Vegan Chocolate Ginger Cookies
These vegan chocolate ginger cookies are loaded with flavor from ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and chocolate. They are crispy on the outside and chewy inside.
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 136kcal
Equipment
- Small bowl
- Baking sheet(s)
Ingredients
- 1¾ cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup sugar (divided)
- 3 tablespoons unsulfured molasses
- 1 tablespoon flax meal (whisked with 3 tablespoons of water to make a flax egg)
- 8 tablespoons vegan butter (melted and warm)
- 2 tablespoons neutral oil (like avocado, grapeseed, safflower or sunflower oil)
- 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit/165 degrees Celsius. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place all of the dry ingredients, including the spices, flour, cocoa powder and baking soda, in a bowl. Whisk together.
- Add in the wet ingredients-- ¾ cup sugar, molasses, oil, butter and flax egg. Mix with spatula until just combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and mix in.
- Make 28 balls of the cookie dough. Roll each ball in the remaining ¼ cup sugar.
- Place the cookie dough balls on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 16 minutes.
- After the cookies have cooled on the baking sheet for 15 minutes transfer them to a rack using a spatula and allow them to cool completely.
Notes
- The cookies should spread during baking, so leave at least two inches between each cookie dough ball. However, if they don't spread, halfway through baking press down gently on each cookie with a spatula to help them along.
- These cookies are great with dried fruit, like cranberries or cherries. Replace the cup of chocolate chips with a cup of dried fruit.
- Molasses adds amazing flavor to these cookies. If you don't have it, you can use brown sugar, which has molasses in it.
- The cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for two weeks. For longer storage store in refrigerator for up to two months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 117mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 0.5IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg