Recipe Testing!!!

Earlier this month, I started testing recipes for a vegan baking book! It is tentatively titled “Vegan Bakesale”. So far, everything has been tasty and delicious!

Dinoff has been talking for years about missing the little baby sausages wrapped in puff pastry that he grew up eating as a kid. He even wrote to Tofurky requesting them! Needless to say, he was extremely excited when I told him about this recipe: Mini Sausage Rolls! This was my first time making any type of seitan and it was so easy! I don’t know why I’ve been scared about this all these years.

The end product is tasty sausages wrapped in flaky puff pastry dough. So, so good! Of course we had to eat it with vegan fancy sauce and creamy dijon.

These pretty little gems are Pinkilicious cookies! They are delicious, chewy and flavored with rosewater. Rosewater is a new ingredient for me and I have to say, I love it!

Gingered Chocolate Chip Cookies! Chewy and tasty!

Bake Sale Goodies!

I visited Cannon Beach this past weekend and participated in a bake sale for the Women's Auxiliary Club. These are the goodies I made:

First up, Coconut Macaroons dipped in dark chocolate! I got this recipe from the always awesome, Julie Hasson! The recipe can be found on the membership side of EverydayDish. I must admit these macaroons were delicious! Toasty on the outside and slightly gooey on the inside. They tasted very similar to Almond Joys! They were also super easy and quick to make! You can add the chocolate chips in with the cookie batter instead of dipping them in chocolate or go crazy and do both.

Next up, mini carrot cake cupcakes with the vegan cream cheese frosting from VCTOTW. I added a bit of fresh lemon juice to the frosting and this really made it taste like the non-vegan cream cheese frosting I grew up with. The actual cupcakes are from a carrot cake recipe from school that I veganized. These little babies ended up being really moist and rich! I think the secret to keeping them moist is crushed pineapple. It also adds a great flavor and texture to the cake. I decorated the minis with toasted walnuts and fondant carrots.

Ok, these really are Perfect Vegan Sugar Cookies. I made the dough the night before and I found it really easy to work with. The dough holds its shape really well, so I plan on making these again for the holidays. I made over 11 dozen of these and dipped them by hand in the icing. It surprisingly did not take very long!

Chocolate Peppermint Cream Bars

Another tasty invention by Kelly and Garrick. I think these little guys will be a holiday staple in our house! These bars are rich, creamy and delicious!

Jam Kolaches

This is another test recipe for Kelly & Garrick. I found myself very addicted to these little cookies! They have a melt in your mouth texture with a raspberry jam filling. They were really fun to make and tasted great!

Mixing the dough.....

Sifting in flour...

Cutting the cookies...

Filling with jam...

Ready to eat....

Butterscotch No Bakes

I am lucky enough to be one of the recipe testers for Kelly and Garrick's vegan cookie book! I have never done this sort of thing before and I am super excited!
These Butterscotch No Bakes are my first test. They are buttery, caramely and just plain good!