Comments on: Vegan Molasses Cookies

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 22:51:19 +0000

In reply to Jason N. Glad you enjoyed the cookies! Not all white sugar is refined using bone char. It depends where you live in the world (many countries don't use bone char at all), and it depends on the brands you use. Many are vegan-friendly (contact the company to ask if you're not sure). All organic sugar is vegan though whatever the brand and wherever you live.

By: Jason N

Jason N — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 16:40:38 +0000

These cookies are wonderful. I've made them twice now and they're such a great wintery cookie.
I use a couple tablespoons of molasses and unrefined sugar to make my brown sugar. In case you didn't know, white sugar has been refined using bone-char (charred cattle bones) so a vegan may want to avoid white sugar. Store bought brown sugar is nothing more than refined white sugar and molasses. There are companies that make bone-char free sugar.
As far as this recipe goes though, it's a definite winner!

By: May

May — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:18:25 +0000

In reply to May. Actually it is less sweet the next day for some reason so I take back that comment haha

By: May

May — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:03:18 +0000

A little too sweet for my taste, but came out perfectly! A lovely cookie for the holiday season.

By: Melanie McDonald

Melanie McDonald — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:01:19 +0000

In reply to Karen. The recipe hasn't been tested with GF flour. Knowing how fussy cookies are though, and how the balance of ingredients is so crucial to get the proper spread and texture, I doubt that you'd great results with this recipe. Yo'd be much better off using a well-tested already GF recipe.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 02:23:12 +0000

Can you use a gf flour? If so which one is best?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:46:46 +0000

What a great to make your home smell like spice - so nice! The cookies are delicious! I added about 1/8 cup water as my dough seemed a bit dry & I made my cookies a bit smaller (2 tablespoons not 3 tablespoons). I was tempted to flatten the cookies, but held back and they turned out just as the recipe indicated. They were a big hit at my place the minute they hit the cooling rack - Thank you for this super recipe Melanie - it's going to be a 'keeper' for my household!