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Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar has some no-bakes. Plus I've used random recipes from vegweb.com for no-bake stuff.

From Isa Chandra's cookie cookbook, recipe also found here.

For the topping:

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

For the cookies:

1/2 cup canola oil

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

3 tablespoons almond milk (Or your preferred non-dairy milk)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon chocolate extract (or more vanilla extract if you have no chocolate)

1 2/3 cups flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon cayenne

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.

Mix the topping ingredients together on a flat plate. Set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, use a fork to vigorously mix together oil, sugar, syrup, and milk. Mix in extracts.

Sift in remaining ingredients, stirring as you add them. Once all ingredients are added mix until you’ve got a pliable dough.

Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Pat into the sugar topping to flatten into roughly 2 inch discs. Transfer to baking sheet, sugar side up, at least 2 inches apart (they do spread). This should be easy as the the bottom of the cookies should just stick to your fingers so you can just flip them over onto the baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, they should be a bit spread and crackly on top. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Comments:

I couldn't find chocolate extract, so I used extra vanilla, they were still very chocolaty. I baked them for 10 min, they do spread a lot (mine all ran into each other). The end result was crispy on the outside and fudgey in the middle, with the heat from the cayenne coming in at the end. They were really good! My only suggestion is: depending on how you feel about cayenne, you might want to cut it in half.

It is from this book

I have this cookie book and the recipes are so good that when I make them for people, they can't tell there's anything different about them. And here is someone's blog with my favourite recipe in the book. My friends like these cookies so much they call then "crack cookies".

Don't forget to roast the almonds before chopping them up. It makes a huge difference in taste and texture. Also, you may want to omit the almond extract and use all vanilla. Some people think it tastes funny.

That book is great but I think this one is better.

What are these super expensive replacements you are talking about?

Applesauce works super well as an egg in baking. I've also used banana and that gave things a banana flavor. Ground flax seed mixed with water and turned into a goop also substitutes an egg. So far flax seed and applesauce are my go to.

You can make an amazing icecream with just bananas.

To replace butter, I use earth balance You honestly get more to last you than just buying a few sticks of butter. It's not crazy expensive.

It astounds me that you feel good cake and cookies need dairy. There is no escape to that? Have you even LOOKED at alternatives? Or is there a defensive mechanism at play? This is simply NOT true. Some of the most amazing cupcakies and cookies I had were at an all vegan vegfest. I also got a really good nutty cake from whole foods for my birthday. For people who aren't used to nutty cake it's weird, but I loved it and so did my friend who said they'd have to buy me some more of that and some for herself. I think you need this blazing 5 star review book. I have it myself and the cookies are so yummy.