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Pies and cheesecakes. Cakes, brownies & muffins. Biscuits. Caramelized Cinnamon Buns. 1.

Caramelized Cinnamon Buns

Warm the milk, and add the sugar and yeast. Let stand 10-20 minutes until it gets foamy. Make sure your yeast is active (foaming) before moving ahead. Meanwhile, prepare the rest of the ingredients. In a large bowl, place the flours and mix. Pumpkin Oat Bars. Even your snack bars can be in-season when you incorporate fitting ingredients.

Pumpkin Oat Bars

For fall, we're adding pumpkin and warm spices to update this healthy on-the-go vegan snack. Pumpkin Oat Bars Serves 8 Ingredients: 1 cup water1 cup almond milk1/2 cup packed brown sugar2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spiceGenerous pinch of salt1-1/4 cups steel cut oats1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree1 cup raw pumpkin seeds6 ounces chopped dark chocolateDirections:Spray a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.In a medium saucepan, combine water, almond milk, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.

Vegan Toffee. If you ever envy non-vegans who crunch and munch away on toffee, you no longer have to watch them wishing you could have something as sweet and buttery melt in your mouth.

Vegan Toffee

As with so many butter- and dairy-based desserts, a few simple substitutions is all you need to sink your teeth into your very own vegan treats. This toffee recipe swaps in vegan butter with equally delicious results. Vegan toffee recipe Take a bite of toffee to satisfy a candy craving or crush it and sprinkle it on top of vegan cheesecake or ice cream. You can also stir toffee chunks into cookie or brownie batter.

Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar1 cup vegan butterJuice of 1 small lemon2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract Directions: Best-Ever Baklava. Baklava – a dessert served in many countries around the world, all with their own personal touch.

Best-Ever Baklava

This is a very rich sweet, and therefore not one you will indulge in frequently. I make this once a year – maybe twice, at most. Oustanding Blueberry Zucchini Bread. Peppermint Patty Recipe. In desserts On June 8th, 2012 Do you ever make a recipe for someone else because you think they will love it even though you don’t like it yourself?

Peppermint Patty Recipe

That is this recipe to me. My husband loves the York peppermint patties but I have never been a fan. Hubby was recently away for business and my little guy wanted to make a treat for when daddy got back and so we decided to make some peppermint patties together. Blueberry Squares Recipe. Stellar Coconut Macaroons. Homemade Mocha Nutella (Vegan, Refined-Sugar Free) When I have great ambitions to re-create a favourite food product at home, it usually takes the right moment of inspiration to push me along.

Homemade Mocha Nutella (Vegan, Refined-Sugar Free)

Or, it simply takes remembering to snap the photos before the husband and I eat the entire batch (such was the case with my vegan cookie recreation from Zephyr Café…doh). This time, my inspiration came from spotting a huge bag of raw hazelnuts at Costco. I knew it was time to try and re-create my beloved Rawtella! Rawtella is just about one of the best spreads I’ve ever tasted. It’s made with raw hazelnuts, coconut sugar, and cacao nibs.

After Late Dinner Mints. Jun 24 Although I have a sporadic sweet tooth, I have always fancied the idea of a miniature after-dinner sweet.

After Late Dinner Mints

And if it has digestive qualities too – which mint undoubtedly does – then I know it’s got to be a good thing after a well-rounded dinner. Of course, the inevitable problem lies in self-restraint – something that this little delicacy challenges on a large scale. Suffice it to say, that there was no trace left of the first batch by the time the coffee was topped up – save for slight scrapings of chocolate and a whiff of mint on the serving plate ! Chef Chloe's Cookie Dough Truffles.

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Chef Chloe's Cookie Dough Truffles

Preparation time Less than 20 mins Cooking time More than 45 mins. Chocolate Chocolate. Bounty Coconut Chocolate Bar. Apr 15 Makes 4 to 6 generous portions.

Bounty Coconut Chocolate Bar

Raw Coconut Macaroons. During the holidays I made a lot of coconut macaroons.

Raw Coconut Macaroons

And every time I tasted one, I was thinking how much I love coconut. The past few years I have grew a serious coconut obsession. To think that when I was young I didn’t even like the taste of dried coconut. But people change, and apparently taste changes with you. Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Powerballs. Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Powerballs Rather than reaching for that afternoon cup of coffee, Diet Coke, or Red Bull, reach for one of these. Vegan, gluten-free, and a shot of espresso is blended right in. Ok maybe not a shot, but there’s some. Enough to help power you up, in addition to the cocoa and peanut butter. I love no-bake balls, bites, cookie dough, and truffles because they’re fast and easy to make, and almost impossible to screw up.

Add all the ingredients to the canister of a food processor and blend until everything comes together in one big ball. For jobs like this, I prefer my food processor to my Vita-Mix, but either will work. Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Powerballs. Raw Coconut Macaroons « Veggie Wedgie.