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Showing posts with label dessert. Show all posts
December 04, 2017

Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies! (Quick and Easy Recipes!)

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Anytime that I would try to make cookies before I went vegan, they would either turnout like little cakes, or they would just taste so strong of egg, which we all know isn't nice. So, when I was trying to figure out how to make a delicious vegan cookie recipe, it was so much easier then I thought it would be. I didn't have to worry about using eggs, which people always think that they need for baking, when in reality, you really don't! I'm using a blend of 2 cups flour & 1 cup oats. I feel like the oats give the cookies a really nice texture!

I'm using vegan chocolate chips, but you could also replace the chocolate chips with whatever you feel like. If you can find vegan white chocolate chips, they would also go great, but even dried fruits such as raisins, cranberries or whatever you feel like. This recipe can be used just as a plain cookie base if you'd rather, so you can add whatever you feel like. If you do like your cookies a little more chocolatey, then add an full cup of chocolate chips instead of just half a cup.




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Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Plan Flour
  • 1 Cup Oats
  • 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Power
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 Cup Vegan Butter
  • 3 Tablespoons Soya Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
1. Mix your flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking power & baking soda in a bowl2. Add your vegan butter, and crumble the mix thought with your fingers3. Add your milk & chocolate chips, then mix again4. The mix many look a little crumbly, but if the mix comes together when pressed, then it is correct5. Now get a lined baking sheet; roll your mix into balls, and lightly press the top of each ball into a coin style shape, but ensure they aren't too flat6. Place your cookies into the over on the middle shelf for 25 minutes at gas mark 5 (375 F) (190 C)
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November 19, 2017

5 Ingredient Vegan Millionaire Shortbread!

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Millionaire Shortbread has always sounded a lot more fancy than it actually is. Some of you may have already seen my shortbread recipe, and now I'm so happy that I have finally cracked a perfect recipe for vegan millionaire shortbread. The shortbread is usually the toughest part of the recipe to make, but then I started to experiment with different ways to make caramel, like the traditional way with vegan butter & sugar in a pan, but by the time it had set, I felt like it had a very weird texture, because you could feel the granules of the sugar but then I found a can of vegan condensed coconut milk, so I though I could make caramel out of it, and well, it worked & it's great! Especially for being such an easy caramel to make with only one ingredient.

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5 Ingredient Vegan Millionaire Shortbread!
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Plain Flour
  • 1 Cup Vegan Butter
  • 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 Can Coconut Condensed Milk
  • 150g Vegan Chocolate
Instructions
1. Add your flour, sugar and vegan butter into a bowl.2. Mix your ingredients with a fork, or your finger tips until you have a crumble texture.3. With your hands, press the crumbly mix until it forms a ball. (Don't worry if it seems a bit dry, just keep pressing and it will form a ball.4. Get a lined square baking dish and press your shortbread mix into it. Flatten the mix with a wet spoon.5. Place in the middle shelf of your oven for 25 minutes at gas mark 5 (375 degrees F, 190 degrees C). 6. When time is up, let them cool completely to fully firm before adding the caramel 7.Add your can of coconut condensed milk into a saucepan & start heating it up on a low heat until the condensed milk starts to loosen up, and becomes a little more watery. Then turn the heat up to medium, and let it bubble while mixing for about 5 minutes.8. After 5 minutes take it of the heat and let the caramel cool for 5-10 minutes. Then pour onto the shortbread.9. Get your chocolate of choice, and melt it. Then pour it over the shortbread and caramel. After, place into the fridge until the chocolate has set.
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November 17, 2017

Simple & Delicious Vegan Cinnamon Rolls!

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I always thought that cinnamon rolls would be quite difficult to make, and I tended to just tick to the ready-made vegan cinnamon rolls, but actually, they're really simple. These cinnamon rolls are more of a desert style than those flaky pasty messes that you may be familiar with.

I know this recipe may seem that it is quite time consuming, but the actual dough itself is so simple & quick to make, and can also be made ahead of time. The main part of this recipe that is time consuming is letting your dough proof, which doesn't actually require you to do anything during that time.







