Looking for a delicious vegan holiday treat? Try these cranberry laced cookies. Your guests won't even guess they're vegan! The orange zest and cinnamon give the cookies a gingerbread-like taste, and the dried cranberries add a great finish!

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sunflower oil
1/2 cup chocolate chips or crushed chocolate bar (vegan)
1 large teaspoon cacao powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Handful of dried cranberries
Zest from 1/3 of an orange

Combine all ingredients into a large bowl and knead the dough with your hands. Once the ingredients are mixed well together, put the dough into a ball and cover in plastic wrap. Chill for at least one hour.  Roll out dough, cut into desired shapes. Makes 16 medium sized cookies.