Wednesday, October 31, 2012

My Almost Vegan Cookies

Recently I pinned a recipe for Vegan Spice Cookies. It was actually a quest for egg-less cookie recipes. (Surprise: I was out of eggs!) In the midst of this baking adventure, I realized that I only had half of the required amount of soy milk, forcing me to borrow some of my roommates skim milk. That's what I'm calling these my "Almost Vegan Cookies." And because I realized that I was throwing the Vegan label out the window, why not add white chocolate chips? Yes, please. 


Spiced Vegan Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies (Original)




Getting everything mixed together... Instead of a full cup of cranberries, I added only 3/4 cup of the cranberries. Then I added 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips. 

Rolled and ready to bake! 

They came out more round than intended... 

But they were still a delicious hit! 

MMmmMmmm


Here's my amended recipe:



Saturday, October 13, 2012

HALLOWEEN INSPIRED COOKIES

Recently I pinned this cookie recipe:

Sugar & Charm Blog
This was the perfect recipe for me, because I was without butter. I didn't make them into cookie-wiches like shown above. Instead I added orange food coloring to make them more festive for the Halloween season!
Although as an afterthought.... 
These cookies with orange fluff in the middle probably would've been a great idea.
 Next time! 





Here's the original recipe. It yields about 4 dozen cookies! 
I obviously added orange food coloring (red + yellow in case you aren't up on your color wheel).

Friday, October 12, 2012

WHERE MARDI GRAS MEETS DOLLAR STORE

This is my most expensive Mardi Gras bead project yet... $1.00

Items Needed:
Wreath (Found mine at the Dollar Tree!)
Mardi Gras Beads
Hot glue gun

I just wrapped and wrapped.... Voila! 




Thursday, October 11, 2012

MARDI GRAS MADNESS CONTINUES...


Items Needed:
Cardboard (used an old box, cut in a mask shape)
Scissors
Mardi Gras beads
Hot glue gun





MARDI GRAS BEADS!


I am obsessed with Mardi Gras bead crafts... 

Items Needed:
Hot glue gun
Mardi Gras beads
Cardboard (I used an old canned food box from Aldi)
Scissors 
Pen/Pencil (I used a pencil to sketch the fleur-de-li)