Chewy orange and tahini cookies - vegan

Name: Chewy orange and tahini cookies - vegan
Yield: 15 cookies
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups ground almonds; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 1/2 tsp flaky sea salt; 3/4 cup tahini; 1/2 cup maple syrup; 2 tsp vanilla extract; Zest of one orange; 1 1/2 tsp orange blossom water (not essential but good!); Almonds (blanched - whole or flakes) + sea salt to garnish

Alessandra @alessa

Super-simple to make, these are pretty satisfying as cookies go. This makes about 15 cookies; they’re quite chunky so you could easily make them smaller too. The orange really lightens up the tahini. #vegan #vegetarian

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Ingredients

15 cookies

2 cupsground almonds
1 tspground cinnamon
1 tspground cardamom
1/2 tspflaky sea salt
3/4 cuptahini
1/2 cupmaple syrup
2 tspvanilla extract
Zest of one orange
1 1/2 tsporange blossom water (not essential but good!)
Almonds (blanched - whole or flakes) + sea salt to garnish

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Steps

1

Pre-heat oven to 170°C
2

In a bowl, mix the almonds, cinnamon, cardamom and salt.
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In a separate bowl whisk the tahini, maple syrup, vanilla, orange zest and orange blossom water together.
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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. And mix well into a dough.
5

Take a dessert spoon full of the dough, roll it into the palm of your hands and flatten slightly. Place on a lined baking tray.
6

Sprinkle with some flakes of sea salt and put an almond on the top.
7

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes remove from oven when the bottom of the cookie is golden brown. Let them cool.
8

Enjoy 😋