I don’t know about you, but one of my favourite things about the holiday season is all of the baking. I love spending time in the kitchen baking different cookies and treats to share with my loved ones. However, my favourite part is without a doubt eating everything I bake. I thought I would share with you some of my favourite (vegan) recipes for the holidays – bon appétit!
The Sugar Cookie: This cookie is a Christmas classic: so sweet and delicious, but also fully customizable to however you want to decorate it!
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup butter
- 1-2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Cream the butter and sugar together
- Add the remaining wet ingredients
- Mix in the baking soda and flour until well combined
- Refrigerate dough at least half an hour (overnight for best results)
- Preheat the oven to 350℉
- Roll out the dough and cut into your desired shapes
- Freeze the shapes for 10-30 minutes before baking
- Bake for 7-10 minutes
- Let cool before icing
Icing Ingredients
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 4 tsp almond milk (or any milk of your choice)
- 2 tsp light corn syrup
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- Food dye (optional)
Directions
- Combine all ingredients until the icing is smooth
- If you want multiple colours, divide icing into multiple bowls and add a couple of drops of each colour you want
- Decorate your cookies!
Gingerbread Truffles: This next recipe is for the lazy but want-to-be gourmet baker!
Ingredients
- 1 box of spice cake mix
- 1 can of clear soda (ginger ale, sprite etc)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼-½ tsp ground clove
- ¼-½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tub of store-bought vanilla frosting
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven according to package directions on the cake box
- In a bowl combine the cake mix, soda and spices
- Bake according to package directions
- Let the cake cool completely
- Using your hands crumble the cake entirely, mixing in the tub of icing
- Roll into little balls and freeze
- Once frozen, melt the chocolate chips – you can also keep them plain (they are still delicious!)
- Dip the balls into the chocolate and return them to the freezer
- Enjoy!
*keep stored in fridge or freezer
Although this holiday season will be an unusual one, I hope that you can still enjoy some quality (virtual) time with your friends and family, maybe with a delicious treat in hand!