Vegan Thin Mintz – Yes! Finally! Thank You!
What could be a better combination than mint+chocolate? You are right: Absolutely NOTHING!
Thin Mintz ~ Vegan & Gluten Free
Pictures and recipe by Manifest Vegan
Ingredients:
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3/4 cup vegan margarine, cold
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1/4 tsp peppermint oil or 1 1/2-2 tsp pure peppermint extract
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1 cup organic sugar
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1 cup sorghum flour
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3/4 cup cocoa powder
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1/2 cup potato starch
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1 tsp xanthan gum
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1/4 tsp baking soda
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1/8 of a cup almond milk
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2 cups vegan chocolate chips
Directions:
Cream together margarine, peppermint oil or extract and sugar together until creamy and smooth.
In separate bowl, sift together sorghum flour, cocoa powder, potato starch, xanthan gum and baking soda. Use your hands to thoroughly get all of the lumps out so that the flours are very well mixed with no clumps of cocoa powder remaining.
Gradually add flours to margarine/sugar mixture until crumbly. Continue mixing while adding in the almond milk. The dough will seize up and become stiff. Make sure all flour is well incorporated and knead briefly. Press into a disk, wrap loosely with saran wrap or wax paper and chill in freezer for about 15 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 350 °F.
Divide dough in half and pinch off sections to make about 3/4″ round balls.
Flatten dough ball between your palms and shape gently to form a flat cookie… like a thin mint. (The warmer the dough gets, the easier it is to work with. Don’t let it get too warm, though.)
Place onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet (or silpat mat) about 1 inch apart until cookie sheet is covered.
I found it handy to get it mostly into a flat patty in my palm, and then place on my parchment and flatten it even more with the bottom of a glass or a spoon.
They should look like this before flattening them a second time:
These are “thin” mints, so you want them to be about a 1/4 to 1/5 of an inch (5-8mm) thick. You know, thin. 🙂 The thinner you make ‘em, the crispier they get… which is exactly what you want.
Bake the first tray for 16 minutes, and then remove from oven and let cool.
Repeat with second half of dough and bake for the same amount of time.
Allow both trays of cookies to cool completely.
To coat the cookies:
Melt chocolate chips in double boiler over medium low heat until chocolate is super smooth. Dip one side of the cookie into the chocolate and then carefully spread the chocolate into a thin layer over the entire cookie. Wearing food grade gloves while doing this is very helpful, ’cause then you can just use your fingers to spread it around. A silicon pastry brush is also useful… just try and get a thin layer of chocolate spread onto the cookies. Be sure to coat the bottom and sides too, and then gently place on a silicon mat or wax paper to firm up.
Leave at room temperature until chocolate hardens.
Go crazy over gluten free vegan thin mints!
The Clean Eating Mama 