Recipe “Cookie cutters”
Ingredients
½ Vanilla pod
1 untreated lemon (organic)
250g wholemeal spelt flour
1 tsp cream of tartar baking powder
100g sunflower oil
100g rice syrup
Flour for the work surface
3 tbsp rapeseed margarine (or one without palm fat)
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 teaspoon rice syrup (or agave syrup)
Baking paper for one tray
Manufacture
Slit the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds.
Wash the lemon in hot water, dry and grate a thin layer of zest.
Thoroughly mix the flour with the baking powder, vanilla pulp and grated lemon zest.
Whisk the sunflower oil with the rice syrup in a large mixing bowl.
Add the flour mixture and knead everything into a smooth, soft dough. Wrap the dough in cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
Line a baking tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to around 170°C.
Roll out the dough in portions on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of about 4 mm and cut out shapes of your choice.
Place the margarine in a small bowl and mix well with the turmeric and rice syrup.
Place the cookie cutters on the baking tray, brush with the margarine mixture and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown. Carefully remove the baked cookies from the tray and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Easily “veganize” traditional Weinachtsgutzli recipes.
Here are a few tips:
- Egg yolk: 1 egg can be replaced by 2 tablespoons of ground linseed or psyllium mixed with 3 tablespoons of water. A great egg substitute powder can be made from corn starch and lupin flour, almond puree mixed with water or starch or soy flour mixed with water. Bananas can also be used for binding.
- Protein: We recommend applesauce or freshly grated apples for the airiness of a pastry, or why not experiment with aquafaba? You can find everything about aquafaba
here.
- Butter: rapeseed oil or rapeseed margarine (palm oil-free).
- Gelatine: Its simple; Agar-Agar.
- Honey: agave syrup, maple syrup, pear syrup, apple syrup, coconut blossom sugar, dried fruit, raw cane sugar (panela/ muscovado), stevia or birch sugar.
- Milk: coconut, oat, spelt-hazelnut, quinoa, amaranth, almond, rice or millet milk.
Caption: Cookie cutters and children’s rolling pin from IKEA.