Chestnut Cookies With Pomegranate Glaze

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The deep, seasonal goodness of chestnut positive spelt flour marque this vegan cooky particularly rich-tasting. The glaze adds a bully sweet-tart facet to each bite.

You'll request a 3-inch, oregon somewhat larger, cooky cutter.

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Freeze-dried raspberries are disposable successful the dry-goods conception of market store nutrient departments.

The chestnuts tin beryllium roasted respective days successful advance. The decorated cookies tin beryllium stored betwixt sheets of wax insubstantial successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 10 days. You whitethorn person glaze near over, which tin beryllium utilized connected banana breadstuff oregon adjacent connected pancakes.

Based connected a look from the Little Plantation blog, successful collaboration with TwiggStudios.com.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 16-18

For the cookies

  • 1 cupful (about 3 ounces) vacuum-packed peeled chestnuts
  • 3/4 cupful positive 2 tablespoons buttery vegan spread, specified arsenic Earth Balance
  • 1/2 cupful packed airy brownish sugar
  • 1 spoon vanilla legume paste oregon extract
  • 2 1/2 cups spelt flour, positive much for the enactment surface
  • 2 teaspoons crushed cinnamon
  • 1 spoon crushed allspice

For the glaze and toppings

  • About 3/4 cupful confectioners’ sugar, oregon much arsenic needed
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate juice, oregon much arsenic needed
  • Freeze-dried raspberries, finely chopped (optional; spot headnote)
  • Handful pomegranate seeds (arils; optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per cooky (using 5 tablespoons of glaze)

  • Calories

    190

  • Fat

    10 g

  • Saturated Fat

    4 g

  • Carbohydrates

    26 g

  • Sodium

    105 mg

  • Protein

    3 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    10 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Based connected a look from the Little Plantation blog, successful collaboration with TwiggStudios.com.

Tested by Vanessa Williams and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published November 30, 2017

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Updated March 16, 2026

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