Marble Cookies – VeganMoFo Day 18

Today’s VeganMoFo prompt is to make something in greyscale, or black and white. As with yesterday, I must admit I uh, strayed a little from the prompt. I tried taking photos in black and white and they just didn’t look very good. And as for actual black and white, well the black tends to come from when I forget about whatever is cooking on the hob…

So I am going for the next best, two contrasting colours (and flavours), chocolate and vanilla! These are the same flavours as used in black and white cookies so I think I’m ok.

These cookies, which I call “marble cookies” are round like marbles and made with a half chocolate dough and a half vanilla dough.

I make them with icing sugar (or powdered sugar for the Americans!) which gives a smoother, almost fondant like texture to the cookie, and these are great little cookies to snack on or give as gifts!

Marble Cookies

• Servings: 24 cookies
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Ingredients

• 175g vegan butter
• 150g icing sugar
• 20g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 300g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Directions

Preheat the oven to 160C/320F
1. In a bowl, cream together the butter and icing sugar.
2. Remove half the creamed mixture and place in a separate bowl.
3. To the first bowl, add the cocoa powder and mix well.
4. To the second bowl, add the vanilla extract and again mix well.
5. Now, to each bowl, add 150g (half) of the flour, and a quarter teaspoon of the bicarbonate of soda. Mix well.
6. Next make your marbles. Take a teaspoon sized bit of dough from each bowl, and in your hands, roll together to form a ball.
7. Place on a baking sheet, and repeat with the remaining dough.
8. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, then leave to cool.