Gluten-Free Vegan Pecan Cranberry Cookies
These gluten-free cookies are rich, nutty, and have just the right amount of sweetness thanks to maple syrup and cranberries. Their texture is like a Pecan Sandie crossed with an oatmeal cookie.
Servings 24 cookies
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or ½ teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 cups pecan halves, untoasted (360 grams)
- 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats (160 gram)
- ½ cup olive oil (100 grams)
- ½ cup maple syrup (160-170 grams)
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dried cranberries, chopped
- pepitas (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, mix together the tapioca starch, baking powder, xanthan gum, salt, and spices.
- In a blender or food processor, grind the pecans just until they are the consistency of almond meal.
- In a mixing bowl, preferably a stand mixer with paddle attachment, mix together the ground pecans, oats, and tapioca mixture. Make a well in the center and add the olive oil, maple syrup and vanilla, then stir by hand or with the paddle attachment until evenly blended.
- Stir in the dried fruit.
- Using a very tightly scooped medium size or slightly larger cookie scoop, scoop up 24 balls of dough and arrange on the baking sheets. When scooping, overfill the scoop and really pack it so that each cookie weighs about 42 grams . Press down slightly. If you have some pumpkin seeds, you can poke some in for color, but they are completely optional.
- Bake one sheet at a time. First, bake for 10 minutes at 325. Remove from the oven and use a spatula to flatten, then carefully turn the cookies over. If you want the cookies to have a perfectly round look, you can use a hollowed out can or an English muffin ring to do scoot the cookies into rounds. Return cookie sheet to the oven and bake for another 10-12 minutes or until cookies are evenly browned.
- Let cool slightly on the baking sheet, then carefully transfer to a wire rack to completely cool. Try not to taste test until they are cool. It's difficult.