, mix together and let sit for about 5 to 10 minutes to thicken.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9 x 11 baking sheet or tray with parchment paper (not wax paper), I find going up the sides helps to lift the baked cookie bar out of the tray after.

For this bar I actually combine all ingredients at once and mix on medium low until just combined.

The batter should be thick and hold together well, maybe just a tiny bit oily and crumbly at the same time.

Press evening into the lined baking tray.  Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the center is just baked through.

Allow to cool on a rack before using your favorite cookie cutters to create perfectly themed or seasonal treats.

We do this while the large bar is on a larger cutting board.

This can be a great project for little ones to help with while you supervise.

These should keep well for a few days out or freeze really well!

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Celebrate Fall with a Vegan Leaf Cookies Recipe!

Author Jenn Quillen

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon sea salt or pink Himalayan salt
• ¾ cup coconut oil soft
• 1.25 cups brown sugar
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• 2/3 cup chopped to crushed walnuts
• 1 tablespoon flax meal ground flax seeds mixed with 3 tablespoons warm almond milk OR 1 egg.

Instructions

1. Directions
2. If using the flax meal and warm almond milk, mix together and let sit for about 5 to 10 minutes to thicken.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9 x 11 baking sheet or tray with parchment paper (not wax paper), I find going up the sides helps to lift the baked cookie bar out of the tray after.
4. For this bar I actually combine all ingredients at once and mix on medium low until just combined.
5. The batter should be thick and hold together well, maybe just a tiny bit oily and crumbly at the same time.
6. Press evening into the lined baking tray. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the center is just baked through.
7. Allow to cool on a rack before using your favorite cookie cutters to create perfectly themed or seasonal treats.
8. We do this while the large bar is on a larger cutting board.

Go enjoy, and happy Thankgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Years and everything else we are all celebrating this holiday season!