Hojicha Toffee Cookies (Vegan)
A perfectly soft, almost cake-like cookie infused with Hojicha tea powder, and packed with sweet, buttery homemade toffee bits. An easy, dairy and egg-free bake that is irresistibly yummy.
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp (113 grams) plant based butter with salt - room temperture
- 4 tbsp (60 grams) plant based yogurt - room temperature
- 1 cup (195 grams) coconut sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 4 tsp Hojicha roasted green tea powder
- ½ cup toffee bits - crushed into small pieces + extra medium size pieces for the tops of the cookies
Instructions
- To a small bowl, add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder; whisk to combine and set the bowl aside.
- To a medium bowl, add the butter and coconut sugar. With a hand mixer, blend the sugar and butter together on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add the yogurt and vanilla extract to the sugar mixture. Continue blending on medium speed for another 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend on medium-low speed until no more flour can be seen. Toss the toffee bits into the batter, folding until they are well incorporated.
- Cover and place the cookie dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare two cookie sheets by lining them with parchment paper.
- Take the cookie dough out of the fridge. Scoop about 3 tablespoons of dough for each cookie and place the balls on a prepared baking sheet. Bake only 4 to 5 cookies per pan to allow for spreading. Keep the remaining dough in the fridge between batches.
- Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, they should be set but look slightly underdone in the center.Due to the toffee bits, these cookies need reshaping as soon as they come out of the oven. You can use a spoon, cookie ring or large glass to do this.
- Once out of the oven and reshaped, a few pieces of toffee can be placed on the tops of the cookies - make sure to do this while they are still warm.
- Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.