Description
Brimming with fresh orange flavors, these tender, cake-like Vegan Orange Marmalade Cookies are like biting into a beam of sunshine! With only a few key ingredients, you can make these cookies in about 30 minutes.
Ingredients
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Orange Marmalade Cookies:
- 1/2 cup aquafaba (liquid reserved from canned beans)*
- ¾ cup organic cane sugar
- ½ cup vegan margarine spread or butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cloves
Orange Icing:
- 2 small oranges
- About 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Place aquafaba in a mixing bowl and add sugar. Whip with an electric mixer on high speed for about 5 minutes, until stiff peaks form (a standing electric mixer works well for this step).
- Preheat oven to 300 F.
- Reduce speed to low and add margarine spread, mixing gently until folded in.
- Gently mix in marmalade at low speed.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt (optional), cinnamon, and cloves and gently mix on low speed until mixture is distributed. Do not overmix as it will toughen the cookies.
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop round spoonfuls (about 1 ½ tablespoons each) of batter onto lined baking sheets, leaving room for cookies to spread during baking. A cookie scoop works well for this step.
- Place in oven and bake for about 20 minutes, until cookies are tender and light golden in color. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- While cookies are baking, make orange icing. Zest both oranges. Squeeze the juice of one orange and add it to a small mixing bowl, along with half of the orange zest (use the other orange for another purpose, like juice or smoothies). Add enough powdered sugar to make a fairly thick icing.
- When cookies are cool, frost them with icing and sprinkle with the remaining orange zest.
- Serve immediately or freeze an airtight container for up to three months.
- Makes 26 cookies.
Notes
*This recipe uses aquafaba, which is the liquid reserved from canned beans, such as chickpeas or white beans. Learn more about how to make aquafaba here.
Make these cookies gluten-free by swapping out a gluten-free flour blend for the wheat flour.
I served these cookies on my antique Depression Glass cake stand. You can also use a vintage style cake stand like this one.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 29 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 168
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 33 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g