CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES

Last Night I Made:

CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES for DESSERT.

Recipe from The Joy of Vegan Baking Cookbook by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

Organic vegan chocolate chips scones made with whole wheat flour and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar then baked until tops are golden brown.

Scones are sweet biscuits and can be mixed with different things like cranberries, currants, chocolate chunks, etc.

The possibilities are endless.

Instead of making the traditional sized scones, I decided to use my mini heart-shaped cookie cutters.

These scones turned out perfect.

Make sure not to skimp on the cinnamon-sugar.

It really adds that special touch.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE-SWIRLED CHEESECAKES

Zoom in to see swirl effect.

Yesterday I Made:

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE-SWIRLED CHEESECAKES for DESSERT.

Recipe from VEGETARIAN TIMES APRIL 2007 issue.

Chocolate cookie on the bottom layer, then layered with a Vegan cream cheese mixed with cocoa powder.

And to create the swirl effect an additional spoonful of plain cheesecake is swirled into the chocolate layer and then topped with raw cacao nibs (my own personal touch).

Husband liked it and that's all that matters to me.

The cheesecake is thickened with agar powder, a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed (thank you wikipedia).

HOMESTYLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Last Friday I Made:

HOMESTYLE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES for DESSERT.

Recipe from VIVE LE VEGAN by DREENA BURTON.

I'm not much of a cookie fan, but after seeing Legally Vegan's: Chocolate Chip Cookie post, I started craving them.

I doubled the recipe and decided to make them into GIANT size cookies.

I placed 4 giant sized spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet and once out of the oven, they had turned into 1 gigantic cookie.

My first instinct was to throw them away, but I ended up cuting it into 4 pieces.

So for the rest of the batter, I made them into normal size cookies and they turned out fine, a little too greasy for my taste, but husband loved them.

If you have a well stocked pantry, you will have no problem making these on a whim.