It appears that halloween treats are making their appearance across the web. Last week I had a couple of treats appear on my reader (thanks to my buddy Alisa!) and there was one I just HAD to try: Vampire Cookies. The recipe seemed simple enough and it even took into account the fact that I don’t always want to make the dough and cook the cookies on the same day. So on Sunday I started my cookies and just finished them up last night.
It was easy to veganize the recipe just by using margarine for “butter” and Ener-G Egg Replacer for the egg. The cookie dough was super easy to make but the assembly of the cookie was a little more trying. If you are feeling froggy and want to try to make them I have a few suggestions.
- Don’t forget to chill your dough!
- Work in small batches or a really cold kitchen (walk-in freezer?)
- If you have a marble counter or cutting board, use it! If it is a board you might want to chill it with the dough – this will help keep the dough chilled longer and therefore easier to work with.
- When it says “lightly floured surface” feel free to be liberal, and make sure to flour the rolling pin too!
- If you are expecting the cookies to bleed on their own, don’t. Mine didn’t bleed at all – could have been the high quality, chunky jam I used though.
You may want to wait to preheat your oven until you have them made just to help keep the temperature in your kitchen down, but I am not sure how much that will help. Enjoy baking! (I’ll post pictures when we get them uploaded!)
~C
