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Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
Posted by Laura Frisk at 1:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero have written a new cookie cookbook that is the best addition to my baking cookbook collection this year. It has something for everyone, including cookies that are sweet, decadent, wholesome, fun, and fancy. And, of course, they’re all vegan.
The Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles are chocolaty and chewy with a cinnamon-sugar topping and a hint of heat from cayenne pepper for a totally different and awesome cookie.
The Citrus Glitters call for the zest of oranges, limes and lemons, but since I have a Meyer lemon tree in my yard, I opted to use only lemon zest. These cookies are a refreshing treat!
Mocha Mamas are more chocolate than coffee flavored with a sugary sweet frosting, and they’re wonderful with a cup of soy cappuccino for an afternoon pick-me-up.
I also made the Cowboy Cookies, packed with roasted pecans, chocolate chips, and coconut—one big cookie was sufficient for one sitting. And the Macadamia Ginger Crunch Drops were light but very sweet, and they go great with a hot cup of herbal tea.
The brownies and blondies are also delicious. I added vegan chocolate chips to the Peanut Butter Blondies making them taste like a fudgy peanut butter cup. They are so rich that just one or two little squares will fill you up.
The Deluxe Cocoa Brownies were turned cake-like with the addition of vegan cream cheese frosting. They were so yummy that we ate the whole pan of them in a 24-hour period, half of them being consumed with coffee in the morning, which I consider the perfect time of day for chocolate.
By the way, cookies freeze beautifully, so if you make too many to eat or give away (that’s probably not going to happen, but just in case), just pack them in a container or plastic bag made for the freezer, and you can pull them out as needed for another month or two.
I started with the easy recipes, the Drop Cookies and Bar Cookies, but Isa has a chapter on the fancier cookies for all you cookie experts. Wedding cookies, shortbread cookies, sandwich cookies, frosted cookies, macaroons, special holiday biscotti, and more are included in her “Fancy Cookie” chapter. She also has a chapter on “Wholesome Cookies” using oats, dried fruits, and agave syrup that I plan to tackle right after the holidays when I am sugar-cookied-out, if that’s possible.
You can see some pictures of my cookies below. Click on the sideshow to see the set on Flikr with details on each picture.
If you are really into cookies or are new to baking, this is the cookbook for you. I hope my pictures inspire you to run out and buy Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. I guarantee everyone will love these cookies the moment you start baking and sharing them with your vegan and nonvegan friends.
You can buy it at Barnes and Noble through our PETA mall.
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Rick Thompson says...
December 31st, 2009, 9:43 pm
This book is incredible! An absolute must-have for any vegan with a sweet tooth. The “Cookie Science” section is a terrific reference tool. The tips (”Morsels”) throughout the book are worth the price of the book alone. Most recipes use canola oil instead of vegan butter or shortening; not sure if that has any health advantages, but it is less expensive using canola oil. Here’s a quick review of a few of my favorites–so far. Chocolate Fudgy Oatmeal Cookies: Extraordinary–instead of the optional ingredients listed, I added a cup of sweetened coconut. Chocolaty Crinkle Cookies: wickedly good–and beautiful. Cowboy Cookies: Fantastic–an instant favorite. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies: Simple yet scrumptious–for my first batch I used the cinnamon, but didn’t care for taste; my second batch I skipped the cinnamon and the peanuts, and they were splendid. Peanut Butter Crisscrosses: The best tasting and textured vegan peanut butter cookies ever. Magical Coconut Cookie Bars: To die for. Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Brownies: Fabulous. Peanut Butter Chocolate Pillows: Unbelievable–a peanut butter ball wrapped in a chocolate cookie–and although listed as a fancy cookie (and it sure looks that way), it was very easy to make. What a wonderful book!
lee glenn says...
January 3rd, 2010, 12:00 am
yum. i am glad to see you acknowledge that not all vegans are fit and healthy. some of us vegans are actually lazy couch-potato cookie monsters. There’s room in the movement for all of us…..thanks for printing blogs for us, too.