Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts

Monday, June 17, 2013

vegan cornbread





















Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose whole wheat flour
1 cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cane sugar
3/4 cup almond milk
2 "flax eggs" (2 tbsp of ground flax + 6 tbsp hot water)
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. Lightly grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.
3. Prepare the flax eggs (add hot water to ground flax seeds) and set aside
4. Mix dry ingredients
5. Mix wet ingredients
6. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes

Friday, June 7, 2013

vegan pumpkin pie

Pie Crust 
makes crust of a 9" pie dish (dough can be split in half depending on how much crust you like)
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp cane sugar
1/3 cup ice water
Directions:
1. Mix flour, oil, salt, and sugar until crumbly
2. Add water until dough holds
3. Shape into pan
Pie Filling
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of pumpkin puree
1 cup cashews
3/4 cups cane sugar
2 tbsp tapioca starch
2 tbsp molasses
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp dried ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
Directions:
1. Soak cashews in water for 3+ hours and drain (I soaked mine overnight the day before I planned on making the pie)
2. Add all ingredients into food processor and mix
3. Add filling to pie crust

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

sweet potato biscuits



Ingredients:
1/2 cup mashed sweet potato
3/4 cup almond milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 sea salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp canola oil

Directions:
1. Boil sweet potato and mash, let cool, set aside
2. Mix together almond milk and vinegar and let curdle
3. Preheat oven to 400 deg.
4. Mix flours, baking soda, salt, and sugar in bowl
5. Add sweet potato and almond milk and mix
6. Add oil and knead
7. Use 1/3 measuring cup to "cut" biscuits and bake for 15-20 minutes

Makes approx. 8 biscuits.

Monday, April 22, 2013

(vegan) coconut-banana breakfast cookies


Modified from this recipe to include coconut oil, extra coconut, less sugar... and more importantly, veganized!


Read the recipe after the jump!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

chickpea peanut butter chocolate chip balls


I found this recipe on Pinterest and I am addicted. The ingredients are simple and there is no white refined sugar or flour! They taste amazing.

Friday, February 8, 2013

banana-carrot-cranberry loaf

Om noms. This recipe yields a loaf, as well as half a dozen muffins if you so wish. Expect more recipes soon, as a blizzard warning has been issued and I don't plan on doing much else but cooking and eating!