The first I heard of compost cookies was watching the Netflix series, Chef’s Table. One of the episodes was about Christina Tosi and I immediately fell in love with her insane creations – Crack Pie, Cereal Milk, Bagel Bombs… and of course, compost cookies!
The compost cookies combine all of my favorite things – sugar, chocolate, and salty crisps. While I couldn’t taste Christina Tosi’s original cookie, I really wanted to try and make a vegan version.
It took me a fair number of goes (three to be precise) to get just the right type of cookie. Some came out too thick and cake-y, others way too thin. Thankfully – before my house was overrun with cookies – I eventually found the Goldilocks zone for this biscuit.
The biscuit is buttery, sugary and speckled with little bits of saltiness from the pretzels and crisps. This makes my tastebuds very happy. Oh, please make sure you try one right out of the oven to achieve ultimate happiness!
Warning: these biscuits are highly addictive and you may want to eat them all immediately.
Vegan Compost Cookies
Makes 18 cookies
Ingredients:
220g vegan butter
225g brown sugar
250g caster sugar
500g plain flour
155g applesauce
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp sea salt
150g dark chocolate (roughly chopped)
75g pretzels (roughly crushed)
75g salted crisps (roughly crushed)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Line a large baking tray with baking paper and set aside.
- Place butter, the brown sugar, and the caster sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat together well with a wooden spoon until you have a pale and fluffy mixture – if you are using an electric mixer, use the paddle attachment
- Mix in the applesauce and vanilla extract until well-combined. Then gradually add in your plain flour and baking powder – mixing well to form a dough
- Now you have your dough, mix in your add-ins – dark chocolate, pretzels and salted crisps. Bring together well so the add-ins are evenly distributed in your dough
- Spoon out about a 1/4 cup of the dough and form into a ball. Place on the tray and lightly press down to flatten just a little. Repeat until all your dough has been spooned onto the tray.
- Place in the oven and cook for 20 minutes or until your biscuits are turning a little golden on top. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before placing onto a cooling rack.
- Eat them!
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