My housemate from over the summer, Jen, invited me to a housewarming party today for her new housemate (I was subletting from her old housemate, but things didn't work out between them, so she moved out), so I decided that I better make some vegan, gluten-free cookies to bring, just to be safe and make sure everyone could eat them.
I searched for vegan cookies, and found this blog: (which has a cookbook to go with it) which had a recipe for vegan graham crackers. I decided to modify it slightly and make it gluten-free (and kitty-shaped!).
Vegan, Gluten-free graham crackers
1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour blend #1 (I just about used up the rest of it with this recipe!)
1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
pinch nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon Grade B maple syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
a little less than 1/4 cup rice milk
Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt so everything is a uniform consistency. Add oil, molasses, vanilla, and maple syrup. Stir together, then add rice milk, a little at a time, until dough is nice and workable, not too sticky (I didn't need the whole 1/4 cup).
Knead dough, & roll out with rolling pin (using gluten-free flour to dust rolling pin, working surface, and dough). Cut out with cookie cutters & bake for about 6-7 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
These cookies are pretty good! Since I added ginger, they are basically like kitty-shaped gingerbread cookies! They would be good dunked in milk (vegan or non-vegan), made into s'mores, dipped in chocolate, coffee, or crumbled on top of vanilla ice cream (or just eaten by themselves as a crunchy treat)!
