Sunday, December 20, 2009

Shortbread

Chai Spice, Chocolate Chip Shortbread !!!



Exactly how it sounds. These are another recipe from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. A holiday treat but with a twist. :) Shortbread cookies with chocolate chips, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, coriander and pepper.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Chew Chew Chew

Cowboy Cookies














This is the second recipe I've made from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. These ones are COWBOY COOKIES. Oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chips and, the only thing I changed is, instead of having toasted pecans I put toasted almonds, pecans and cashews..! So, needless to say, these are great!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Enticing

Chocolate and Coconut

I recently bought the book Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar and this is the first recipe I've made from it! Lazy Samoas... :) They are toasted coconut cookies, dipped in chocolate after they're baked. I could have toasted the coconut a little longer but it was still great. Popular in my house.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Pumpkins...

And Jack-O-Lanterns :)



These are pumpkin flavoured cookies (from here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Iced-Pumpkin-Cookies/Detail.aspx but I replaced the egg with egg replacer) with vanilla frosting.

I kind of like these, because they came out kind of bumpy. It reminds me of when you carve a pumpkin and look for the "best side" to carve even though the best side usually still has holes and bumps.



I love Halloween. :)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Eat Brains

Zombie Walk


Today is my city's ZOMBIE WALK. I won't be dressing up and
participating this year so I thought I should make some zombie cookies.

These are just regular sugar cookies with green cinnamon
frosting and black coconut frosting on the face. The blood is
made of red food colouring, chocolate syrup and corn syrup.

These were fun to make... :)

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Plain Jane

I haven't baked anything in so long, since it's so hot!! I need a kitchen in the basement some day. I finally caved and baked something in the heat though, and it was a good choice! These are just regular old, sweet and classic chocolate chip cookies. =)

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Gingerbread

Not a Usual Summer Treat


Yesterday at work, I was staring at the gingerbread cookies and all I could think about was how great they looked. However, those cookies aren't dairy free, so I only stared, drooling...all day. Today I figured I should make some even though it's the middle of summer.

Ingredients

2/3 cup crisco (or other vegan margarine)
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup soy milk
3.5 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
5 tsp ginger
1/3 cup sugar for rolling

Mix together margarine, sugars and soy milk. Add molasses and blend until smooth. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and add to the first mixture. Mix until combined thoroughly. (I mixed with my hands, because the dough was a little crumbly otherwise.) Roll into balls and roll the balls into the sugar. Place on a lightly greased sheet 4 x 3, about an inch apart and flatten slightly. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes. Cool on the pan. Makes 2 dozen cookies.



I love the way these cookies crack at the top and look so cute and classic. Probably my new favourite.