My latest batch of test cookies for Kelly and Garrick’s vegan cookie book were Peanut Butter Molasses (or Mary Jane) Cookies. Apparently they taste like the candy Mary Janes, but for those of us who have never had it, they taste to me kind of like PayDay candy bars. If you’ve never had either, just trust me that they taste like awesomeness.
I am glad I found time to bake four test recipes this last week, because I’m pretty sure I won’t be making any this week. I have a wedding cake and groom’s cake due on Friday, and believe it or not I’m a little baked out. By the end of this post you may understand why.
I sent a little package to my friend Cloudy last week, and now that I know that everything arrived in okay condition, I’ll post what I made (all vegan, of course)!
Low Fat Banana Bread:
Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti (my first ever biscotti!):
Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies (I call this photo “cookiehenge”):
Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:
Spicy Savory Nuts:
Spicy Sweet Nuts:
And here is a shot of everything together, all wrapped up and ready to go:
Cloudy informed me that everything arrived in good condition, and amazingly still fresh! I guess my mad wrapping skillz payed off. One day I will figure out how to ship a decorated cake.
On Friday I made some cupcakes and cookies for our local Food Not Bombs group. The Mid-South Peace and Justice Center put together a huge event called Bands not Bombs on Saturday, at which Food Not Bombs had a booth and planned a little bake sale to raise money for the pantry, which is used to feed the less fortunate.
My contribution was 16 (I know, weird number, whatever) Vegan Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes, brushed with Kahlua and topped with Espresso Buttercream (sound familiar?):
And five dozen Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies:
I don’t know how the sale went yet (I wasn’t able to make it out to the event), but I’m hoping we were able to raise at least a little money.
And that is why I am kind of tired of baking.
Wow, that is a lot of baking! What an awesome care package… I think I feel the sniffles coming on, hint hint
How great that you’re helping out with FNB! I think it’s so great what they do, I’ve been a few times here in Houston as well. Those are some fancy looking cupcakes! Good luck with your cakes this week.
Oh.my.god. my mouth is watering! Those all look sooooo good!
By far one of the most mouth watering posts I’ve ever seen!! There is nothing on here I don’t want to devour.
HA HA! I am so glad you posted that & made everyone jealous of me! Everything you sent was so spectacularly good (especially cookiehenge), I never would have thought it was all vegan. A little embarrassing to see a photo of everything and now to realize it is already ALL gone. You made my weekend! I love your cookies!
Wooo…you have been a busy little bee in the kitchen! Its great that you baked for the FnB sale. I haven’t heard how it went either. The last time I saw Diana was Friday night, when we went drunk swimming in our underwear in some stranger’s pool after the Stir Fryday party…
And that’s so cool about the care package! Cloudy is probably feeling very, um, sunny now.
What did you use to wrap that cookies? Is that shrinkwrap? Do you have one of those machines?
OH MY GOD! *DROP DEAD* I’m so jealous now … those cookies looks so delicious! Nom nom nom …. hehehe excuse my weirdness! Hope you have a great day … have fun baking the wedding cake!
Food porn overload!
It all looks so good, I want to grab it off the screen!
I’ll be honest… This post is like a little torture, all these great sweets together calling my name!
COOKIES!! They all look awesome.
You are the sweetest to send that care package…
you are a baking diva! Everything looks SO AWESOME I don’t even know what to comment on. You’re awesome
Wow sister! How do I get to be one of your friends who receives baked goods via the mail?
And oh how OLD I feel. I know Mary Janes. I like the taste of Mary Janes (even though I know I’ve pulled a filling out because of that candy). I (vaguely) remember Mary Janes being sold as PENNY CANDY!
Oh my God I’m old!
But your photos, once again, or so incredibly awesome. I love the close ups!
Lucky you for being a Kelly & Garrick tester and lucky Cloudy for being on the receiving end of such an amazing car package! Everything in this post looks delicious.