Vive Le Vegan
Posted by biodancer on Jul 10, 2008 · Member since Jul 2007 · 978 posts
I've had this book for a little while now but haven't made anything from it since last night. I made the Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies. They were wonderful. I think they as the best and easiest chocolate chip cookie recipe I've tried. The only problem is the recipe only makes 8-10 cookies (large ones, you could stretch it to a dozen if you made them smaller), but I guess it's no trouble to double the recipe.
Has anyone made anything else from this book? No recipe has really grabbed my attention.
(also posted in the Barley ingredient week thread)
Some barley trivia before I knock out a recipe review. Barley, cultivated for 8,000 years, is the world's oldest grain, according to the Arrowhead Mills bag of Organic Barley Flour.
I used this barley flour to make the Energy Cookies in Dreena Burton's "Vive le Vegan!" cookbook. Recipe calls for no sugar. No refined or wheat flours. No Earth Balance. Three Tablespoons of canola oil in the entire recipe.
But it's loaded with so much natural flavor and sweetness. This "cookie" is packed with seeds, raisins, flax meal, sweetened with maple syrup, raisins and carob(or chocolate chips) with hints of cinnamon. I only used pumpkin seeds(I didn't have hemp seed nuts or sunflower seeds also listed in the recipe) and carob chips, and it was still a delicious trail mix-like cookie. This recipe could easily be adapted to incorporate your favorite dried fruits, nuts and flavors.
Recipe yielded 12 little power cookies, roughly 2 tablespoons each, and just enough to fit on my toaster oven tray.
Since I take the train to work, and gave up desserts for Lent, I've been trying several healthy cookies, muffins or breakfast bars to pack with me and satisfy my sweet tooth.
I've had this book for a little while now but haven't made anything from it since last night. I made the Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies. They were wonderful. I think they as the best and easiest chocolate chip cookie recipe I've tried. The only problem is the recipe only makes 8-10 cookies (large ones, you could stretch it to a dozen if you made them smaller), but I guess it's no trouble to double the recipe.
Has anyone made anything else from this book? No recipe has really grabbed my attention.
Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies-A quick and easy recipe that produces sweet, chewy cookies reminiscent of soft batch cookies. No Earth Balance or hard-to-find ingredients. I used the Maple-Agave syrup from Trader Joe's instead of pure maple syrup. I also added a bit more molasses and a half teaspoon of almond extract. I was able to fit a whole batch on one cookie sheet. This is a great recipe to introduce to those new to vegan baking. (Photo of these chocolate chip cookies posted on my photo gallery.)
http://viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com/2006/01/homestyle-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
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