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vegan cherry-almond brownies

John — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:40:53 +0000

1 C. turbinado sugar
1 C. flour
1 C. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 T cornstarch (this is your binder)
3/4 C. vegan margarine
1 C. unsweetened applesauce
2 tsp. vanilla
12 oz. bag of frozen cherries, thawed and quartered
1/4 C. almonds, chopped
Powdered sugar to taste

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Put all the wet ingredients into a smaller bowl. Thaw the cherries in a glass container in the microwave, then drain them into the wet ingredients. Blend the liquids thoroughly, keeping the cherries separate.

Halve the cherries and chop the almonds, then coat them both in 1/4 C. of the dry mixture.

Mix the dry and wet ingredients together and fold in the coated cherries and almonds.

Pour mixture into a greased 9 x 12″ pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 350, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar.

cooking

John — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:39:43 +0000

My ex gave me a vegetarian cookbook for my 21st birthday, 12 years ago. About a year ago, I realized that I’d had the book for over a decade and had cooked only about six of the recipes. So then I decided I’d make it a project to cook everything in it. It’s the kind of thing no one ever does, but I that it would serve as a nice compliment (as well as teaching me how to cook).

For awhile I was diligently cooking a new recipe a week, then for the last couple of months I’ve been lazy.

Today I counted up the results on where I am so far. I’ve cooked just over a third of the recipes, most of them soups or dinners. There are just over 100 recipes left.

At one new recipe a week, I should be able to wrap this project up in two years. Realistically, though, it will probably take me four or five: sometimes I just cook an old favorite and sometimes I don’t cook at all.