Serves
Makes 20 cookies
Ingredients
- 115g vegan margarine
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g light brown sugar
- 125g plain flour
- 55g cocoa powder
- 5g baking powder
1g salt - 100g dark chocolate (buttons or a bar chopped into small chips)
- 25g plant based milk
Method
- Cream the margarine and sugar together.
- Sieve the cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt together and add to the butter mix along with the milk and chocolate
- Wet your hands a little and then form small balls (roughly the size of 10p) and roll. Place on a tray lined with a baking mat or parchment, leaving about 5 cm between each and press down a little to flatten.
- Bake at 170c / ESSE dial reading middle of MODERATE for approximately 18 minutes.
- For an extra special treat – sandwich the cookies together with some delicious vegan chocolate cream. (See the below chocolate and tofu cream recipe).
Chocolate and Tofu Cream
- 250g of dark chocolate
- 300g firm silken tofu (ambient tofu)
- 30g Golden syrup
Melt the chocolate, stir in the Golden syrup. Put tofu in blender and blend whilst adding chocolate until smooth. Add a little warm water if necessary.
Baking Tip
To make the luxurious, smooth dairy-free vegan frosting that sticks these cookies together, it’s really important to find the right kind of tofu. You need to use undrained and unpressed ‘ambient’ or ‘silken’ tofu which is widely available online and in health food shops.
Recipe by Dominique Ashford, Pastry Chef.
