New Years Eve. I love it. I love New Years Day. I believe because I think the holiday symbolises out with the old, and in with the new. Clean starts. I've become fond of clean starts.
I found a recipe on line for Vegan cookies. And I decided to bite the bullet and make them. I've written this recipe down two or three times, and never made it. I mean, how can you make really good vegan cookies at home? Is that even possible.
It is.
The peanutbutter fudge cookies are so good. Or maybe it's just that I'm sooo hungry. No. They're really good. I'm suprised. Pleasantly so, but really, I reallllly like them. :) Not hard at all to make.
At the moment, I have another batch in the oven, and my bread machine is going full tilt as it beats into submission the mass of wheat dough. Vegan bread.
I don't eat all that much bread anymore. The wheat bread is really dense too, so I try to slice it thin. I freeze three-quarters of it, and leave the rest in the fridge for the occassional urge for PB and Pickle, PB and Jelly, PB and Banana.
Or a veggie burger sandwhich. Which would be the reason for this loaf. I am going to make a 'burger' for lunch tomorrow, and the bread at work. ugh. :P
Do you find it strange if I say that deciding to make the majority of my food from scratch (even john's food), I find it more personal? It feels more like home. It not only is better for you, It feels better. Wether it's making it, eating it, or serving it. It's a level of satisfaction that I had not expected.
This is the recipe:
Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup apple sauce
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
Mix all ingredients together. If the mixture seems too wet, add more flour. If it is too dry, add more peanutbutter. Bake in an oven preheated to 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes.
If you try this at home... you may find the following helpful:
I used soybean margerine instead of the vegetable shortening. I used two cups of whole wheat flour and half a cup of white flour.
I also mixed all the ingredients except the flour, first. Then, I added the flour gradually. Just easier on your hands/wrists that way.
The cookies do puff up a bit, but they don't rise or turn brown, so your best bet is to time them.
I did lightly grease the pan before baking.
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I'll probably take some of these cookies in to work tomorrow. J isn't there so at least I won't have to hear 'Princess Fiber' (I haven't determined if I like that nickname he's bestowed upon me.
Well, it's ten fifty pm on a new years eve. I believe I'll finish my cookies and head for bed. I have to work at 7 a.m. tomorrow. :P
Happy New Years to everyone.
I love you.
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