Tangerine Breakfast Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed tangerine juice
• 1/2 cup crushed raw walnuts
• 6 ounces semisweet vegan chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
• 2 squeeze the juice out of your fruit. i used two tangerines to get the 1/3 cup needed. had a little left over to sip myself!
• 3 whisk together the tangerine juice, applesauce, and honey. then pour into your dry ingredients, mix with spatula until well combined.
• 4 stir in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
• 5 drop huge, heaping tablespoons of dough onto a cookie sheet prepared with parchment. refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 250 degrees f.
• 7 bake for 20 minutes. then raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees f and bake for another 10 minutes. until golden brown. let cool.
• 8 enjoy for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner!