Thursday, November 13, 2014

Vegan Sweet Potato Pie

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/199/Michael-Jacksons-Sweet-Potato91281.shtml
I took this recipe and Veganized it lol.  Yummy!

INGREDIENTS:
  • 3 Ener-G Egg Replacer Eggs
  • 1/2 cup White or Sugar-in-the-Raw Sugar
  • 1/4 cup melted magerine or applesauce to make it fat free
  • 1/2 Tsp Salt
  • 1/3 Cup of either Soy, Almond or Coconut Milk.  In this recipe I've found Almond Milk works best. 
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla
  • 1 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Tsp Nutmeg
  • 2 1/2 Cups Sweet Potatoes: I've used mashed up canned sweet potatoes and it worked fine.  Heaping cups. 
  • 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 Pie Shell 
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Beat egg replacer eggs and sugar. 
  3. Add Magerine or applesauce, salt, nondairy milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.  
  4. Blend egg mixture with mashed sweet potatoes and lemon juice
  5. Pour into pie shell
  6. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until golden and fork comes out clean.

Brown Gravy

http://cookeatshare.com/recipes/brown-gravy-93659

Directions

  1. 5 SERVINGS DAIRY-FREE
  2. Try this gravy with the Bulgur-Almond Stuffing (see recipe).
  3. Heat margarine or possibly butter in small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add in flour and whisk together about 30 seconds; then add in broth slowly while whisking.
  4. Cook over medium heat for 2 min. Add in soy sauce and pepper. Cook till gravy achieves desired thickness. Pour into a gravy boat or possibly bowl and stir in parsley. Serve hot.

Corn Bread

http://www.vegweb.com/index.php?action=printrecipe;topic=29697.0

Sweet Cornbread

Ingredients (use vegan versions (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15403.0)):

    1 cup cornmeal

    1 cup all purpose flour

    2/3 cup sugar

    1 teaspoon salt

    2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

    1/2 teaspoon baking soda

    1/3 cup vegetable oil (I've used magerine for a more buttery taste or applesauce to reduce fat)

     This recipe says: 1/2 cup vanilla nondairy milk (I used soy) and 1/2 cup water
         *** Instead I used 1 cup of Almond Milk or Coconut Milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom of baking dish with a little oil. I used an 8 X 8" glass dish, but I'm sure this would work as muffins just as well.

2. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl with a fork or a whisk. Stir in wet ingredients but don't mix too much.

3. Pour into baking dish and bake for about 30 minutes, or until the edges are a little brown and tests done with a toothpick.

4. Take our and let cool for 15 minutes or so.

Makes: depends on the baking dish, Preparation time: 10 min, Cooking time: 30 min

Oatmeal Cherry Cookies

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977441497

Oatmeal Cherry Cookies
 
1 cup margarine
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Egg Replacer equivalent to 2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups oatmeal, uncooked
1 cup dried cherries {I have also used dried cranberries or raisins... Either of them work just fine!}

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream the margarine with the sugars, beating until well blended. Add the prepared egg replacer and vanilla and beat for several minutes.
• Mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Add to the margarine mixture and beat until well blended.
• Stir in the oatmeal and dried cherries. Drop the batter by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheets and bake until the edges are just turning brown, about 12 minutes.

Apple Brownies

I don't remember where I found this recipe...

APPLE BROWNIES:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 Cup Magerine, melted
  • 1 Cup Sugar (Either Sugar-in-the-Raw or white sugar works fine)
  • 1 small tub of Applesauce
  • 3 Medium Apples
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon plus extra to taste
  • Dash of Nutmeg
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Grease baking pan
  3. In a large bowl, beat together the melted magerine, sugar, and applesauce until fluffy.  Fold in the apples.
  4. In another bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.  
  5. Stir the flour mixture into the wet mixture until just blended.
  6. Spread the batter evenly into the baking pan.
  7. Bake for 35 minutes until the fork or toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center.

Friday, October 24, 2014

Vegan Candy Cane Fudge

We also made this last year for the holidays.  It came out delicious, had a good texture and set well!

Ingredients:
1 cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips (Enjoy Life are a favorite in this house)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tbsp vegan margarine
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup chocolate soy milk
1 tsp peppermint extract
10 crushed candy canes

Directions:
  1. Grease am 8x8 pan
  2. Combine chocolate chips, cocoa powder and powdered sugar in a bowl.
  3. Place the margarine and chocolate soy milk together in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir together. 
  4. Pour the margarine and soy milk mixture over the dry ingredients. 
  5. Let sit for two minutes.
  6. Stir all the ingredients together. Make sure to stir well so that all the ingredients are evenly encorporated. 
  7. Mix in the peppermint extract and five of the crushed candy canes. Stir well.
  8. Pour the mixture into the baking pan.
  9. Pour the other five crushed candy canes on top of the fudge.  Press the fragments into the fudge with the bottom of a spoon.
  10. Place in fridge until it's fully solidified. I left mine overnight.

Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Pie!

Ingredients:
 3    Eggs
 1/2 c  White sugar
 1/4 c  Butter; melted
 1/2 ts Salt
 1/3 c  Almond Milk(about)
 1 ts Vanilla extract
 1 ts Ground cinnamon
 1 ts Ground nutmeg
 2 1/2 c  Sweet potatoes (fresh or canned--heaping cups)
 2 tb Fresh lemon or orange juice
 1    9-inch pie shell; unbaked
 1/2 c  Pecan halves, optional
 
Directions:
 
  1. Beat eggs and sugar
  2. melted butter, salt, milk, vanilla, and spice.
  3.  Blend egg mixture with mashed sweet potatoes and lemon or orange juice.
  4.  Pour into unbaked pie shell or greased 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
  5.  Garnish with pecan halves if desired.
  6.  Bake in preheated 400-degree oven 10 minutes.
  7.  Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees; bake 40 minutes longer or until golden.