Red Velvet Cookies With White Chocolate

Recipe and images courtesy of Romy London (@romylondonuk on Instagram)

The cookie dough is made with only vegan-friendly ingredients, including coconut sugar and coconut flour, for a deliciously nutty aroma. We have also added beetroot powder for a beautiful colour boost and delicious cocoa to give these cookies their iconic flavour. Simply delicious with or without chocolate chips and a perfect edible Valentine’s Day gift!

Prep time: 15 minutes + 2 hrs resting time

Cook time: 14 minutes

Ingredients (makes 8 cookies):

• 70g vegan butter
• 70g light brown sugar
• 30g coconut sugar
• 30ml plant milk, e.g. oat or coconut
• 1/4 tsp vanilla powder or 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 100g plain flour
• 2 tbsp coconut flour
• 2 tbsp beetroot powder
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• Roughly ½-inch red food colouring gel (optional)
• 80g vegan white chocolate chips

Method:

1. Place the vegan butter into a mixing bowl and cream it with an electric hand mixer. Sprinkle in brown sugar and coconut sugar and - once well combined - mix in the plant milk and vanilla.
2. Sift the flour, coconut flour, beetroot powder, cocoa powder, and baking powder into a separate bowl, so there are no lumps left. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet whilst continuing with the electric hand mixer.
3. When everything is well-combined, adjust the colour of the cookie dough with red food colouring gel, adding only a little bit at a time until the dough has the desired shade.
4. Use a spatula to fold in the white chocolate chips, and set the cookie dough into the fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
5. Preheat your oven to 170C and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.
   Use an ice cream scoop to portion the cookie dough onto the trays, leaving 3-4 inches between them to give them room to expand. Gently press each cookie down and then bake in the fully preheated oven for 14-17 minutes or until the edges are firming up.
6. Remove them from the oven - the cookies will still be a little soft and will harden within a few minutes as they cool down, so make sure you don’t over bake them.
7. Enjoy the cookies as soon as they have cooled, or store them in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.

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• Coconut Sugar
• Coconut Milk
• Vanilla Extract
• Coconut Flour
• Beetroot Powder
• Cocoa Powder