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Simple & Delicious Cinnamon Rolls!
Ingredients
  • Dough
  • 500g (4 cups) Self Raising Flour
  • 7g Yeast
  • 300ml Warm Water
  • 3 Teaspoons White Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1 Tablespoons Cinnamon
  • 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • Icing
  • 1/2 Cup Powder Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Vegan Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 2 Teaspoon Soya Milk
Instructions
1. Add all dry ingredients into your bowl (Flour, yeast, white sugar & baking powder) and mix 2. Add your warm water, then mix 3. Now place your dough onto a floured surface, and knead for 5 minutes4. Add your dough into a bowl, with a small amount of oil so it doesn't stick, and place a warm tea towel over the top. Let proof for 2 hours5. After your dough has doubled in size, place it onto a floured surface and roll out into a large rectangle6. Mix your brown sugar & cinnamon in a small bowl7. Sprinkle your brown sugar & cinnamon mix over the dough8. Roll your dough up from the larger side & cut into even pieces 9. Now in a greased cake tin, place your cinnamon rolls in it. Make sure that your leave gaps between each roll, so they have room to proof.10. Place a warn tea towel over your cinnamon rolls, and let them proof again for 2 hours 11. After 2 hours, brush your favourite non-dairy milk over the top, and bake in the middle of the oven for 25 minters, at gas mark 5 (375 F) (190 C)Icing1. Place all the ingredients for the icing into a bowl, and mix them all together, and pout over the top of your cinnamon rolls, once completely cooled.

November 14, 2017

Creamy Vanilla Vegan Cheesecake!

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I wanted to make a recipe for a traditional cheesecake. I've based this recipe of a cheesecake that my mother used to make when I was younger, which was made primarily out of cream cheese & double cream, so I thought this would be easy to make a vegan version of.

For the double cream part of the recipe, I used the cream from a can of coconut milk. The best way that I've found to separate the coconut cream from the coconut water, is to place the can in your fridge for a day or two. I now, mostly, store all of my coconut milk in the fridge as it'll be separated by the time that I need it next.

Once you've opened your chilled, separated coconut milk, you'll want to get just the cream from the can, and make sure that you don't accidentally get any of the coconut liquid in with the cream, otherwise it won't whip. I am using Violife vegan cream cheese. This cream cheese has been the best for a cheesecake. I have used different vegan cheeses & I haven't got as good a result from them, as they didn't set at all, yet Violife is perfect! It set amazingly & tastes great!

You can serve this cheesecake with many different toppings, such as fruit or even your favourite chocolate or caramel sauce! (my caramel sauce recipe will be coming soon!).



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Creamy Vanilla Vegan Cheesecake!
Ingredients
  • 2 Packs (400g) Vegan Cream Cheese
  • 1 Can Coconut Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 15 (225g) Digestives Biscuits
  • 1/2 Cup Powered/Icing Sugar
Instructions
1. Blend your digestive biscuits or the biscuits of your choice in your blender, and pulse until you have a nice crumble2. Add your blended biscuits into a bowl, and then add 1/2 cup of melted vegan butter & mix. 3. Add your butter & biscuit mix into your cake tin. I am using a 24x6.5 cm tin but you can use anything smaller than that, and your cheesecake will be thinker than mine. Get a spoon or a bottom of a glass, and press your biscuit mix, until it's nice & flat. Then place your base into the fridge to set as you make the topping. 4. Add your coconut cream into a bowl, and whip with an electric mixer, until be becomes whipped. Then add your sugar & vanilla extract (don't worry if your coconut cream doesn't start to whip thought straight away. As soon as you add you vanilla extract, it will become much more creamier)5. Once all that is mixed thought, add your vegan cream cheese & start to whip on high until its fully combined.6. Get your biscuit base from the fridge, and now add your cream cheese mixture to the top & smooth out to cover the base. Place back into the fridge until it sets. I let mine set over night to get the best results.

November 02, 2017

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge! (Quick & Easy Recipes)

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This is probably one of my easiest recipes ever! Seeing as it's only got 2 ingredients, it's so quick to make. One thing I loved before I went vegan was fudge, but it was such an odd kind of dessert, I was never really sure what it was made out of. It's one of those things you only seem to really get around Christmas or if you go to Cornwall, because I don't really see it much any other time.

