Vegan sweet potato cookies (Gluten free, Vegan, Refined sugar free)

These chewy and soft cookies are basically made from a sweet potato that’s been baked, puréed, and mashed with rolled oats and sorghum flour. This flour blend works well to give you gluten free cookies with a slight crumbly texture. Sweet potatoes are very versatile and provide the natural starch for holding the ingredients together and add all natural sweetness to cookies. They are very easy to make and are best enjoyed for snacking!

Vegan sweet potato cookies

Servings

16 to 18 cookies

Prep time

25 mins

Bake time

12 to 15 mins

Difficulty level

Easy

Ingredients

  • Rolled oats – 3/4 cup 

  • Oat flour – ¼ cup

  • Sorghum flour – ¼ cup 

  • Baking powder – ½  tsp 

  • Baking soda – ¼ tsp 

  • Salt – ⅛ tsp 

  • Palm jaggery syrup/ Any liquid sweetener of choice – 2 Tbsp 

  • Cooked sweet potato puree – 2 Tbsp 

  • Plant based milk/ water – 4 to 5 Tbsp

  • Coconut oil – 1 ½ Tbsp 

  • Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

  • Chocolate chips – 2 Tbsp

Directions

  • In a bowl add wet ingredients – 2 Tbsp cooked and mashed sweet potato puree, 2 Tbsp palm jaggery syrup, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, 1/4 cup any plant based milk or water and mix well.
  • Now add dry ingredients – 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 cup oats flour, 3/4 cup rolled oats, 1/4 cup sorghum flour, 1 tbsp chocolate chips and combine well and form a dough.
  • Scoop out the dough mixture into hands, roll and press them to make flat cookie shapes. Top them with more chocolate chips.
  • Bake them in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 12 to 15 mins. Allow them to cool, serve and enjoy!

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