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🍰 Vegan Peanut Cookies with Vanilla

169 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp flaxseeds (10 g)
• 90 g peanuts (roasted and salted)
• 1 vanilla pod
• 90 g vegan margarine
• 90 g demerara sugar
• 250 g spelt flour Type 1050
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 50 g peanut butter (crunchy)

Instructions

1. 1. Grind the flaxseeds in a blender until they form a fine powder.
2. 2. Mix the ground flaxseeds with 3 tablespoons of water.
3. 3. Let the mixture sit until it becomes gelatinous and sticky.
4. 4. Coarsely chop the peanuts while the flaxseed mixture sits.
5. 5. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise.
6. 6. Scrape out the vanilla seeds from the pod with a knife.
7. 7. Beat the margarine together with 75 grams of full cane sugar until creamy.
8. 8. Combine flour, baking powder, and the vanilla seeds in a separate bowl.
9. 9. Fold the flour mixture into the margarine-sugar cream.
10. 10. Add the soaked flaxseed mixture and the peanut butter.
11. 11. Knead everything with 1 to 2 tablespoons of water until you have a smooth dough.
12. 12. Cover the dough and refrigerate it for 30 minutes.
13. 13. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
14. 14. Shape the dough into a long roll.
15. 15. Slice the roll into rounds about 1 centimeter thick.
16. 16. Place the slices on the prepared tray.
17. 17. Press some chopped peanuts into each cookie slice.
18. 18. Sprinkle the remaining full cane sugar over the cookies.
19. 19. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (160 degrees Celsius fan-forced or gas mark 2–3).
20. 20. Bake the cookies for 13 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 169
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 16 g