Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies. Chocolate Peppermint Wafer Cookies. Soy Milk’s Favorite Cookies. Amazingly Soft Sugar Cookies. Fortune and Flute Cookies. Chewy Pumpkin Spice Cookies. Is your stomach grumblin’ yet?
If you’re as obsessed with cookies as I am, then get excited, because The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur by Kelly Peloza is the answer to all your cookie dreams! When 20-year-old Kelly isn’t studying photography at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, she spends her time coming up with delish vegan cookie recipes—including the more than 140 recipes in her cookbook. The most amazing part is all of the ingredients are super easy to find—no egg replacer, agar-agar, or anything else like that. Check out what Kelly has to say, then enter to win a copy below—and if your cookie-hungry self can’t wait, order Kelly’s book here.
What made you decide to go vegan?
I first went vegetarian when I was 10 years old and equated hamburgers to my favorite animal, cows. I was in elementary school and didn’t know much about what to eat or how to cook, so I only lasted a year. I revisited the idea when I was 14, then became vegan a few months later after learning about where our food comes from and all the gross hidden animal ingredients, and never looked back!
How’d you get into baking?
I always baked basic cookies growing up, like chocolate chip and sugar cookies, then got into baking from cookbooks once I was able to use the oven on my own. Art has always been a part of my life and I see little differentiation between art and baking. I started experimenting more and writing my own recipes upon going vegan.
Why a cookie cookbook?
Everyone loves cookies, of course! Cookies have always been my favorite baked good to make and with a clear focus, it really forced me to be creative with inventing over 140 recipes of one kind of dessert. There are endless possibilities when it comes to baking cookies.
Do you have any advice to young people who want to go vegan, but aren’t sure where to start?
Of course! Get your hands on some cookbooks, start reading food blogs (even start one of your own!), research vegan nutrition to form a basic knowledge, and join an online vegan forum like The Post Punk Kitchen. Locally, you should find and attend vegan events, check if there are any vegan meetup groups, start a bake sale, or volunteer at a co-op or animal rescue. It’s all about creating community and connections, and letting your ethics drive your actions.
For your chance to win a copy of The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur comment below with your favorite cookie flavor. I’m glad I’m not able to enter, because I’d never be able to pick a favorite! Comments must be received by November 16th. Three winners will be chosen at random and notified by November 19th.
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GOOD LUCK!
P.S. Check out some other delish cookie recipes here.
918 days ago
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Normally I’m a ginger-molasses gal, but right now I’m craving a carob mint cookie!
918 days ago
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Choose ONE?! But… I like so many! LOL
Hmmm….. I love chocolate… so I’m going to have to say the double chocolate kind (vegan, of course!)!!
This is the ONE question to NEVER EVER ask Cookie Monster! He would have a mental break-down!
919 days ago
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plain ol’ chocolate chip is always my fav
919 days ago
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I love my mommas Molasses cookies(:
919 days ago
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OHGOD! I can’t decide -.-
I like all of them
well chocolate chip, or suger cookies
919 days ago
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Chocolate chip is by far my favorite
919 days ago
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peanut butter.
919 days ago
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Double Chocolate Chip <3
919 days ago
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Chocolate chip of course, it’s timeless and tasty!
919 days ago
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Peanut butter…!
919 days ago
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Chocolate Chip is my favorite cookie flavor.
919 days ago
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snicker-doodle is the shizz lol
919 days ago
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gingersnaps! and also oatmeal coconut chocolate chip
919 days ago
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I love Sugar cookies! Especially at Christmas when we decorate them with icing!
Thanks!
919 days ago
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Sugar cookies for me! Thanks!
919 days ago
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my favorite is a pecan shortcake cookie
920 days ago
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My favorite cookie would have to be peanut butter!
920 days ago
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I love White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies <33 (: !
920 days ago
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date cookies!!! namnam!
920 days ago
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Chocolate chip is my favorite, thanks for the chance!
920 days ago
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my favorite to make is oatmeal cinnamon raisin
920 days ago
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip is my favorite type of cookie (:
920 days ago
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I LOVE OATMEAL COOKIES
920 days ago
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My favorite cookies are oatmeal chocolate
Yummm!
