Scrumptious Vegan Orange Cranberry Christmas Cookies

Scrumptious Vegan Orange Cranberry Christmas Cookies

‘Tis the season to be baking! And these vegan Christmas cookies are proof that vegans do to have taste buds. With their orange vegan glaze, these cookies are so good that even my boss, a vegan skeptic, asked for the recipe! Enjoy!

• Makes: 24 large cookies-48 bite sized cookies.
• Time Needed: 1 hour

You Will Need

For the Cookies:

• 2 1/4 Cups Flour
• 1 Cup Beet Sugar (or your favorite natural sweetener- try evaporated
  cane juice!)
• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar (Just mix molasses with Beet sugar!)
• 1 Cup Soft Soy Butter (or non-dairy margarine.)
• 1 Flax “Egg” or Ener-G Egg Replacer “Egg” (a flax ‘egg’ will add needed omegas to this cookie)
• 1/2 Tsp Salt
• 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tsp. Orange Zest
• 2 Tbs. Orange Juice
• 2 Cups Dried Cranberries

For the Glaze:

• 1 Tsp. Orange Zest
• 3 Tbs. Orange Juice
• 1 1/2 Cup Powdered Beet Sugar

Directions :

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Mix until smooth. Mix in “egg” orange zest and juice. Blend together well.
2. Sift together Flour, salt and baking soda. Add it in thirds. Mix it well. After the first third, add the cranberries. Finish the flour mixture.
3. Measure 1 tablespoon of dough (for bite-sized cookies), and drop it on an un-greased pan. Bake for 14-18 minutes or until golden brown. While those are baking, mix up the glaze. Very simply mix together all of the ingredients. When the cookies are done, let cool on a rack for about 7 minutes before frosting. Just dip the cookies in the glaze, or drizzle the glaze oven them. Your choice! Eat and enjoy.