3 Delicious Vegan Christmas Treats | Gingerbread Cookies, Truffles & Fruitcake Cookies! 🎄

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Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
2 cups AP Flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp all spice
1/4 tsp clove powder
1 tsp vanilla extract3 tbsp soy milk
1/2 cup cane sugar1/2 cup light molasses (do not use blackstrap)1/4 cup + 2 1/2 tbsp roasted almond butter
Preheat oven at 350F. Put dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and add wet ingredients. Mix well until a dough forms. Cover dough and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight. Roll dough out until it’s 1/4” thick on a floured surface and cut cookie shapes into it. Bake cookies for 11 minutes (crispy on the edges) or 8 minutes (soft cookie).

Easy Chocolate Truffles
1 cup chocolate chips, use semi sweet or dark
1/2 cup soy milk
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
Optional flavourings and coatings: orange zest, crushed candy cane, cocoa powder.

Heat milk over medium heat, do not bring to a boil, but once the milk is hot, add chocolate chips and remove from heat. Stir until there are no lumps. Place melted chocolate into 2-3 bowls and add flavourings (we used orange zest). Place in fridge for at least 2 hours or until choc. Is firm. Once firm, roll balls out and coat in your fav coating.

Fruitcake cookies
1 cup rolled oats, blended into flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup apple sauce
2 tbsp almond butter
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries
1/4 cup candied ginger (not crystallized)
1/4 cup roasted pecans
2 tbsp orange zestjuice of one orange optional: 1-2 tbsp chocolate chips (or drizzle with chocolate after baking).

Preheat oven to 350F. Roast the pecans for 5-7 minutes. Blend oats into flour and add to a large mixing bowl. Add orange zest to flour and in a separate bowl, add the orange juice. Add the cranberries and candied ginger to the orange juice, set aside. Add the rest of the ingredients to the flour, and then add the orange juice and fruit. Mix well and set batter aside to firm up. Spoon batter onto cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.

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00:00 Intro
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2:43 How To Make Gingerbread Cookies
8:07 How To Make Chocolate Truffles
10:30 How To Make Fruitcake Cookies
14:17 Taste Testing Everything

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