So I'm going to show you my super quick & easy peanut butter fudge. The thing with this recipe is that it tastes good regardless of what you put into it. You can add many different things into it, like you can add vegan chocolate chips for example, or even different flavourings like mint or caramel. My favourite vegan food flavourings are by Dr Oetker. Their mint, almond & caramel are some of my favourite things to add into my desserts. Any of these are great to add into this recipe, to give your fudge a different taste completely. They're also amazing to add into different cake or icing mixes. Best of all, is that they're the Vegan!

It also depends on what kind of peanut butter you use for this recipe. I am using "100% peanuts" peanut butter, so there's no extra salt or oil. If there is extra oil added, you may need to add more powdered sugar, as there will be more liquid in your peanut butter. You can also use any different kind of nut butter you like, such as almond. If the mix is a little to dry, add a small amount of liquid such as maple syrup, or vanilla extract to make the mixture a little less dry.


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2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge! (Quick & Easy Recipes)
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 Cup Powered Sugar
Instructions
1.Add your peanut butter into a bowl, and whisk until you have a very soft mixture. Add in your powdered sugar, and mix until it forms a ball. If it doesn't from a ball, then add a little more powdered sugar. It shouldn't be sticky, and it should be a firm ball to the touch.2.Then get a lined square baking dish, and press your ball of fudge into shape. Then place into your fridge, and let it set overnight. 3.Then once your fudge has set, remove it from the fridge and a cut into bite-size squares.

October 25, 2017

Spooky Vegan Cupcakes!

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Seeing as it is October, I thought it would be a perfect time to show you all my cupcake recipe, but not just any old cupcakes, spooky cupcakes! So no better time than Halloween!

I found these cute cupcake cases from Morrison's, which I thought will be perfect for this recipe. They also came with a cute little decoration to put on the top of your cupcakes!. I'm also going to show you how to make my delicious vegan buttercream. When I first went vegan, I had no clue how I could make a fluffy icing for cakes because, at first I didn't know vegan butter even existed which now as you can tell by many of my recipes I use it a lot. It just makes turning recipes vegan so much simpler. You could just use the regular ingredients you would have anyway, but just the vegan versions!

For the Butter Cream i used Dr Oetker food colouring. Most of their products are vegan, but always be sure to check the food colouring by them. The one colour I know is not vegan is the red food colouring, which is normally the case when it comes to red food colouring. It is usually very hard to find a vegan red food colouring.


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Spooky Vegan Cupcakes!
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Self-raising Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Oil
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Apple Cider Vinger
  • 1 Cup Soya Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Power
  • Buttercream.
  • 3 Cups Powered Sugar
  • 1 Cup Vegan Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Soya Milk
Instructions
1. Add your soy milk into a small bowl, along with one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar & mix. Then set aside as you mix your dry ingredients (Letting your milk and vinegar mixture sit will create "buttermilk")2. In a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients (Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Baking Powder) and mix. Make sure there are no lumps of brown sugar3. Now add your oil, vanilla, vinegar and milk into your dry ingredients and mix until you have a smooth mixture4. Now get a cupcake tray and place your cupcake cases into them. Spoon a tablespoon of batter into each case.5. Then place your cupcakes into the centre of your oven at gas mark 5 (375 Degrees f) (190 Degrees C) for 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.6. Now take your cupcakes out of the oven and let them cool completely before you ice them otherwise your buttercream will melt.Buttercream 1. Add your cup of butter into a bowl and whisk until it's soft and fluffy.2. Now add your three cups of powdered sugar and mix with a spoon before you use your electric mixer, otherwise you'll have a cloud of powdered sugar everywhere.3. Now get your electric whisk and mix the sugar and butter until it's become a slightly crumbly mixture, but it will also form together when you press it.4. So then add a tablespoon of soya milk and whisk. It will now form into a fluffy buttercream5. For my cupcakes I add some food colouring to half the mix. I used Dr Oetker "jet black" food colouring. If you want it to actually go fully black, use the whole container, but I only used a couple of drops to have this light grey/Silver colour, which I think went well with the decorations as it slightly reminds me of the colour of a gravestone or bones.
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October 15, 2017

3-Ingredient Buttery Vegan Shortbread!

