Vegan Christmas Cookies

By Cathleen Woods

Never again do you need to worry about scrounging the internet looking for vegan recipes that really work for your favorite cookies. Any type of Christmas cookie you used to eat as a child is now veganized, tested, and delicious enough to present at holiday parties, cookie swaps, and most importantly, to Santa.

Traditional Christmas Cookies
Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies
Snickerdoodles
Classic Sugar Cookies Cut Outs
Natural Food Coloring for Frosting
Gingerbread Women
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Maple Cinnamon Frosting
Nutmeg Noels
Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies
Maple Glazed Oatmeal Applesauce Cookies

Chocolate Christmas Cookies
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Mint Covered Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
Peppermint Chocolate Bark

Nutty Christmas Cookies
Walnut Lace Cookies
Almond Snowball Cookies
Peanut Butter Bombs
Linzer Cookies

Regionally Traditional Christmas Cookies
Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
African Benne Cookies
Walnut Apricot Rugelach

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cathleen Woods
• Release date: Oct 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466152014

Cathleen Woods

Founder of Vegan-Nutritionista.com and author of:Baby Led Weaning for VegansVegan Christmas CookiesVegan Cooking for BeginnersA Fresh New Vegan YouVegan Meal Plans for Fall and WinterVegan Meal Plans for Spring and SummerThe Vegan Bread Box

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Vegan Christmas Cookies

By Cathleen Woods

Copyright 2011 Cathleen Woods

Smashwords Edition

Introduction to Vegan Christmas Cookies

Baking Vegan: Philosophy and Substitutions

Making Healthier Cookies

Troubleshooting Your Cookies

Traditional Christmas Cookies

Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies

Snickerdoodles

Classic Sugar Cookies

Natural Food Coloring for Frosting

Gingerbread Women

Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Maple Cinnamon Frosting

Nutmeg Noels

Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies

Maple Glazed Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate Christmas Cookies

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Mint Covered Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls

Chocolate Chip Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

S'mores Cookies

Nutty Christmas Cookies

Walnut Lace Cookies

Almond Snowball Cookies

Peanut Butter Bombs

Linzer Cookies

Regionally Traditional Christmas Cookies

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

African Benne Cookies

Walnut Apricot Rugelach

Introduction to Vegan Christmas Cookies

I learned how to bake from my mom, who is renowned among her friends and family for her desserts. She will often throw a dinner party for 20 people and have 15 different desserts, just to be sure there's enough. One of my favorite pictures from my childhood is the one of my sister and me in pigtails standing on buckets and rolling cookies on the kitchen counter. For me, baking has always been natural.

When I became a vegan, I wasn't sure what the cookies and cakes of my future would taste like, and that was only because I hadn't tried vegan desserts before. There has been an explosion in the vegan dessert world over the past few years and you can now find delicious desserts at plenty of restaurants and bakeries. At the very beginning though, I had to make my own, and it was a process of trial and error. Now I know that no longer are vegan cookies flavorless hardened pieces of cardboard that you're embarrassed to share with friends. Now I know that almost any dessert a person could ever want can be made delicious and animal-free.

It's one of the best feelings in the world to present someone with a homemade cookie, have them say it's delicious, and then tell them the cookie is vegan. I'll never get over the surprised and amazed looks on their faces. If you can bake even one stellar vegan cookie, your friends will be impressed. And, when people are impressed, they are more likely to want to make the cookie themselves, and once they know they can make it themselves, they are so much closer to completely dropping animal products forever.

So, basically, vegan baking is a world cause!

Vegan Christmas cookies make an amazing present for anyone, whether they celebrate the holiday or just enjoy the holiday season. My mom has been baking dozens of batches of cookies and arranging them on trays for the neighbors for as long as I can remember, and this book honors her tradition. Many of the recipes are veganized versions of her best cookies, while others are my best versions of my own favorite cookies.

Share the world cause of vegan cookies and enjoy!

Many thanks to the amazing recipe testers whose arms I pulled to get them to try some vegan Christmas cookies, and without whom we wouldn't have unbiased opinions on these cookies. Thank you to: Phillipe Bojorquez, Lindsey Bronner, Justine Butler, Chris Fux, Sarah Hoffman, Kristi Hope, Adam Jerome, Lou, David Powders, John Starr, Maggie Starr, and Mary Woods.

Baking Vegan: Philosophy and Substitutions

Baking vegan cookies is very much the same process as baking regular cookies. There are a few substitutions and very few adjustments