Cowgirl Cookies

 

Oh yes~a full cookie jar!

 

I have been trying to use up some of my baking supplies and I had one cup of vegan white chocolate chips left. This recipe is an excellent way to use them up! The main recipe in the cookbook is "Cowboy Cookies" using chocolate chips and pecans. This is the variation recipe using white chocolate chips, dried cranberries and walnuts. It either makes 2 dozen large cookies or what I prefer, 4 dozen smaller cookies.

Vesanto's Choco-Currant Cranberry Squares~pg. 64

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

No, I did not use currants in my recipe! I can't find currants anywhere so I used raisins. Here is the difference in raisins, sultanas and currants. Now ya know! (from about.com) 

• Raisins are dried white grapes. They are dried to produce a dark, sweet fruit. The grapes used are usually Moscatel.
• Sultanas are also dried white grapes but from seedless varieties. They are golden in color and tend to be plumper, sweeter and juicier than other raisins. Also referred to as Golden Raisins in the US.
• Currants are dried, black, seedless grapes. They are dried to produce a black, tiny shriveled - yet packed with flavor - fruit.

I liked the flavor of these squares but they were very fragile and fell apart easily. The cornflakes make them a little chewy, too. Next time I'll just use rice crispies.  Happy Winter Solstice/Yule!!

Cranberry Almond Pecan Granola~pg. 48

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

Out of all the granolas we've made so far this one is my favorite. The recipe called for pecans and slivered almonds but didn't specify chopping them. I chopped mine because I didn't want big chunks of nuts in my mixture. I also chose to use apple juice instead of cranberry juice. Homemade granola tastes sooo much better than store bought and so easy to make! I like eating it with soymilk or mixing it with some soy yogurt or just eating it straight as a snack.

Hayley's Lemon Cranberry Muffins~pg. 274

La Dolce Vegan! Challenge:

My recipe only made 11 muffins-that really bothers my OCD!! Well, anyway these were delicious. I love lemon and poppyseeds and the addition of dried cranberries made them extra special.

Very tasty for breakfast!

Cranberry Pumpkin Cookies~pg. 219

I really like the flavor of these cookies but the texture was rather odd; kinda cakey and rubbery at the same time. Maybe they needed to cook longer. Instead of the cinnamon, ginger and cloves I used 1 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice.