NUTRITIOUS RECIPES

Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten-free)

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup non-hydrogenated buttery spread
• ½ cup organic evaporated cane sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 heaping tablespoons Vegan Classic Plain Cream Cheese
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon egg replacer, dry
• ½ teaspoon ground Ceylon cinnamon
• 1 ½ cups gluten-free flour blend (Pure Pantry preferred)
• ¼ cup vegan dark chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°

Cream buttery spread and sugar, until smooth, either in a standing mixer or mix by hand with a pastry whisk. Add vanilla extract, cream cheese, maple syrup, sea salt, egg replacer and cinnamon. Mix until ingredients are uniform, about 1 minute.

Add flour blend. Mix until the mixture holds together. Fold in chocolate chips.

Line a cookie sheet with a silpat or grease with cooking spray.

Scoop cookie mixture into tablespoon-sized portions and place on the cookie sheet. Spread out about an inch apart.

Bake for about 18-20 minutes, rotating once. The outsides of the cookies will appear golden brown and the inside will be lighter.

Let the cookies cool on a cookie sheet for about 7-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. Yields about 16 cookies. © Spork Foods, 2009

Created by: Spork Foods