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    Vegan Maple Sugar Cookies with Maple Glaze

    Published: Dec 21, 2021 · Modified: May 29, 2022 ·

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    These vegan maple sugar cookies are chewy, soft, and SO easy. Mix the ingredients up, pop them in the oven, drizzle them with a quick maple glaze, and they're done! Apple sauce replaces eggs and coconut oil replaces butter, but you can't tell, I promise. They're perfect for Christmas, but honestly, I'd eat these any day of the year.

    This is a picture of a vegan maple sugar cookie being dipped into almond milk.

    Here's what you need.

    • Granulated sugar
    • Brown sugar
    • Maple syrup
    • Unsweetened apple sauce
    • Flour
    • Cream of tartar
    • Baking soda
    • Baking powder
    • Vanilla extract
    • Almond extract
    • Coconut oil. This replaces the butter in a traditional cookie recipe. We get ours in bulk at Costco, but most grocery stores sell this in the same aisle as other oils. You can also find it on Amazon.
    • Almond or oat milk. Use whatever dairy-free milk you prefer.
    • Powdered sugar
    • Salt
    This is a picture of vegan maple sugar cookies on a plate.

    Here's how to make them.

    These vegan maple sugar cookies are really easy. Aside from the vegan aspect, they pretty much follow the typical cookie script.

    First preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then add granulated sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, and coconut oil to a large bowl and beat with a hand or stand mixer until smooth and combined. Add apple sauce and mix until combined. The coconut oil replaces butter, and the applesauce replaces eggs, but you can't taste either of them in the finished product, I promise.

    In a separate bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and baking powder, and whisk until there are no clumps and everything is combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients, mixing as you go. Once combined, mix in vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt.

    Use a cookie scoop or your hands to form the dough into 1-inch diameter balls and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges just begin to turn a light golden color. I like my cookies soft, so I usually take them out on the earlier side, but if you like yours slightly crunchy, leave them in until they're golden-brown on the edges.

    This is a picture of cookie dough in a bowl.
    This is a picture of cookie dough balls on a sheet pan.

    To make the glaze, add powdered sugar, almond or oat milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract to a bowl and mix until combined. Once the cookies have fully cooled, drizzle them with the glaze. Enjoy!

    This is a picture of a vegan maple sugar cookie being dipped into almond milk.

    Serve them with...

    Our Apple Cider Bourbon Latte!

    Vegan Maple Sugar Cookies

    Vegan Maple Sugar Cookies

    Recipe by Mollie

    These vegan maple sugar cookies are chewy, soft, and SO easy. Mix the ingredients up, pop them in the oven, drizzle them with a quick maple glaze, and they're done! Apple sauce replaces eggs and coconut oil replaces butter, but you can't tell, I promise.

    Course: DessertsCuisine: CookiesDifficulty: Easy
    5 from 3 votes
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    Servings

    36

    servings
    Prep time

    10

    minutes
    Cooking time

    12

    minutes
    Calories

    154

    kcal
    Total time

    22

    minutes
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    Ingredients

    • For the cookies:
    • 1 cup 1 granulated sugar

    • ½ cup ½ brown sugar, well packed

    • ½ cup ½ maple syrup

    • 1 cup 1 coconut oil (in solid form)

    • ½ cup ½ unsweetened apple sauce

    • 3 and ¼ cups 3 and ¼ flour

    • 2 teaspoons 2 cream of tartar

    • 2 teaspoons 2 baking soda

    • ½ teaspoon ½ baking powder

    • 1 teaspoon 1 vanilla extract

    • 1 teaspoon 1 almond extract

    • Pinch Pinch salt

    • For the maple glaze:
    • 1 cup 1 powdered sugar

    • 2 tablespoons 2 almond or oat milk

    • 2 tablespoons 2 maple syrup

    • 1 teaspoon 1 vanilla extract

    Directions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    • Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, and coconut oil to a large bowl and beat with a hand or stand mixer until smooth and combined. Add apple sauce and mix until combined.
    • In a separate bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and baking powder, and whisk until there are no clumps and everything is combined.
    • Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the wet ingredients, mixing as you go. Once combined, mix in the vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt.
    • Use a cookie scoop or your hands to form the dough into 1-inch diameter balls and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges just begin to turn a light golden color. They'll set up more as they cool, so when in doubt, take them out earlier rather than later.
    • Add the glaze ingredients to a bowl and mix until combined. Once the cookies have fully cooled, drizzle them with the glaze. Enjoy!

    Notes

    • I bake these cookies on the bottom rack for 6 minutes and then move them to the top rack for the last 6 minutes.

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    Comments

    1. Phyllis Leone says

      May 04, 2022 at 4:05 pm

      We Love these cookies. They are very easy to make.I took Mollie’s advise and moved cookie sheet midway to higher shelf position. I also needed to add a minute due to my oven being slow.also I ran out of brown sugar. I placed 1/2 cup of cane sugar and 1/2 Tbsp molasses then mixed together with fork. That seems to have worked well because, They Are Delicious!!! Thanks Mollie💗

      • Mollie says

        May 05, 2022 at 8:30 pm

        Thanks, Phyllis! Glad you enjoy the recipe! Love the molasses idea!

    2. Phyllis Leone says

      May 06, 2022 at 4:58 pm

      I forgot to mention this. I chilled the batter for half hour, before scooping out batter to place on parchment lined cookie sheet .Thanks again Mollie and Mike for this Great recipe!💗

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