Sourdough Starter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Sourdough Starter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This unusual recipe uses sourdough discard and is vegan, (if you use vegan chocolate chips).

  • mixer
  • 2 Tablespoon ground flax seed
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 cup vegan margarine ((Country Crock Plant Butter))
  • 2 ½ cup dark brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavoring, vegan (Optional)
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ cup oat flour (or oatmeal whizzed in a food processer )
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 teaspoon corn starch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cup pecans (toasted and chopped*)
  • 1 10-11 oz. package chocolate chips (vegan )
Vegan Chocolate Chips
Vegan Chocolate Chips are much easier to find in local grocery stores.
  1. Heat oven to 350°

  2. Combine flax and sourdough starter discard. set aside.

  3. Beat margarine with the sugar until light in color. add the flax and starter mixture. stir well. Add the vanilla and butter flavoring.

  4. In another bowl, mix the two flours, baking soda, cornstarch, salt, pecans, and chocolate chips. Stir well.

  5. Mix the dry ingredients into the margarine mixture until just blended.

  6. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the dough onto a cookie sheet.

  7. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes until the base of the cookies turns golden brown. Cool for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.

Cooling Cookies

*Pecans

  1. Toast the pecans on a jelly roll pan in a 200° oven. Stir every 30 minutes for the first hour and then every 15 minutes until very dry and toasted in flavor. When cool, put into a freezer Ziploc bag. Roll and tap the bag with a rolling pin until the nuts are broken into small pieces.

Storage

  1. Scoop the raw dough onto a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet. Freeze. Remove from pan and store in a zip bag in the freezer for up to 3 months. When ready to bake, place the frozen cookie balls on a cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 48
Amount per serving  
Calories 194
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.3g 7%
Saturated Fat 0.9g 4%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 107mg 5%
Total Carbohydrate 36.8g 13%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 2%
Total Sugars 31.2g  
Protein 1.1g  
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 34mg 3%
Iron 1mg 4%
Potassium 63mg 1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calorie a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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Dessert
American
cookies, dairy free, Vegan, Vegetarian