Wednesday, April 22, 2009

COOKIES

My favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe which I have been promising for a while. Really, I don't make any other cookies any more. Nothing is as good as chocolate chip.

1 cup non-dairy margarine, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup turbinado (or white) sugar
1/4 cup soy milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour (I use half and half unbleached all-purpose and whole wheat)
1/2 tsp salt
1 heaped tsp baking soda
3 tbsp ground flax seed (optional)
12 oz chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees (375 for high altitude). In a mixer (or with a wooden spoon, if you have the muscles), cream the margarine and sugars. Add the soy milk and vanilla and mix for a minute. In a separate bowl, mix (or sift, if you feel the need) the flour, salt, baking soda, and flax seed together. Add to the wet ingredients in two or three stages, mixing until you have a nice, uniform dough. Add the chocolate chips and nuts, mix until it just holds together.

Drop by the (tea)spoonful onto a baking sheet, bake for about 10 minutes (8 min, high altitude).



Now that I'm thinking about baked goods, I should share my family's poverty cake recipe. A vegan-by-default cake from the Great Depression, there are a lot of similar recipes around. It's the easiest cake ever and highly delicious. I make it for potlucks and in cupcake form all the time and am constantly being asked for the recipe. The only down side is that it goes stale quickly, so you'd better eat it all the day you make it.

Poverty Cake
1 2/3 cup flour (again, I do half and half)
1 cup brown or turbinado sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees (375 for high altitude). Mix together all dry ingredients in an 8"x8" ungreased baking pan. Make three dents in your mixture, pouring oil in one, water in another, vinegar and vanilla in the third. Mix until just together (a few lumps are okay). Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

1 comment:

Cassie said...

COOKIES. I'm going to try this for sure.

"The only down side is that it goes stale quickly, so you'd better eat it all the day you make it."

You are adorable. *nomnomnom* And it IS a tasty recipe!