Sunday, October 11, 2009

VeganMofo: cookies for the soul



I never kick a cookie out of bed, as long as it's vegan. But there's something extra special about a chocolate chip cookie. I think chocolate chip cookies are like a warm, soft hug. They have the power to soothe, to heal, to... promote tooth decay. Dang, I love a good chocolate chip cookie.

I pretty much try every vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe I come across. My usual go-to recipe is from Dreena Burton's Vive le Vegan. This recipe is fast, and produces a soft, not-too-sweet cookie without the use of margarine. Overall, a solid cookie recipe.

But tonight, I may have found my new favorite in this category. The recipe is the Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies from 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes. Taste-wise, these cookies are the shizz. Appearance-wise, they are super adorable. I mean, just look at them!

blurry cookies

My only complaint I have about this recipe is that I hate using a whole cup of Earth Balance margarine in one batch of cookies. Believe it or not, and despite how my ass looks in these jeans, I do try to watch how much saturated fat I consume. But, hey. They're cookies, after all. And darn good cookies, if I do say so myself.

Do you have a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe you care to share with me?

11 comments:

Jes said...

I've yet to find a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I love love love. My mom's were always the best and I haven't been able to duplicate it since going vegan. I could go for 1 or 5 of those though!

Glue and Glitter said...

Aaah those look amazing!! I thought I'd posted my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe on my blog, but it looks like I haven't! I'll tweet it when it's up!

Carrie said...

Those look great!

I still haven't found my perfect CCC recipe yet...the quest continues!

dreaminitvegan said...

These do look perfect! I'm with you on the EB I don't like using alot of it either.

Monique a.k.a. Mo said...

Those cookies look so GOOD!

Sal said...

they look awesome.

my favourite recipe is dreena burton's homestyle choc chip cookie recipe, which is on her blog and on the everyday dish. They are always perfect.

The only downside is that they use a fair bit of maple syrup which seems to be crazy expensive over here at the moment.

Glue and Glitter said...

OK, I finally got it together. Here's the cookie recipe!

http://www.glueandglitter.com/main/2009/10/15/my-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookies/

HayMarket8 said...

Oh? Cookies! Sooo good! I would eat cookies all day! ;) These look great!

Leigh said...

Thanks everyone! And thank you for the recipe, Becky. I'll give it a go.

Mihl said...

I wish I could make such beautiful chocolate chip cookies!

Kris said...

Hey! I'm SOOO behind on blog reading. Thanks for cookie love... I need to make those again soon! The season for elastic waisted pants is upon us!