Thursday, January 29, 2009

i wake up every evening with a big smile on my face

Thursday classes are done... meaning its soo close to the weekend!! :)
its been a bit icy and snowy lately, so the roads have been a bit tricky to drive ..or just walk on, without moving around a bit. hopefully the sun today will melt it all and ill be able to walk normally without making sure i'm not about to slip on ice! :)

So yesterday I went to Acme to get some chocolate chips because I knew I wanted to bake. Usually I can find a store-brand semi-sweet that are vegan, which is always lovely, but if not then I go for the Ghiradelli, which is fine too, a bit pricier, but they taste great. Unfortunately, all of Acme's had milk in them and they didn't even have Ghiradelli! Ugh, Acme is not cool.
But I finally got my chocolate chips..not sure what brand they were, it was one i'd never seen before..but on the packing it said "Dairy & Gluten Free" so I was happy :)

Anyway! What I really wanted to bake was BIG chocolate chip cookies. I'm a huge fan of the regular sized homemade ones, but I wanted those that you buy from a store that are always so big and mushy and delicious. So since I didn't have too much of a reason for baking (i'll get to that later ;) ) so I decided to half the recipe from Joy of Vegan Baking (my favorite cookie recipe!!). The regular recipe said it made one dozen...but I halved it and made them pretty big and I got 6 of them out of it...doesn't make much sense, does it? ;)



delicious. absolutely delicious.
this was the first time I had baked cookies using Ener-G...and it worked magically, of course :)

11 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

Upcoming weekend + luscious chocolate chip cookies = life is good :-D

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

Oooh do you have a new boy too? I know a certain new boy who would love these... but he's not going to get any, because if I make something chocolatey, I'm keeping it all to myself muahahahaha!

Nicole said...

Haha ohhh yess do boys love a baked good. I've also learned that saying you bake usually gets a stellar 'oh so you can cook?' flirty reaction from boys on the lookout for their own domestic goddess. Always an ego boost. Haha. :)

Anonymous said...

That's LOVE in a baked good right thur. ;)

Hungry Hungry Dancer said...

oh la la a new boy!!!! always so exciting!!! chocolate chip cookies are good ways to reel them in :)

River (Wing-It Vegan) said...

Yummy cookies to eat with the new boy! :)

Be careful with that ice and enjoy your weekend!!

gail said...

hahaha cookies look awesome, and cute ending ;) hehe

The Voracious Vegan said...

Wow, these look amazing! I love my chocolate chip cookies soft and chewy, too. Delicious!

Latayy said...

hey lauren thanks for visting my blog so often
i still have not got the internet yet so i do not have a lot of time to read your blog
i will soon
in a few days
u seem to be up to a lot of cooking these days

jb said...

mmm they look sooo goood. And of course they are perfect for sharing with a new boy.. I know my boy loves it whenever I bake something sweet!

Erin said...

They look deeeeee-licious.