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A Box of Hearts - From Me To You

Ingredients

  • 2 c flour
  • 10 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp BP
  • 50 ml coconut milk beverage not coconut milk for cooking
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 tbsp golden flax meal
  • 2 1/2 tbsp water
  • 100 g vegan margarine
  • A couple drops of creme de menthe/peppermint/mint oil
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • Gel food coloring no flavor, Wilton, vegan friendly
  • A couple drops of creme de menthe oil

Instructions

  • Heat milk to luke warm, sprinkle with sugar and yeast, let bloom for 5 mins
  • Meanwhile, mix flax meal with water, let stand until thickened
  • Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in center
  • Pour in flax and milk, mix with wooden spoon
  • Knead in margarine until combined, then knead in oil flavoring
  • Divide dough into 2 portions, knead in cocoa powder to one, red food coloring to the other. To the red one, drop more oil flavoring.
  • Wrap dough with cling wrap, chill for 30 minutes
  • Take out dough and roll each
  • Using heart shaped cookie cutter, cut hearts on red dough
  • Cut strips chocolate dough
  • Stack 3 hearts together, then wrap the outside with chocolate dough
  • Trim excess dough and place hearts on tray
  • Freeze hearts for 30-45 minutes
  • Preheat oven to 400 F
  • Take out hearts and slice into cookies, bake for 12 minutes
  • Let cookies stand on pans for at least 10 mins before moving to cooling rack