920 days ago
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Nothing can beat a warm soft sugar cookie, that’s a scientific fact… look it up. :]
920 days ago
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any cookie with chocolate and peppermint in it HAS to be FANTASTIC!!! and a PERFECT holiday treat!!!
920 days ago
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i like warm chocolate chip cookies
920 days ago
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I love snickerdoodles!
920 days ago
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I love any cookie with peanut butter in it!!!
920 days ago
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chocolate chip
920 days ago
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Buffalo chip cookies. My mom makes em around the x-mas season, can’t reveal the ingredients to the public. But that are sooooo gooood, and enormous!
920 days ago
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i love sugar cookies
920 days ago
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i love oatmeal raisin
920 days ago
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I choose amazingly soft sugar cookies.’
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920 days ago
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My favorite cookies are double chocolate chunk. Mmmm!
920 days ago
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Oatmeal! It’s NOM NOM Good!
920 days ago
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I love almond cookies!
920 days ago
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i absolutly adore macadamian nut cookies!! my absolute fav’!
920 days ago
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chocolate chip
920 days ago
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Chocolate Chip would be my favorite!
920 days ago
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Oatmeal && cookie Dough
920 days ago
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Oatmeal && cookiedough
920 days ago
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Caramel and oatmeal
921 days ago
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I love peanut butter cookies
921 days ago
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i love chocolate chip cookies!
921 days ago
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chocolate chip!!
921 days ago
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no bakes!
921 days ago
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Chocolate chip cookies
921 days ago
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I love chocolate chips cookies.
921 days ago
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I’ll go with Chocolate chip & Oatmeal raisin cookies
921 days ago
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chocolate chip
921 days ago
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snickerdoodles are my all time fav
921 days ago
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Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
921 days ago
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Pumpkin chocolate chip!! mmmmm
922 days ago
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caramel and chocolate chips
922 days ago
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My favorite cookie will always be an Oreo dipped in soy milk. Not really a “cookie” per say but I love white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. (:
922 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is sugar cookies ^O^ so sweet and yum yumz
922 days ago
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Peanut butter cookies are the best!
922 days ago
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peanut butter cookies! i eat them like it’s my job
922 days ago
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just a good plain sugarcookie, yumm
923 days ago
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oatmeal raisin of course(:
923 days ago
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My favorite cookie is a chocolate chip cookie with mint chunks!
923 days ago
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There’s these delicious cookies my grandma used to make for thanksgiving that tasted cinnamon-y and sweet potatoe-y and they had candied walnuts from the tree by her house and they were /amazing/. I recently converted to recipe to all vegan ingredients and my family loves it ^^
923 days ago
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I love baking yummies! A cookie shop opened recently and I can’t resist the banoffie – flavoured cookies… simply delicious!!
923 days ago
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peanut butter chocolate chip
923 days ago
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Mmm. Most definitely White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies! ^-^
924 days ago
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Peanut Butter-Coconut Cookies with white choc chips
924 days ago
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The Afghan cookies my grandma makes <3
[xoox]
924 days ago
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Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are my FAVORITE, with peanut butter chip in a close second
924 days ago
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Iced Pumpkin Cookies!!!
924 days ago
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my very favorite cookie flavor is chocolate mint. mmmmm. <3
924 days ago
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My absolutely FAVOURITE cookie flavour is chocolatelss chocolate chip cookies. 9 i dont like chocolate chips)
924 days ago
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oohhh. sugarrrrr <33333
924 days ago
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Easy. Chocolate chip right outta the oven with a tall glass of soy milk.
925 days ago
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My favorite cookies are definitely choconut cookies, they’re chocolate and coconut. There’s some vegan choconut cookies that they sell at the coop here in Eugene and they’re sooo good. I’m trying to figure out the recipe. Hope there’s something like it in this book.
925 days ago
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I looovveeee peanut butter cookies <333
925 days ago
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peanut butter pumpkin!
925 days ago
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I sure hope there are boscotti recipes in the book – a great favorite.
