C is for Christmas. And Cookies
Posted by Candice on December 5, 2009 at 9:06 pm
While Tom was starting to get the tree set up on Thursday evening, I wanted to get the place smelling like Christmas so I started doing some Christmas baking. While we aren’t planning to do a whole lot of entertaining I figured having some on hand and ready to take home will save me a lot of stress while everyone else is enjoying their fabulous wheat-tastic desserts.
So I have plans to make a few different things but on Thursday I made:
1) Our current favourite cookies. Vegan Coconut Bars from Karina’s Kitchen.
Unlike the last time I made these I didn’t overcook them and they are awesome!
And a new recipe
2) Spiced Teff Cookie Bars from The Nourished Kitchen.
These taste like Christmas. Actually, they kind of taste like a gingerbread latte, except there is no coffee in them . . .
Baking without eggs or gluten can be a challenge. I’ve had a few failures (though luckily most things don’t taste too bad, they just have the completely wrong texture). It probably doesn’t help that I often “improvise,” something you probably shouldn’t do it baking, but luckily I understand the science of it pretty well so most things turn out alright. I’ve got a bunch of bananas in the freezer ready to make a banana bread some time this week as well as some gingerbread cookies as soon as I get a few Christmas cookie cutters. They don’t taste the same unless they are shaped like little men and Christmas trees.
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