These vegan pumpkin chai cranberry cookies are soft, chewy, and perfectly sweet. They taste just like a pumpkin chai latte, with the added texture of dried cranberries.
Is there anything better than a plate full of soft baked cookies, just waiting to be enjoyed with a steaming cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?
I developed this recipe over the holidays (hence the seasonal props in the photo), but I think that they are entirely appropriate for any time of the year–especially for the last half of winter. There’s still little that I love more than the warming, comforting flavours and aromas of pumpkin and chai spices. Given this love affair, I thought I would combine that into one irresistibly soft and pillowy cookies.
These pumpkin chai cranberry cookies are vegan, sweetened with coconut sugar and maple syrup, and use a combination of light spelt flour and oat flour. In other words, they’re incredibly healthy! You won’t experience the blood sugar rush that often comes along with traditional baked goods. Bring a batch for the office and you’ll be everyone’s best friend. They’re also a snap to throw together!
how to make these cookies:
- Start by mixing up a flax egg. Add coconut oil, pumpkin puree, almond butter, coconut sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together light spelt flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix.
- Roll dough into balls and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes and enjoy!
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If you like these cookies, you might also enjoy these recipes:
- Vegan Peanut Butter and Jam Cookies
- Vegan Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies
- Vegan Pumpkin Spice Almond Butter Brownies
I hope that you love these healthy vegan cookies as much as we do! Don’t forget to leave a comment and rating below if you make them, and tag a photo @upbeet.kitchen and #upbeetkitchen on Instagram!
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Vegan Pumpkin Chai Cranberry Cookies
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 12–16 cookies 1x
Description
These vegan pumpkin chai cranberry cookies are soft, chewy, and perfectly sweet. They taste just like a pumpkin chai latte, with the added texture of dried cranberries.
Ingredients
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax plus 2.5 tbsp water)
- ¼ cup virgin coconut oil, softened
- ¼ cup pumpkin puree
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup light spelt flour
- ½ cup oat flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ½ cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk together the ground flax and water in a large bowl and set aside for 2 minutes to gel. Then add the coconut oil, pumpkin puree, almond butter, coconut sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. Using a whisk, mix until very smooth.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until all of the flour is incorporated. If the dough is too wet, add ¼ cup more light spelt flour or oat flour. Mix in the dried cranberries.
- Roll the dough into 12-16 balls, depending on the size of cookie that you like. (If you roll them into 16 balls, use 2 baking sheets and place 8 balls on each cookie sheet so that they have room to spread out.) Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheet(s) and very lightly flatten with your fingers. (The cookies will spread out on their own as they bake.)
- Bake for 10-12 minutes and let the cookies cool on the pan for 10 minutes before removing with a spatula and transferring to a wire cooling rack.
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container for a few days.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Vegan
Guess what? My next post will be my revamped Homemade Beyond Meat Burger recipe. I can’t wait to share it with you all! <3
Melanie Pitches says
it doesnt say ton add the cranberries
Allison says
I am so sorry, Melanie! I am going back to change that right now. Hope they still turned out for you.