925 days ago
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I must say I have always, and will always, love chocolate hip <3
925 days ago
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Cookie Dough!
925 days ago
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i LOVE OATMEAL COOKIES ARE THE BEST
PUT SO ARE RASIN/WALNUT COOKIES DELICIOUS
SMUCKERS STRABERRY COOKIES THOSE ARE REALLY THE BEST
925 days ago
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oatmeal raisin forever!
925 days ago
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Of course its the classic chocolate chip cookie for me! With a side of soy milk
926 days ago
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Definitely double chocolate chip!
926 days ago
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My favorite would have to be banana or chocolate chip! though if we go by store bought cookies i like Oreos the best.hehe
926 days ago
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hmmm my favorite cookie flavor? probably oatmeal:]
926 days ago
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I love all kinds of cookie flavors. To chooose one is really hard! Hmnnn… I’ll go with Oatmeal.
926 days ago
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I’ve never had these, but chewy pumpkin spice sounds amazing! My favorite vegan cookies that I’ve actually had, are Saturday night Lime from a local vegan bakery, Bombshell Bakeshop.
926 days ago
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anything oatmeal. oatmeal raisin, oatmeal chocolate chip, ect. I love oatmeal cookies :3
926 days ago
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Chocolate
(Im vegetarian, so it’s ok for me to eat that
)
And Caramel.
926 days ago
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I love vegan chocolate chip!
926 days ago
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mmmm peanut butter cookies! ^__^
926 days ago
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I love so many different kinds of cookies, but my favorite would have to be a close tie between chocolate chip and sugar.
927 days ago
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I love any and all vegan cookies, but I would have to choose the old time favorite: chocolate chip!
927 days ago
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holiday-themed sugar cookies with lots of pretty icing! fun to eat and to make!!
927 days ago
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I’ve loved Peanut Butter forever! AS a matter of fact I made some vegan friendly cookies yesterday
sooo good! This book sure would help with other recipes
927 days ago
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mint chocolate chip!
cookies are awesome.
927 days ago
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Homemade peanut butter cookies. Yum!
927 days ago
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vegan oatmeal raisin
928 days ago
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My favourite are earl grey shortbread and almond butter choc chip.
928 days ago
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Any kind of cookie smothered in vegan chocolate and covered in toasted almonds! Five spice almond cookies, double-chocolate-chip, raspberry sugar cookies! Mmmmmm I love cookies so much everyone on my Christmas list is getting a batch!
928 days ago
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I have a friend who makes these cookies with almost everything under the sun in them, millet and white chocolate and oats and toffee and so much more- they are so delicious!
928 days ago
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chocolate chip
928 days ago
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Definitely chocolate chip!!
929 days ago
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Sugar Cookies!
929 days ago
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choco chip is definitely the best. I make em all the time at my house.
929 days ago
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I had the best cookie every last night – pumpkin pear! I love soft cookies!
929 days ago
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Peacan Sandies
929 days ago
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I’m definitely crazy for sugar cookies
they’re my favorite in the whole world
929 days ago
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Choosing a favorite cookie flavor? You’re making it tooo tough now. But if I had to pick ONE, I’d pick, M&M, I guessss d:
930 days ago
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I hope she has a good recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
930 days ago
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My favorite is cranberry macadamia nut cookies. Mmm mmm delicious! =D
930 days ago
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Chocolatechip (:
930 days ago
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I love cookies havnt had one in 4 months since i became a vegan i would love to try vegan cookies.
930 days ago
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mmm chocolate-chip cookies surely!!!
930 days ago
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I like pistachio cookies.
930 days ago
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chocolate chip
930 days ago
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i loooove vegan peanut butter cookies.
930 days ago
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vanilla
931 days ago
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Snickerdoodle, hands down.
Vegan snickerdoodle, of course!(:
932 days ago
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Peanut butter are my fav!!!!
932 days ago
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Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies..i feel like Cookie Monster when these come out of the oven!!
