vegan gingerbread house castle

See bottom of blog for recipe


vegan gingerbread castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wrap raw gingerbread dough around empty parchment lined cans and then bake.

 

It takes a little effort, but if you are careful you can remove the
can without damaging the gingerbread. Sliding a thin knife a short distance between gingerbread and can to loosen may help.

 

 

Be very careful when dealing with melted sugar.
It is very hot and will stick to you while it burns you.
Use melted sugar to secure the gingerbread.
Be careful not to over melt the sugar or it will burn. pull sugar off heat as needed. I sometimes
Placed the melted sugar pan on a second pan partially filled with hot water.

 

 

Gingerbread castle assembly

 

Gingerbread castle assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This castle took about 2 1/2 batches of dough to construct.

Vegan Gingerbread House Recipe

NOTE: this recipe is not intended for cookies. The dough is tough for construction strength, and there is not enough baking soda or sugar for cookies.

 

2¾ cups AP flour

½ cup brown sugar

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon allspice

¼ teaspoon cloves

½ cup molasses

⅔ cup water

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

 

·         Preheat oven to 350°F.

 

       1)            In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and cloves.

       2)            With a spoon, stir in the molasses, water, and oil.

       3)            Knead dough for 5 minutes.

       4)            Roll out as needed.

       5)            Bake until firm and crisp.

       6)            Cool completely before using.



Just Cookies from Hampton Creek

Just Cookies is a new, commercial frozen cookie dough. Four of their 5 flavors are vegan!

How are they? They nailed the texture and look. I personally believe they need more flavor (just more salt?) although they are going fast in the cafeteria.

vegan boy #3

Vegan Boy #3

(vegan comic strip)

The Professional Vegan Cookbook

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600 pounds of blueberries

What do you do when you receive 600 pounds of fresh, local, wild New England hand picked blueberries? I found out while working at Hampshire College in Massachusetts this summer. FYI, there are approximately 800 wild blueberries per pound.



First you make 20 gallons of blueberry jam,
sweetened with real maple syrup.



Hampshire College Executive Chef Lydia Kumpa making jam.




Wild, Local, and fresh blueberry jam.
Freeze until needed.




We placed the remaining blueberries on parchment paper 
lined sheet trays and IQF them.




Sous Chef David Vanderpoel packaging the frozen blueberries.




Time to make vegan pancakes!
This thing is called a pancake gun, used to
get perfectly round and portioned pancakes. You can adjust
the amount of batter it dispenses with the white plastic
thing on the top.




Half whole wheat blueberry pancakes!




Half whole wheat blueberry pancakes with blueberry jam.




Don't forget the syrup!





Vegan Boy #2

Vegan Boy #2

(vegan comic strip)