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Home » Gluten Free » Vegan Gluten Free Spanish Chocolate Polvorones

Vegan Gluten Free Spanish Chocolate Polvorones

by Iosune - Published January 12, 2016 - Updated June 21, 2019

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Vegan gluten free Spanish chocolate polvorones recipe - These vegan gluten-free Spanish chocolate polvorones are a healthy alternative to traditional polvorones, which are made with lard, sugar and white flour.

Hi everyone! We wanted to share this recipe last December because it’s a typical Spanish Christmas recipe, but we couldn’t, so we share it now. Anyways, polvorones are so delicious and you can make them at any time of the year!

Traditional polvorones are basically made with white flour, white sugar and lard, but we made a healthier, vegan and gluten-free recipe, which is really simple, tastes even better than the traditional one and is good for your body! We added some cocoa powder too, because we love chocolate and cocoa powder.

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How to make vegan gluten free Spanish chocolate polvorones - These vegan gluten-free Spanish chocolate polvorones are a healthy alternative to traditional polvorones, which are made with lard, sugar and white flour.

Tips:

  • Use another type of nut if you want. If you can’t eat nuts, use some flour instead, but maybe you’ll need to add more or less.
  • Feel free to use other non-refined oils or natural sweeteners.

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These vegan gluten-free Spanish chocolate polvorones are a healthy alternative to traditional polvorones, which are made with lard, sugar and white flour.

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Vegan Gluten Free Spanish Chocolate Polvorones

★★★ 2.5 from 2 reviews
  • Author: Simple Vegan Blog
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 22 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Vegan, Spanish

These vegan gluten-free Spanish chocolate polvorones are a healthy alternative to traditional polvorones, which are made with lard, sugar and white flour.

These vegan gluten-free Spanish chocolate polvorones are a healthy alternative to traditional polvorones, which are made with lard, sugar and white flour.
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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup raw almonds (120 g)
  • 1 ¾ cup buckwheat flour (240 g)
  • ¾ cup oat flour (90 g)
  • 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder or raw cacao
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil (220 g)
  • ½ cup coconut sugar (130 g)
  • ½ cup maple syrup (160 g)
  • Sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 355ºF or 180ºC.
  2. Blend the almonds in a food processor.
  3. Add the rest of the ingredients (except the sesame seeds) and blend until well combined
  4. Shape the polvorones with your hands and add some sesame seeds on top.
  5. Place them onto a baking sheet (I lined it with parchment paper) and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

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  1. GRace says

    April 6, 2018 at 02:18

    Suggestions on making them without oil? Have you ever tried prune puree? For health reasons, I am oil-free………please help. Thank you!

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    • Iosune says

      April 6, 2018 at 03:02

      Hi Grace! I’m so sorry, but I’ver never made this recipe with no oit. You could try to use almond butter or coconut milk instead and add more or less flour or milk if needed. Hope it helps!

      Reply
  2. Marta says

    March 12, 2018 at 23:22

    Hi Iosune, gonna try this for sure.. can I replace maple syrup using only coconut sugar or it really needs one liquid sweetener? if so gonna try honey not vegan but im not vegan.. and also can I usu only oat flour or does it needs buckwheat as well? have you tried with chickpea flour? thanks in advance all your recipes look amazing, I have tried Ikea veggie meatballs and they re a hit! thank you!

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    • Iosune says

      March 25, 2018 at 05:29

      Hi Marta! You could add more milk if you’re not going to use a liquid sweetener, I think it should work, but I’m not sure as I’ve never tried it myself. I think any liquid sweetener will do. I think it should work using only oat flour. No, I haven’tr tried this recipe with chickpea flour. Hope it helps 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cara says

    December 20, 2017 at 19:04

    Shouldn’t it be 2/3 cup of oil instead of 1 cup? (More in line with the grams posted)

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    • Iosune says

      December 21, 2017 at 08:51

      Hi Cara! No, it’s 1 cup of oil 🙂

      Reply
  4. Lee says

    February 10, 2016 at 02:26

    Mine did exactly what everyone else mentioned happening….just a flat crumbly mess!! Something needs to be adjusted besides temp & time. It seems to me there’s too much oil in the recipe? I don’t know but I make hundreds of baked goods and is recipe has me confounded despite your repeated answer that yours comes out fine. The rest of us all can’t be that baking challenged, can we? Lol

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    • Iosune says

      February 12, 2016 at 14:22

      Hi Lee! The recipe is okay, it’s a typical Spanish recipe and there are so many Spanish blogs with similar recipes. Maybe our ingredients here in Spain are different, I don’t know… I’m so sorry the recipe didn’t work for you, but it’s fine. Have a nice day!

      Reply
  5. Nikki says

    January 13, 2016 at 16:28

    YES these look fantastic! Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Nikki
    ww.nikkisplate.com

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    • Iosune says

      January 15, 2016 at 10:55

      Thanks a lot Nikki!

      Reply
  6. Louann Chapman says

    January 12, 2016 at 19:45

    I made these according to recipe, and they were very, very dry! i did put in a tsp of cinnamon and a pinch of salt to make them taste other than like flour but didn’t like them at all. The temperature should have been 325 degrees F at most, and only 20-25 min kept in as the bottoms were dark on my parchment paper. I did not like them, too dry!

    ★

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    • Iosune says

      January 15, 2016 at 10:55

      HI Louann! I’ve made this recipe dozens of times and it has always worked for me, but maybe my oven is different than yours. If they were too dry, you should bake them for a shorter period of time. The dough and the polvorones are very tasty and they don’t taste like flour, maybe you should use another ingredients… I’m so sorry the recipe didn’t work for you 🙁

      Reply
    • Louann Chapman says

      January 20, 2016 at 17:23

      I believe I’d be willing to try this recipe again because I am convinced that the oven was too hot and 30 min was too long to bake them. This was likely why they were so very dry. I’ll let you know how it turns out next time

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      • Iosune says

        January 25, 2016 at 11:25

        Great! Hope it works 😉

        Reply
  7. Lee says

    January 12, 2016 at 19:42

    I just made these (or tried to, at least). I measured out everything to the gram, the only way I did it differently was by using rapeseed oil instead of olive oil (because I didn’t want a strong olive taste), and they all just floated out into a big mess. I don’t know if the problem is my oven or my flours or what it was, and it really upset me because yours look so good!

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    • Iosune says

      January 15, 2016 at 10:52

      Hi Lee! I’m so sorry this recipe didn’t work for you 🙁 I’ve made this recipe dozens of times and it has always worked for me. If you tell me more, maybe I could help you…

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      • Lee says

        January 18, 2016 at 17:40

        After having tasted them and everything, it didn’t really matter that they floated together! I just had to cut them apart with a knife, but they taste amazing! The problem was probably that my flours were a bit coarse (i blended oats + buckwheat flakes myself) 🙂

        ★★★★

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        • Iosune says

          January 25, 2016 at 11:18

          Hi Lee! Great 🙂 Thanks a lot for your comment!

          Reply

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