Valentine's Day Cookies
Ingredients:
2.5 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup room temperature vegan butter (I used Earth Balance buttery sticks)
1 cup sugar
1 egg’s worth of egg replacement (I used Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer —> 1 Tbsp egg replacer powder + 2 Tbsp water; let sit 5 min until goopy.)
3 tablespoons warm water
3 Tbsp. oat milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
Icing (Here’s a good icing recipe!), Red fruit jam (I used strawberry jam), sprinkles, and powdered sugar to decorate- optional
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a second large mixing bowl, cream together sugar, butter, vegan “egg,” water, oat milk, and vanilla and almond extracts
While still mixing, slowly add flour/baking soda/salt mixture into the large mixing bowl and mix until fully incorporated with butter/sugar/etc mixture.
Put dough between 2 large sheets of wax paper, and roll out with a rolling pin until about 1/3 inch thick. Carefully place in the freezer for 10 minutes to chill.
After dough is chilled, cut out shapes with cookie cutters and place onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
Bake for about 9 minutes until firm (Note - cookies will not turn brown, but remain white).
Decorate with icing, jam, sprinkles, etc. - whatever your heart desires!
Enjoy!
