chocolate and vanilla chocolate chip cookies

chocolate dough mixed with

vanilla dough with chocolate

chips in both of them

24 servings

2 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1 t soda, 1 t salt, 2 T ground flax, 1 t vanilla, 2 T canola oil, 3/4 c almond milk, 1 c chocolate chips, 1/4 c cocoa

mix everything except cocoa, divide, mix cocoa into half, drop spoon-fulls of each half right next to each other on parchment, 350 F, 12 minutes

gingerbread cookies

lemon frosting or

vanilla, chocolate chips or

plain, dipped in coffee

previous version, 24 servings, 180 calories unfrosted

3 c white whole wheat flour, 2 t ginger, 2 t cinnamon, 1 t salt, 1/2 t black pepper, 1/2 t soda, 1/2 t powder, 1/2 c canola oil, 1/2 c molasses, 1/2 c brown sugar, 2 T ground flax, 1/2 c warm water, 1 c mini chocolate chips, icing: powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest; or powdered sugar, vanilla, water, cocoa (optional)

mix in a stand mixer until a ball forms, roll out on wax paper, cut out and bake on parchment, 350 F until tops are firm, cool, frost

classic soft vegan chocolate chip cookies

good olive oil,

just enough brown sugar, and

vanilla extract

previous version, 18 servings, 169 calories

2c flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1 t salt, 1 t soda, 1 t vanilla, 2/3 c chocolate chips, 1/4 c unsweetened cashew milk, 1/4 c olive oil

knead until a very crumbly dough forms, wet hands or drizzle in warm water if necessary; make 18 flattened balls on parchment, 325 F, 18 minutes

saffron chocolate bread

bulbs are just planted;

across the world someone is

harvesting crocus

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1 c unsweetened cashew milk heated in the microwave with one pinch saffron, cooled to wrist temp; 3 T coconut oil, 2 T sugar, 1 packet yeast, 3 c flour, pinch salt; for the filling: coconut oil, sugar, chopped chocolate

add yeast, oil, and sugar to milk and saffron and wait until yeast foams; knead in flour and salt, adding more flour if dough is sticky, knead 10 minutes; rise until doubled, stretch into a rectangle and sprinkle with filling, roll lengthwise and slice in half lengthwise, leaving an inch uncut at one end, twist sections together and then close into a ring; proof 30 minutes, bake on parchment, 350 F, 30 minutes or until golden

cast iron pear upside down cake

fluffy and light, the

cake tastes like a graham cracker

with caramelized pears

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2 sticks butter, room temp; 2/3 c brown sugar, 4 bosc pears, quartered and peeled; 2 c flour, 1 t powder, 1 t ginger, pinch salt, 1/4 t soda, 1/2 t nutmeg, 2 eggs, 1/2 c molasses, 3/4 c water, for the sauce: 1/2 stick butter, 1/2 c sugar, 1 egg yolk, 2 T water, 2 T bourbon

place one stick butter in a cast-iron pot in a 350 F oven, when melted, stir in 1/3 c brown sugar and arrange pears in the pan, bake 20 minutes or until soft; cream remaining butter and brown sugar, beat in eggs, mix in remaining ingredients on slow speed; spoon batter over pears in over and bake until a knife comes out clean, about 30 minutes; let stand 10 minutes and run a knife around cake before turning out carefully; for the sauce: heat butter and sugar on the stove, add yolk and water and simmer 5 minutes, stirring; remove from heat and stir in bourbon

everyday muffins

for breakfast, snack, school

lunch, after-school snack, after

sports snack, bedtime snack

previous version, 24 servings, 186 calories

2 c white whole wheat flour, 1 c white flour, 1 c sugar, 1 T powder, 1 t salt, 1 T vanilla, 1/4 c ground flax, 2 c unsweetened soy milk, 1/2 c canola oil, 1 c chocolate chips

mix, use silpat, 350 F, 22-24 minutes, sprinkle with sugar after 10 minutes in the oven

triple chocolate quick cake

chocolate chunks, chocolate

drizzle, chocolate cake — just not

too sweet for breakfast

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2 c white whole wheat flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c cocoa, 2 t powder, 1/2 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t vanilla, 1/3 c chopped chocolate, 1.5 c unsweetened cashew milk, 1/4 c olive oil, 1 mashed ripe banana

mix, oil an 8×8 pan, 350 F, 40-45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean, drizzle with melted chocolate