Saturday, April 2, 2011

Chocolate chip cookies

  • 1 cup Nucoa Margarine
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg replacer
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups vegan chocolate chips (Enjoy Life)
Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

Aaron has been working on a chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe. He's found the winner!
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Nucoa Margarine
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg replacer
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 heaping TBS cocoa
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups vegan chocolate chips
Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

Soybean butter cups

  • 1 cube melted nucoa margarine
  • 1 cup soybean butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 lb powdered sugar
Mix and put in bottom of a pan.

Melt 12 ounce package of vegan chocolate chips (Enjoy Life brand). Pour over soybean butter mixture. Let cool in refrigerator.

Muddy Buddies

Wait! Muddy Buddies have peanut butter!?! What are you doing???! Tia recently passed a soy trial. That means she can have soy! She's not a fan of anything soy so far, except blueberry soy yogurt. So, we are sticking with rice milk for now. I went to the store and bought soynut butter. It's nut free, even though it has "nut" in the name. That makes me way too uncomfortable, so at our house, it's called "soybean butter".
Once we had a nut butter substitute, I made Tia my favorite treats. First was muddy buddies. Mmmmmm. It makes me want to take a road trip! The recipe is the same as printed on the side of the rice chex box, and on their website. Here it is:
Soybean butter: