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Recipe: I don't need no damn recipe!
Comments: Well, I'm afraid to make pies. My grandma was the pie queen, and I always fear I'll never live up to them. I needed something not cupcake to bring to a potluck and someone mentioned pie. Well, pie can get messy in a potluck, especially if it is a knitting potluck so I decided on mini pies that were bite sized. Baked in muffin tins, the blueberry one has the hole in the top (and leaked all over) and the lattice one was cherry. They were a huge hit. I guess I can make pie.
For reference, this is how I jiggered the filling. It isn't too sweet, which is nice.
Fruit Pie Filling
500g fruit
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbs cornstarchCook the fruit in the water for 10-15 minutes. Mix the sugar and the cornstarch together before adding it to the fruit. Stir in the dry mixture and keep stirring until it thickens.
Source: Recipezaar
Comments: I veganized this with leftover pie crust and margarine. Easy peasy cookies, perfect for dunking in tea or coffee.
Chocolate Chip Scones
Source: The Joy of Vegan Baking
Comments: It has come to my attention that I hate mixing by hand. A lot. I thought I had ruined these babies by overmixing (since they were undermixed as I tried to form them, then added more almond milk while on the cutting board, made a huge mess and panicked..and so on). But they turned out really amazing. Sorry about the photo, snow really was everywhere, so it was mega bright outside. I haven't had one cool, but the crumb was really good warm. I did add a bit of baking spice to the mix, since a plain scone with not even a drop of vanilla sounds pretty damn boring.
Chocolate Rice Crispy Squares
Source: How it all Vegan
Comments: Wow, it took me forever to make these darned things. It was like eating chocolate peanut butter fudge with puffed rice in them. YUM. However, next time I'll probably make them with 'Rice Krispies' since the puffed rice gave a bit of a stale flavour to these. The little crisps in the Rice Krispies might make it a bit better. Still, a huge hit.
Vegan Pumpkin Scones
Source: Recipezaar
Comments: I remember these being really good, but still not living up to the Vegan with a Vengeance scones. Still, pumpkin scones really rock.
Granola Power Balls
Source: I can't remember, online I suppose!
Comments: I'm catching up, and I made these a LONG time ago. I added the chopped ginger on faith because I really don't like ginger except in gingerbread or cookies, and yep, I hated them. Oh, and rolling them into balls was a bitch. A total PITA. I'll have to find the recipe again and edit the entry, because the other ingredients were pretty good.
Source: Veganized from BlueAgaveNectar.com
Comments: I wanted something without "fake" sugar and this fit the bill. I used Tofutti cream cheeze and margarine. I did 2 variations, one with just agave nectar and almonds and the other was sugar free raspberry jam with almonds. Both turned out really good, but it is a good thing I removed them right away from the baking sheet or the agave nectar that seeped out would have glued them there permanently after they cooled. I like em, yum!
