Friday, January 8, 2010

Dark Chocolate & Anise Cookies

















An Italian favorite and vegan! That means no cholesterol and they are trans fat free too. Oh, and I should probably mention how delicious they are. My love even commented on how happy he was that I made a texturally proper and delicious 'buttery cookie'. In light of all of this, I want to go ahead and unofficially nominate myself for some type of vegan cookie recipe of the year award or decade-whatever...

I'll stop with the day dreaming and give you the Recipe:

1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup semolina flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 teaspoon anise seeds
1/4 cup veg oil
2 tbsp. water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
vegan chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper sprayed with oil.

In a bowl, mix the flours, baking powder, anise seeds and salt thoroughly. In another bowl, mix the sugar, oil, water, & vanilla well. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture stirring gently. Once mixed, add the chocolate chips to the mixture. Spoon out onto baking sheet and bake for 10-11 minutes.

Cool and enjoy!
*recipe can be doubled, etc.

*Photo by Stella at The Witchy Kitchen

9 comments:

  1. These cookies were great. I love the anise flavor. Truly a testament to the fact that vegan baking can be delicious. I should point out that, unlike most vegan cookies, these were not crumbly. The texture was perfect.

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  2. Why thank you Mr. Jack Safro. I appreciate all of your comments. And I too was quite satisfied with myself due to the taste and texture of this cookie. I should have called them 'undercover vegan cookies', since they taste almost buttery yet have no margarine or butter!
    Thanks Again, Stella

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  3. I made these cookies for a vegan potluck, and they were the first dessert to disappear from the table! I have since had to email recipes to all of my friends. Brava Stella!

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  5. Thank You, Hannito and Darshan. I appreciate you coming back and taking the time to comment on the cookies. I will post more vegan stuff soon. I love you guys! Stella

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  6. Debbie said...

    I was lucky enough to have the delicious cookies with walnuts instead of anise seeds and let me tell you they were FANTASTIC!!!!! All the girls in the office loved them and to think they are healthy too... Please send in more and more and more....

    Thank you

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  7. I love this cookie! it is a wonderful, healthy snack for those trying to eat better but still have the insatiable sweet tooth. yum!

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  8. I love anise in pastry and I have never tried pairing the two; sounds like a great recipe to make soon!

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  9. It looks delicious! I've been looking all over for an anise cookie recipe for my kid. He's going to love this!

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