Vegan Sugar Cookies
(makes about 5 dozen 2 1/2 inch cookies)
Cookies:
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup soft but not melted coconut oil
¼ cup unsweetened coconut milk, soymilk, or almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons coconut, soy, or almond milk
sprinkles or sanding sugar (optional)
In a large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, coconut oil, 1/4 cup coconut milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed to combine. Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and cream of tartar until blended. If dough is too crumbly, add a little more milk until it comes together. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease with cooking spray. Divide dough in half. Roll each dough half to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface cut out with cookie cutters. Dough may need to warm up a little before it’s easy to roll out. Place shapes on the cookie sheet 2 inches apart and bake 7-8 until edges just begin to turn golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
To make icing, place powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl. Whisk until smooth. Spread on cooled cookies or use a piping bag to make designs. Use sprinkles or sanding sugar to decorate.
The Best Vegan Brownies
- ½ cup margarine, melted
- ½ cup peanut butter, melted
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup soy buttermilk, Soy milk combined with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 1 tablespoon flax seed meal, (ground flax seed)
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Chocolate Frosting (see recipe below)
Heat oven to 350 F degrees. Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish.
Wet ingredients: Combine margarine, peanut butter, apple sauce and melted chocolate in a large bowl. Stir until well combined then add the soy buttermilk and give it another stir or two until everything’s, you know, well acquainted.
In a small bowl combine the corn starch, flax meal and water. Stir a bit and set aside so they can jell out.
Add the sugar and vanilla to the rest the large bowl of wet ingredients and stir. Then add your corn starch mixture and stir that up with the rest of the wet ingredients as well. Set aside.
Meanwhile, back at the farm, you’re going to want to mix together your dry ingredients. Combine the flour, cocoa powder and salt and stir. Wow, that was tough, wasn’t it? Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and give everything another stir.
Add the chocolate chips (you definitely don’t want to forget those!).
Spread the batter evenly into the prepared baking dish and bake in heated oven about 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven when the brownies are to your liking (some like them gooey, others like them more well-done).
Let the brownies cool for about 10 minutes and then you can add the icing.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
- 2 c spelt flour (or white flour or Arrowhead Mills gf)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1/3 c oil OR milk of choice
- 1 and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ c agave or pure maple syrup
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- pinch stevia OR 1 tbsp more agave or sweetener of choice
- 2 c tightly-packed, mashed banana (measured after mashing)
- 1/3 to 2/3 c chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine dry ingredients, and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients and mix into dry. (Mix by hand, and don’t overmix.) Pour into a greased loaf pan and cook 35-50 minutes, depending on how gooey you want it. (Tip: If the top is cooked but the inside is still gooey, put tin foil over the top and continue to cook.)
See original recipe for Banana Bread Calories and Nutrition Facts.
After removing from the oven, let cool for ten minutes before slicing. After the first day, this bread is best stored in the fridge. Or cut it into slices and freeze for later.
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