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Vegan Fruitcake Cookies

November 12, 2020 By Gretchen 2 Comments

As I wrapped up my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies recipe series this year, I really wanted to add something unique to the mix.

I have the traditional Spritz Cookies, some Chocolate Shortbread Reindeer, Pecan Snowballs and so many more amazing cookies that will have you wondering which ones to eat first!

These Vegan Fruitcake Cookies was a perfect way to finalize the list.

Vegan Fruitcake Cookies

Complete with brandy soaked cranberries, raisin, almonds, pecans and of course my candied orange rind made it’s debut again!

I love how these cookies came out!

They are filled with Christmas flavors and the candied brandied fruits, well that is exactly what  fruit cake is supposed to be!

Of course if you are alcohol free you can still have an amazingly delicious cookie just substitute the brandy for apple juice or any fruit juice really!


Vegan Fruitcake Cookies
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Bake time
15 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
You can make my recipe for candied orange rind, or buy it- OR sub in another candied fruit
You may see that I am using The Plant Based Egg by Freely Veganas the egg replacer in almost all of my desserts now. If you do not want to buy it or cannot get it, you can sub in another proprietary blend egg replacer of your choice results may vary.
Serves: 48 cookies
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour 1½ cups (188g)
  • Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
  • Baking Powder ¼ teaspoon
  • Cinnamon ½ teaspoon
  • Ground Cloves ⅛ teaspoon
  • Salt ½ teaspoon
  • The Plant Based Egg by freely vegan 4 teaspoons
  • Vegan Butter 7 Tablespoons (98g)
  • Light Brown Sugar ½ cup (105g)
  • Liquid Aquafaba 2 Tablespoons (30ml)
  • Plant Milk ¼ cup (60ml)
  • Pecans, Walnuts, Almonds, Cashews- any combination of nuts to total 2 cups
  • Candied Orange Rind approximately ½ cup Divided *see note above
  • Dried Cranberries 1 cup
  • Raisins 1 cup
  • Brandy or Fruit Juice ¼ cup (60ml)
  • For the glaze:
  • Confectioners Sugar 1 cup
  • Brandy or Plant Milk 1 Tablespoon
Instructions
  1. Combine the nuts and fruits together in a large bowl and pour the brandy over top.
  2. Cream the vegan butter with the light brown sugar until light and fluffy approximately 3 minutes on high speed, then add the liquid aquafaba and vanilla extract.
  3. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl for an even mix, then add the sifted flour, egg replacer, spices, baking soda, baking powder and salt all at once mixing on low until it is all incorporated
  4. Add the plant milk slowly while mixing on medium speed
  5. Place the brandy nut and fruit mixture along with only 2 Tablespoons of the orange rind in a food processor and process fine, it will be pasty from the liquids, but you just don't want large chunks of nuts.
  6. Add the fruit/nut mix to the dough and mix just until combined
  7. Scoop onto parchment lined sheet pans spaced 1" apart and bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350° F for another 10 minutes.
  8. Cool then dip the tops of the cookies in confectioners sugar icing glaze and then top with the remaining orange rind
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 1 week at room temperature, for longer storage freeze for 1 month
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  1. Max

    November 13, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    Hi Gretchen, I was reading through one of your older recipes and noticed that a link to another recipe (the Aquafaba Buttercream) has a broken URL. It looks like you changed your Domain Name from http://www.gretchensbakery.com to http://www.gretchensveganbakery.com at some point. If you still own the domain name for http://www.gretchensbakery.com you can set up a URL redirect on your old site to point to your new one, so that you don’t have broken URLs or have to go through each old recipe one at a time to update them.

    Thanks so much for the amazing recipes!

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    • Gretchen

      November 14, 2020 at 1:54 am

      Thank you! I know, there are quite a few of the older recipes that have broken links! Thank you for pointing this out! Will update now!

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