Friday, April 13, 2012

Marshmallow Mystery Bars

Marshmallow Mystery Bars




For as long as I can remember, I've been making mystery bars, known to most of the world as seven layer bars. They are one of my family's favorites and are always a hit with my friends, too! They're awesome because you can pretty much put anything you want on them. I almost always use chocolate chips and butterscotch chips, and they're great with just those, but I've also added things such as cereal, granola, candy bars, and now marshmallows to them. The marshmallows might be my favorite addition so far! Besides the crust ingredients and sweetened condensed milk, this recipe won't have exact measurements, because it's really up to you how much of each thing you use. The general idea is to get a layer of each thing. Throughout the directions, I'll bold all possible ingredients that I mention.



Saturday, April 7, 2012

“I Can’t Believe it’s Vegan” Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles



“I Can’t Believe it’s Vegan” Peanut Butter Snickerdoodles 





I absolutely love snickerdoodles. There’s just something magical about them, because if you think about it, sugar cookies are nothing too spectacular, at least in my opinion. And snickerdoodle dough is really similar to a sugar cookie dough, the main difference being that it has cream of tartar (or baking soda and vinegar in this recipe’s case, since I didn’t have cream of tartar). And a sugar cookie rolled in cinnamon just wouldn’t have the magic of a snickerdoodle. 

Anyways, last week I was in a bit of snickerdoodle phase, because I love them so much and hadn’t made them in a while. So, I made a snickerdoodle cake, chai snickerdoodles, and these amazing vegan peanut butter snickerdoodles. I can honestly say these were by far the best of all of my snickerdoodle creations. And believe me that’s saying a lot for me, because I generally think vegan baked goods tend to be a bit inferior. I combined elements of my favorite snickerdoodle and peanut butter cookie recipes, getting it to the point where the only substitution I had to do was for the egg, which I did using the water, oil, and baking powder. 

Using this recipe, vegans and non-vegans alike can enjoy amazing peanut butter snickerdoodles!