Vegetarian bear paw cookies with almonds and cocoa

Vegetarian bear paw cookies made with butter, spelt flour, ground almonds, cocoa and cinnamon, with coconut sugar and a cocoa glaze on the tips. Vegetarian desserts, 342 kcal per three cookies.

At a glance

• Serves 12
• Prep time: 40 min
• Cooking time: 24 min
• Total time: 64 min
• Calories: 342 kcal per serving
• Protein: 6 g
• Fat: 23 g
• Carbs: 26 g

Ingredients

• 200g butter
• 90g coconut sugar
• 1 egg
• 250g spelt flour
• 120g ground almonds
• 30g coconut oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 40g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

You’ll need: oven · baking tray

1. Beat the soft butter with the coconut sugar for 3 minutes until creamy, then beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
2. Mix the spelt flour, almonds, half the cocoa, the cinnamon and salt, knead everything into a soft dough and chill it for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (160 °C fan). Press walnut-sized pieces into a bear paw or shell mould and turn them out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
4. Bake the cookies one tray at a time at 180 °C for 10 to 12 minutes each, until firm at the edges. Leave them to cool on a wire rack.
5. Melt the coconut oil and stir in the remaining cocoa and the honey until the glaze is glossy.
6. Dip the tips of the bear paws in the glaze and leave them to set in the fridge for 20 minutes.

Good to know

Bear paws are the ridged cookies that look like a paw. With a shell mould they're quick to shape, and a fork works too. Almonds, cocoa and a hint of cinnamon make the dough short and chocolatey.

Swaps

Almonds → ground hazelnuts. Spelt flour → plain flour. Butter → ghee. Coconut sugar → date sugar.

Cooking tips

Dust the mould with a little cocoa before each cookie, so the dough comes out more easily. Without a mould, press oval rounds flat and draw ridges into them with a fork.

Storage

Keeps for 3 weeks in a tin stored somewhere cool.

Allergens

Contains gluten (spelt), milk (butter), egg and almonds. Because of the honey in the glaze, not suitable for children under 1 year.