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I'm going to show you one of my quickest biscuit recipes & that's vegan shortbread. When I went vegan, I can never find vegan shortbread. I thought it just didn't exist. I had no idea how to make it because I didn't even make it before I was vegan, but now I have this quick & simple shortbread recipe that I would like to share.

And a lot of places here in the UK have free from sections in the supermarket and I always forget that includes gluten free and different allergens so when I see shortbread I get really excited thinking yes vegan shortbread and then i look at the back….“oh no butter...” so I decided to try and make my own and well it was much easier than I thought shortbread was one of those recipes I was always told us really hard to make but when you actually look at it it's just flour butter and sugar and that's it and it's something that you can easily turn vegan because all you need to use is vegan butter Instead of dairy.

Also I have noticed that in the US not all sugar is vegan so if you're from the US you may need to make sure that you find a brand of sugar  that is vegan but here in the UK all sugar is vegan.






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3-Ingredient Buttery Vegan Shortbread!
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Plain Flour
  • 1 Cup Vegan Butter
  • 1/2 Cups Powdered Suger
  • 2 Tablespoons Granulated Suger (Topping)
Instructions
1. Add all your ingredients (except granulated sugar) Into a bowl.2. Mix your ingredients with a fork or your finger tips until you have a crumble texture.3. With your hands, press the crumbly mix until it forms a ball. (don't worry if it seems a bit dry, just keep pressing and it will form a ball.4. Flour your surface & roll out your dough.5. Cut out your shortbread with a cookie cutter or into any shape you like.6. Place your shortbread onto a lined baking sheet & add the granulated sugar on top.7. Place in the middle shelf of your oven for 15-20 minutes at gas mark 5 (375 degrees f, 190 degrees c) checking at regular intervals to make sure they haven't browned to much.8. When time is up, let them cool completely to firm fully.
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Thanks for reading!

Lisa xox.

October 08, 2017

Fluffy Vegan Pancakes! (Quick & Easy Recipe)

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Here is a really fast and simple recipe for vegan pancakes, without the need of any animal ingredients, along without any vegan egg replacement, which I don't really ever use in my baking, because I’ve never had the need for them while making any recipe. These pancakes are great if you feel like a sweet treat to whip up in a really small amount of time! The ingredients for this recipe are things you will likely already have in your home, so these are something you can easily make for a dessert or  breakfast. Let's get started!

Essential
  • 1 ½ cups of Plain Flour
  • 1 tablespoon of Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon of Bicarbonate Of soda
  • 2 tablespoons of Sugar
  • 1 cup of Soya Milk or any milk alternative you prefer
Optional ingredients
  • Raspberries
  • Maple Syrup/Agave Syrup
  • Icing Sugar


First of all, place all of your dry ingredients into a mixing bowl (Plan flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda), and give them a mix. At this point, you can also add different flavourings such as cinnamon, nutmeg and any fruit you would like to add into them. You can really make this recipe your own. This is such a simple pancake mix, so you can add all of the different flavourings that you want.

Once you’ve mixed the dry ingredients, add your soya milk/milk alternative you prefer, and mix that until you have a thick batter. Try to remove as many lumps as you possibly can, but if some remain, don’t worry. Get a frying pan on a medium heat & add some spray oil or coconut oil. I use a sunflower spray oil. Use a ladle to spoon out equal sized portions of the batter, but you can also make these pancakes any size that you like. By doing this, you'll end up having a different amount of pancakes, but that depends how big or small you would like to make them.


 
  

Once cooking, when bubbles start to form on the top of the pancakes, this is the time to flip them onto the other side, and continue to cook for a further minute.


Simply just double the recipe if you would like to make more with this mixture, as I made 5 large pancakes by using a regular sized ladle.There are many toppings that you can use. I used maple syrup, raspberries & powdered sugar sprinkled onto the top of the pancakes, but you can use any toppings you like.

Thanks for Reading!
Lisa xo.