Cookie Workshop
December 4th, 2007
Stumble it!
I was hoping to have a full post for you today, but the stupid winter sun set before I could perfect my cookies. I’ve vowed to not photograph after sunset for the sake of photo quality, so I’m bound to the constraints of daylight like some vegan reverse-vampire food blogger. Or something.
There are more recipes for chocolate chip cookies out there than I can count, but I’ve never found one I was happy with. There’s always something slightly off about them. I don’t know if I’ll be able to come up with a decent recipe or not, but I’m sure as hell going to try! The ones pictured here sucked really badly, if you’re wondering.
I’ll have a post for you tomorrow, whether the cookies are ready or not. I have some artichokes I want to stuff.
Entry Filed under: baked goods, dessert
23 Comments Add your own
1. Kathya | December 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
You’ve got a mighty fine blog here… just wanted to let you know. I’m definitely a fan now!
2. jessica~ | December 4th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Reverse vampire, ha ha. Whooooo! Can’t wait! I’ve been dying to find a good cookie recipe. I made some over the weekend that were just “eh”. I want “yum!”.
3. cherie | December 4th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
The dough looks good! Did you at least eat that?
4. Lolo | December 4th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
The dough was bad! I was experimenting with flax eggs, and I put too much in. :\
5. Jen | December 4th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I’m glad I’m not the only obsessed food blogger lamenting the diminishing daylight. I’ve never eaten so many meals at 3:30 pm in my life!!!
6. John | December 4th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Have you seen the Colossal Cookies recipe from Simply Heavenly: The Monastery Vegetarian Cookbook?
7. marianne | December 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Well, that’s just so wrong on so many levels, seriously, that cookie dough looks really good… but having the baked cookies AND the dough be sucky? just.wrong. :^)
8. gennifer | December 4th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
i’ve had a lot of luck with a recipe from a pilsbury cookbook that i just use egg replacer in. vegans and nonvegans loved them.
i’ve had some crappy veg chocchip cookies though… like the kind you go “why did someone even allow someone else to try this??”
9. clumsy | December 4th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Those dough balls are enough to satisfy!
10. Erin Wilson | December 5th, 2007 at 1:18 am
I got lucky with my first batch of vegan chocolate chip cookies- I followed the recipe for Rachel’s Chocolate Chip Cookies from Sarah Kramer’s La Dolce Vegan! cookbook- they are so good!
Thanks for the beautiful blog…
xoxo!
11. the village vegan | December 5th, 2007 at 5:32 am
Artichokes!!
12. Jenny | December 5th, 2007 at 8:38 am
I definitely know what you mean about the sunlight photos thing. I find myself going outside at 7 AM just to get a good picture of something before I take it to my students or coworkers to devour, just so I can blog the things, after baking late the night before.
Sometimes I post the crappier photos, but they don’t make me happy.
13. Suzie | December 5th, 2007 at 11:16 am
‘There are more recipes for chocolate chip cookies out there than I can count, but I’ve never found one I was happy with.’
You and me, both.
14. VeggieGirl | December 5th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
yeah, the sunlight (or lack thereof) IS an issue - c’est la vie, I guess. can’t wait to see the cookies!! :0)
15. Hillary | December 6th, 2007 at 11:22 am
I love this picture! Part of the fun of making cookies is how good the dough looks. I’ve definitely been known to sneak some taste tests in from time to time.
16. SaraJane | December 7th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Hey - where did you get that awesome metal cookie scoop? I had a plastic one, but it broke about a week ago and I’ve been looking everywhere for another one. I want to get a metal one this time so it doesn’t break again, but I haven’t had any luck even finding plastic ones again.
17. Lolo | December 7th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
SaraJane - I got it at a local kitchen store. It holds 2 tablespoons and it’s perfect for cookie dough and cupcake batter!
18. textual bulldog | December 8th, 2007 at 12:16 am
too bad about the cookies, but i look forward to your next cookie post. you’re so good at explaining things clearly and methodically, and i have so many cookie questions! such as, once you scoop out your perfect little dough balls with your metal scooper, how much do you flatten the cookies? or, when should you use parchment paper vs. a silicone mat vs. a plain ungreased cookie sheet? basically, i guess i’m saying that i’d love to see s setp-by-step cookie tutorial from you!
19. asmith80 | December 18th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
my favorite restaurant does the best vegan chocolate chip cookies ever in the history of the world… even lots of non-vegan’s love them and say they’re way better then non-vegan ones… so i haven’t even tried experimenting with recipes cause i know they won’t ever be as good… i actually have a craving for them now…
20. Erin | January 21st, 2008 at 12:42 am
I just posted a recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies everyone loves and are really easy to boot - but you have to be ok with banana as an egg replacer.
http://wwaln.blogspot.com/2008/01/chocolate-chip-oatmeal-banana-cookies.html
And no pictures because it was after the sun goes down… at 4:30. Winter : (
I love your blog!!
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22. Nina | March 4th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Your food is amazing!!i love your blog!best wishes xx
23. holli | April 9th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I use the nestle tollhouse recipe and sub one flax egg per egg called for. I also use an oat/barley flour mix because my son is wheat allergic. “Normal” people didn’t know the cookies weren’t normal. They don’t taste much like tollhouse, but they are delicious.
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