Churro Cookies
These churro cookies are soft, vegan, gluten-free and taste just like a churro, only in cookie form. Perfect for birthdays or special events!
Servings: 14
Ingredients
- 2 cup almond flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar * see notes
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup applesauce, unsweetened
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Cinnamon Crumble
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ⅓ tsp cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar Frosting
- 1 cup frosting *I use simple mills
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º Add almond flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and applesauce to a bowl and mix well. Be patient the applesauce takes a little effort to work into the almond flour but will come together perfectly.
- Use a cookie scoop and make one inch sized balls with the dough. Press the center in a little bit using a 1/4 tsp like the photo below. This is so the cookies can hold the frosting better.
- Bake the cookies for about 11 minutes. Let them completely cool before icing. Mix together frosting ingredients (cinnamon, brown sugar and frosting) This will make the icing taste more like a churro and give it a fun color for topping. Combine your other leftover cinnamon and brown sugar in a small bowl. This will be your crumble for the topping, it should make a crumble like texture like the photo above.
- Put your cinnamon sugar icing into a piping bag and pipe a small dollop on each cookie. Next, add the crumble over the frosting. Refrigerate in a covered container until ready to eat. Enjoy!
Notes
dark brown or light brown sugar will work
keep refrigerated for up to one week in a sealed container. Freeze for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 47mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg