Easy Vegan Christmas Cookies

I can hear the angels sing when I taste my first Christmas Cookies this winter. Those jam filled, short pastry cookies do not only look cute they are super easy to make.

Ingredients

• 2 cups spelt flour or plain white flour
• 1 stick + 3 tbsp vegan butter
• 1 Tsp baking soda
• ⅓ cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp rice syrup (or any other liquid sweetener
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• a pinch of fine sea salt
• -
• Raspberry Jam for the filling
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. In a large bowl combine the flour with the baking soda
2. In another bowl cream together the vegan butter with the sugar, syrup, vanilla and salt
3. Add the flour and knead until well combined
4. Wrap in a plastic foil and let sit in the fridge for about 30 minutes
5. Preheat your oven to 350F
6. Between two baking paper sheets roll out the dough
7. with a round cutter or champagne glass cut out the cookies
8. Cut half of them again with a smaller cutter in heart shape cutter or whatever shape you prefer
9. Bake for about 8-10 minutes
10. Let cool and then put a small amount of jam between two cookies
11. Dust with powdered sugar

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