Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Variations

• Chocolate fudge and natural peanut butter cookie sandwich, Just pipe a nice layer of peanut butter (or any other nut butter) in between the two cookies.
• Ice cream cookie sandwich - these cookies are so fudgy that they would be perfect even straight out of the freezer.

• Mixing bowl
• Heat resistance bowl
• Small water pot
• Sifter
• Whisk
• Rubber spatula

• 280 g all purpose flour
• 70 g cocoa powder
• 250 g brown sugar
• 100 g olive oil
• 180 g unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp of baking soda
• 1 tsp of table salt
• 2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 160 g dark chocolate
• 120 g vegan dark chocolate chips

• 70 g white chocolate
• 15 ml olive oil
• Cocoa nibs

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2. Melt the Chocolate and olive oil in a bowl on top of a pot with water (bain-marie), when the mixture is combined, remove from heat.
3. Add vanilla, sugar, salt and the applesauce. Whisk together until everything is blended together. 
4. Sift and mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. 
5. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour bowl. Mix with a rubber spatula until well combined.
6. Make sure the mixture is not hotter than room temperature and then add the chocolate chips.
7. Allow the mixture to cool down in the fridge and firm up, make round balls with your hands  (25 g / 50 g for big cookie sandwich) and flatten them on the tray with your paw. Leave 1.5 inch space between the cookies. 
8. Bake for 15 minutes and
9. Enjoy!