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Lemon Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kathy Hester (You might remember me mention meeting her last summer at Vegan Con in Portland. She has a new cookbook coming out next summer but for now, check out her current cookbook - The Vegan Slow Cooker), posted a recipe recently for vegan cookies made with avocado. I adapted the recipe a bit, using whole wheat pastry flour, upping the… Continue reading Lemon Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies

baking · cooking · Dessert

Whole Wheat Gingered Peanut Butter Cookies

Another recipe for 'back to school baking'! Well, that is if your school is cool with peanut butter. Ours is. Only in elementary school were there any restrictions - and that was for classroom treats. Ford likes PB cookies and will eat them happily (that and the family does!). These happen to "accidentally vegan", bonus points in baking… Continue reading Whole Wheat Gingered Peanut Butter Cookies

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Book Review: Wild Sugar (With Recipe)

I have been working my way through a number of new cookbooks this summer, Wild Sugar Desserts is one of the newly released "glamour" dessert cookbooks. It is a pretty book, the type that would grace a kitchen or living room, and have it picked up often to look through. With full color photos nearly every other page it will inspire you to get… Continue reading Book Review: Wild Sugar (With Recipe)