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.
