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My very best Vegan Happy Holidays wish to YOU and Yours!

Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or even Festivus, I hope it will be the best ever!

I just wanted to do a really quick wishes post for the holidays. I have been SO busy these past few weeks that I haven't been able to post as often as I would like.

New Years - 2010 is FAST approaching. It is time to take account of the past year and put it behind us and look and plan at what we wish to accomplish this coming new year!

So EVERYONE, one and all, Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

I got caught again by not pre-planning. My sister-in-law decided to have a Christmas Cookie Exchange. I Knew it was coming up -- time flies it seems when you're my age LOL.

Anyway, I had half decided to make my pre-vegan specialty No Flour Chocolate cookies but change out the egg whites for vegan egg white substitute. I was pretty sure Publix had Ener-G ® Egg Replacer in their "organics" section. Yet hadn't bought any (I had the other ingredients on hand--which I'll list below). To make a long story short -- today was the Cookie Exchange & I didn't have the egg white substitute, so decided to make Vegan Cinnamon Sticky Buns with Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (recipe will follow).

Vegan No Flour Chocolate Cookies
(use at your own risk -- haven't tried this, yet it should turn out okay ...

Preheat oven to 350

Ingredients:
3 Cups Confectioners Sugar
1/2 Cup + 3 Tablespoons of Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa Powder (100% Cacao)
1/4 teaspoon salt
3-4 mixed up Egg Whites from Egg White Substitutes
(you can use Ener-G ® Egg Replacer, or Visit VegKansasCity.com for other Egg Substitutes
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Mix well Sugar, Cocoa & Salt in bowl
Stir in 3 Egg Whites & Vanilla Extract
(be extra careful Not to get the batter too runny -- needs to be stiff)
Drop batter by teaspoonful on oiled parchment paper or oiled cookie sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes until tops are broken

Let them cool completely before attempting to remove them from parchment paper or cookie sheet
Should make between 30 - 36 cookies.

Here's the Recipe for what I did take to our Cookie Exchange ...

Vegan Cinnamon Sticky Buns w/Glaze

Pre-heat oven to 375

Ingredients:

(2) Pillsbury Crescent Rolls Cans

Filling:
3/4 cup of Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Cinnamon
1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
About 1/4 cup Canola Oil (yes I know the Rumors about Canola Oil -- go read about the Debunking of Canola Oil Myths them at About.com
You will have to add the oil until you get the right consistency -- you don't want it too runny.

Procedure:

Beginning with One can of the Pillsbury Crescent Rolls -- take out the rolls carefully trying Not to have them become separated. Lay 4 rolls together and pinch together to make a rectangle, below this rectangle, lay 4 more. Pinch them all together to form about 15 inch long by 6 - 7 inch wide whole rectangle.

Spread 1/2 of the filling on the rectangle. Carefully roll it beginning on the long side. Cut 1 1/4 quarter slices and lay on a greased cookie sheet with each one "almost" touching.

Repeat above with Second Can of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.

Bake for about 14-15 minutes.

While baking make glaze.

2 Cups Confectioner Sugar
2 Tablespoons Oil
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2-3 Tablespoons of Hot Water (if needed)

Mix all together until smooth.

The result -- Some of the sticky buns didn't rise too well but that was okay.

I placed the Glaze in a pretty bowl on a large round platter and surrounded it with the
sticky buns -- didn't want to add the glaze directly onto the buns incase guests didn't want all that much sugar.

The outcome -- Success! Most were gone at the end of the Christmas Cookie Exchange.

Here are a few helpful sites for Vegan Baking and Vegan Substitutes.

VeganBaking.net - Cookies
Vegan Substitutions
Accidently Vegan Foods -- An Extremely helpful page that lists TONS of mainstream food items that are Vegan
Vegan Products Guide