Vegan Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate cookies made salty-sweet with miso.
Ingredients
- • 1 cup plain flour
- • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- • 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- • 3 tablespoons room temperature vegan butter
- • 1 tablespoon miso
- • 1/2 cup brown sugar
- • 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 3 tablespoons water)
- • 1/2 cup vegan dark chocolate chips (more as desired)
Preparation Steps
### Step 1: Make the flax egg: In a small bowl, combine flaxseed meal and water. Mix well, and let sit at room temperature for at least 5 minutes, or until thickened.
Make the flax egg: In a small bowl, combine flaxseed meal and water. Mix well, and let sit at room temperature for at least 5 minutes, or until thickened.
### Step 2: For the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda. Set aside.
For the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda. Set aside.
### Step 3: In another large bowl, whisk together room temperature vegan butter, brown sugar, and miso. Cream this mixture for around three minutes, until its homogenous and nicely incorporated.
In another large bowl, whisk together room temperature vegan butter, brown sugar, and miso. Cream this mixture for around three minutes, until its homogenous and nicely incorporated.
### Step 4: Add the flax egg into the creamed mixture and mix well. Then in goes the dry ingredients, followed by chocolate chips. Mix everything together well.
Add the flax egg into the creamed mixture and mix well. Then in goes the dry ingredients, followed by chocolate chips. Mix everything together well.
### Step 5: Scoop the mixture and shape them into balls — I portioned it into 6 balls. Place them onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment and chill in the fridge for at least thirty minutes.*
Scoop the mixture and shape them into balls — I portioned it into 6 balls. Place them onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment and chill in the fridge for at least thirty minutes.*
### Step 6: When thirty minutes is almost up, pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 Fahrenheit). Bake the cookies for 16-18 minutes, or until they are golden-brown. Cool them on a wire wrack and enjoy while still warm.
When thirty minutes is almost up, pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (356 Fahrenheit). Bake the cookies for 16-18 minutes, or until they are golden-brown. Cool them on a wire wrack and enjoy while still warm.