Bourbon Chocolate Cookies with a Salted Caramel Drizzle (Dairy-Free!)
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Author: Healthy Recipe Ecstasy
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
Ingredients
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup light brown sugar
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
1 and ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons Bourbon
3.5 ounces (one full bar) of Lindt Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt broken up into little pieces or 1 (12-oz) package of dairy-free chocolate chips
½ cup coconut milk fat
½ cup light brown sugar
½ tablespoon vanilla extract
Sea Salt
Instructions
Move oven rack to the top of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix applesauce and sugars in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs, vanilla, and oil, beating until blended. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in bourbon. Then, stir in chocolate.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 9-12 minutes or to desired degree of doneness.
While the cookies are baking, make the caramel sauce. In a small saucepan, bring coconut milk fat and brown sugar to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until the fat melts and mixture is smooth. Reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla and a pinch of sea salt. Let simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
Let the cookies cool on a wire rack. Once cookies are cooled, drizzle a spoonful of caramel sauce over each cookie.
Top each cookie with a sprinkle of sea salt. Dig in!!! MMMM....!
Recipe by Healthy Recipe Ecstasy at https://www.healthyrecipeecstasy.com/bourbon-chocolate-cookies-with-a-salted-caramel-drizzle-dairy-free/