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I am vegetarian and have been vegetarian for many years. Most of my closest friends and family are not vegetarian, yet they eat vegetarian meals more often because I am in their lives. WELCOME to my Friendly Vegetarian blog. Will you welcome me and my blog into your life? Come and read, chat & eat vegetarian with me...
That made me smile - big! Since I wouldn't know quite how to package and get fresh cookies to people how 'bout I just share the recipe on The Friendly Vegetarian?

Here goes:

Assemble your ingredients - I usually double this recipe, double bag the cookies by the dozen and put them in the freezer. They freeze well and we just take a bag out every week or two and put them on the counter 'til they reach room temperature. They taste great with no freezer taste.


As you can see I use Organic as much as I can. For this picture I was out of apple sauce and I'd already mixed my different flours and oats and put them in a single container


1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour or all- purpose flour
1 cup 100% whole wheat flour
1/4 cup rolled oats or oat bran or combination of the two
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup apple sauce ( I use unsweetened )
1/4 cup butter or butter substitute ( I use Smart Balance light )
1/4 cup oil ( I use Olive oil )
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp of soy flour mixed with 2 tbsp. water or 2 large eggs

1/2 cup chopped nuts ( I've used almond, walnut, cashew, pistachio and different combinations - they're all good! )
1/2 cup raisins
1 - 1 1/2 cups ( I've cut it down to 1 cup but 1 1/2 is more chocolatey! ) chocolate chips or carob chips


By the way, if you use a butter substitute and carob chips, this could be a Vegan cookie recipe

You'll also need two bowls. One smaller bowl for the dry ingredients and one larger bowl as the main mixing bowl.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Put the first five dry ingredients in the smaller bowl and mix really well.



Did you mix really well?


Good

Put the next six ingredients in the larger bowl and beat well.

Add the soy flour mixture or the 2 large eggs and beat well.

Gradually beat in the dry ingredients that you mixed earlier.

Stir, ( don't beat ) in the last three ingredients.

Drop rounded tablespoons onto ungreased baking pan. ( I double my pans so the bottom of my cookies don't burn. Sometimes you might have to bake them a few minutes longer if you double pan )



Bake for 9 - 14 minutes or until cookies turn golden brown. Set a timer so you don't forget Remove from oven and let sit for a couple of minutes.



Transfer to wire racks, baking sheets or plates. They will firm up as they cool down. We love to eat them warm but you can wait for them to cool, also. Don't forget to put in your next batch(es) and reset your timer. The recipe as given will make 3 - 3 1/2 dozen cookies.



Mmm cookies ...





These cookies are softer and somewhat more cake- like in the middle because we reduced the amount of fat used in traditional cookies. They also have a more complex flavor due to the different flours and rolled oats used. My family prefers the taste and texture of these to the traditional chocolate chip cookies. I feel happier knowing they are getting good nutrition while they are snacking. Please try this recipe and let me know what you think



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An Easy Blackberry and Apple Tart

March 24th 2008 04:25
If you were to look up tart in the dictionary, you'd find that it comes from the slang jam tart, to rhyme with sweetheart.

Well, this here's no sickly-sweet romance; this is a true tart - that is, agreeably sharp or acid to the taste, thanks to the tastes of apples (choose 'em green) and blackberries (fresh picked are best).

As a vegetarian, one of the most frustrating things in life has to be the search for pastry without animal fat. I mean, The Search For Pastry Without Animal Fat - it really is a quest of epic proportions. For this recipe, you can continue the quest (there are some brands available) or use this recipe for vegetarian pastry. I promise it's 100% vegetarian and can even be vegan-friendly by substituting dairy-free spread for butter!

Apples


Blackberry and Apple Tart

What you need:

500g cooking apples, peeled
fresh lemon juice
250g blackberries
caster sugar
250g sweetcrust pastry

What to do:

Slice apples, sprinkling them with lemon juice. Mix apples with blackberries and put them into a pie dish, making a pile that rises a little in the centre. Sprinkle with sugar as you add fruit. Roll out pastry to fit a 28cm pie dish. Moisten edge with water and lay pastry on top. Crimp edges with your fingers, trim, then sprinkle with caster sugar. Bake at 200C for 45 minutes, then turn heat down to 180C for 25 minutes or until light brown. Cool for 10 minutes.

Image from Flickr.com
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Vegetarian Sweetcrust Pastry

March 21st 2008 05:25
As mentioned earlier, vegetarians are often banging their heads against brick walls (or supermarket freezers) in frustration over animal fats which seem to be in almost all mainstream brands of pastry.

This recipe is vegetarian, and can be vegan if you use dairy free spread instead of butter.

Sweetcrust pastry (makes 525g)

What you need:

350g flour
1 Tbsp sugar
175g butter (or dairy free spread)
3 Tbsp cold water

What to do:

Sift flour into large bowl, then stir in sugar, rub in spread, add water and mix to dough. Knead lightly then roll out.

Great for this homemade apple tart...
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