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vegan sweet potato cookies

Vegan Sweet Potato Cookies

Delicious roasted sweet potato stars in this easy, healthy cookie recipe - using a scratch blend of GF flours!
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 20
Course: Dessert, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g Sweet Potato roasted & mashed
  • 60 g Maple Syrup
  • 70 g Coconut Sugar or sub brown sugar
  • 110 g Almond Butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste or vanilla essence
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 70 g Oat Flour
  • 80 g Rice Flour
  • 40 g Buckwheat Flour
  • 20 g Rice Bran
  • 1 tbsp Potato Starch
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 80 g Dark Chocolate Chips
  • 75 g Vegan Marshmallows

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350f/160c. (If you haven't already roasted your sweet potato, put it in the oven at 400/200c for 40 minutes or microwave for 8 minutes until well softened) Prep two cookie sheets with silpats or baking paper. (Recipe makes approximately 20 medium ice cream scoop cookies)
  2. In one bowl, combine wet ingredients and spices.
    150 g Sweet Potato, 60 g Maple Syrup, 70 g Coconut Sugar, 110 g Almond Butter, 1 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste, 2 tsp Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp Salt
  3. In another bowl, combine flour mixture and baking powder/soda. Then add dark chocolate chips to coat.
    70 g Oat Flour, 80 g Rice Flour, 40 g Buckwheat Flour, 20 g Rice Bran, 1 tbsp Potato Starch, 1 tsp Baking Soda, 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  4. Add dry ingredients into wet, and gently fold in marshmallows. Fridge the mixture for 5-10 minutes.
    75 g Vegan Marshmallows
  5. Scoop by the heaped tablespoonfuls to silpat or baking sheet. If mixture was refrigerated, the cookies should not spread too much at all. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet before transferring to storage container (or mouth. :)