First Batch of Vegan Cookies

Since omitting sugar from my diet back in September I haven't been baking at all.  With the holidays fast approaching I have decided I would make an exception and bake my way through the holidays with some yummy treats.  I have always baked Christmas treats and some years up to 10 different things.  This year I will be doing it smaller scale and everything will be vegan!  I'm excited.  Last Sunday was my first attempt at vegan baking and I decided to go with a favourite standby of Chocolate Chip Cookies.  I used Isa Moskowitz's recipe from Vegan With A Vengeance.

Bryn got a new camera for Christmas, which means my blog pictures just got a lot better because he's insisting on taking all the pics...YAY!

Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies *photo by Bryn*

The cookies turned out great, the texture was perfectly chewy and I like them very much...there was just one flaw and it was completely my fault, the recipe called for 2.5 cups of all purpose flour and me being the healthifying nut that I am HAD to substitute 1 cup of the flour with spelt flour.  It wasn't a huge mistake, I had to add 2 tbsp of almond milk because the dough was too dry to hold together but the spelt flour took over and it wasn't all purpose spelt flour so it was a bit grainy.  Kaden wouldn't eat them even though they were loaded with tons of choco chips.   

Mental note for all future vegan baking endeavors:  

DO NOT HEALTHIFY INDULGENT BAKING TREATS!!!

Indulgent baking treats are meant to be just that, indulgent.  Just because they are vegan doesn't necessarily mean they are automatically healthy.  I want them to be sugary and "unhealthy" tasting.  That's why I'm making them to enjoy and indulge.  Alright, my commitment to delicious, not necessarily nutritious vegan baking has been made.  Enjoy the sweet feast for your eyes.