If you're prone to food sensitivities or exclude a lot of things out of your diet, here's a raw vegan dessert that won't compromise taste, while taking out all the bad stuff. These raw vegan Almond Cacao Cookies are topped with a salted maca caramel that's sure to delight any one. Add a bit of walnut, almond, or pecan atop the cookie and you've got yourself a beautiful and delicious masterpiece.
Raw Almond Cacao Cookies With Salted Maca Caramel [Vegan]
Ingredients
- 1 cup almonds
- 1 cup dates
- 2 heaping tablespoons cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup dates
- 2 tablespoons maca powder
- Himalayan pink crystal salt, to taste
- 3/4 cup water, more or less as needed
- Pecan halves, walnut halves and/or almonds
Preparation
- Blend all the ingredients until smooth and thick like whipped cream.
- Put this in the fridge for about 2 hours.
- Pulse the almonds into flour in a food processor, then add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until it all sticks together.
- Press into the bottom of a lined baking pan and put in the fridge until firm.
- Use a cookie cutter to make your cookies, then scoop a spoonful of caramel on top of each one.
- Press a walnut, almond or pecan onto the dollop of caramel.
- Refrigerate overnight or at least for a few hours.
About The Author
Emily von Euw
See My RecipesEmily von Euw is the creator of the award-winning recipe blog, This Rawsome Vegan Life, and the best-selling author of four cookbooks: Rawsome Vegan Baking; 100 Best Juices, Smoothies and Healthy Snacks; The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook; and Rawsome Superfoods. Em’s passion in life comes from friendships, food, wilderness, mindfulness, art, and lots of dark chocolate. They have presented at expos and festivals across Canada and the US, and their work has been featured in publications around the world. Em lives in the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional and unceded territories of the First Nations.
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