(Ener-G Egg & Non Dairy Milk)
932 days ago
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Peanut Butter and chocolate chip cookies are amazing!!! And in vegan, ALL cookies are even better
Awesome tasting cookies, no animals suffering, everything is right about that
932 days ago
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Vegan Chocolate Chip
932 days ago
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Double Choc Chip!(:
But I have not made them, because im not sure how..:/
932 days ago
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My tastes are simple so my favs tend to be sugar or peanut butter cookies… And, honestly, I love to bake them more than I love to eat them… I feel a sense of pride when I can show my non-vegan freinds & family that vegan desserts are just as good (if not better than) regular desserts!!! =]
932 days ago
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chocolate, with chocolate chips :b
932 days ago
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veg choc chip and rasberry! yumyum
932 days ago
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chocolate chip all the way.
932 days ago
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classic chocolate chip
932 days ago
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I love homemade vegan oatmeal raisin and vegan chocolate chip cookies.
932 days ago
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Anything minty and chocolaty!!! Of course, my cookies are always vegan. I so need this cookbook!
932 days ago
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Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite. Yum
933 days ago
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It’s actually so easy to bake vegan! My favorite is the “classic” choc chip or peanut butter.
933 days ago
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I love vegan sugar cookies und vegan oatmeal raisin^*^
933 days ago
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anything Vegan and soft baked
933 days ago
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Wow! Being vegan is awesome, but vegan cookies thats like heaven on earth!!!
933 days ago
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Cookies! Sookies are amazing! I have a vegan cupcake recipe book, I need a cookie recipe book too!
933 days ago
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Chocolate chip, M & M’s & Sunmaid Raisins.
933 days ago
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I love any kind of cookie, as long as they’re the soft-baked kind! =)
933 days ago
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I have to say peppermint chocolate pinwheel cookies, yum!
933 days ago
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Sounds DELICIOUS! I can’t wait to start trying some of these recipes! My twins boys will love them, I am sure!
933 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is Peanut butter!!!! :{D
933 days ago
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peanut butter. yum!
933 days ago
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Oatmeal chocolate chip! Yumm
933 days ago
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Pistachio thumbprints. They have finely-ground pistachio (I hate chunky nuts in baked goods), chocolate chips, and a chocolatey drizzle on top. So good.
933 days ago
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i like snicker doddle xD and chocolate ship
933 days ago
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Double chocolate chocolate chip with walnuts.
933 days ago
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This would be fantastic as one of my dreams is to open a bakery
!
933 days ago
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Cookies made from crumbled oreo cookies. My old job had them. Is it any wonder I gained 20 lbs there? (And lost it going vegan!)
933 days ago
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Oatmeal chocolate chip!
933 days ago
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Chocolate chip. Such a comfort.
933 days ago
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SUGAR COOKIES! Definitly.
933 days ago
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Just plain sugar cookies always make me happy. But vegan chocolate chips make them even better!:)
933 days ago
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I looooooove gingersnaps!
933 days ago
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SO into the ginger snaps right now!
933 days ago
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i love all cookies
933 days ago
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Peanut butter!!
933 days ago
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Sugar cookies
933 days ago
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I don’t think i can decide just one favourite cookie, but my top favourites would have to be peanut-butter chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin ooh and butterscotch nom nom nom. I also love baking and am going to college for it so maybe i can impress some of my teachers with vegan recipes.
933 days ago
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A peanut butter chocolate chip cookie is definitely the best of all
933 days ago
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Chai spiced chocolate chip cookies.
933 days ago
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Sugar
933 days ago
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M&M!!!
933 days ago
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Chocolate peanut butter :B omnomnom
933 days ago
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I <3 Snickerdoodles:]
933 days ago
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Double chocolate chip!
Or Oatmeal chocolate chip. Those two are the best.
933 days ago
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I love the classic chocolate chip cookie (with a tall glass of icy cold almond milk)
933 days ago
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Mmmmmm chocolate peppermint makes my world go round <3
933 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is plain ol’ chocolate chip!! I’ve been wanting a cookbook for quite a while now!!!
933 days ago
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I could never ever turn down a ginger molasses cookie! I haven’t perfected making my own just yet…always too molasses-ey bleh! hehe
933 days ago
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Pumpkin chocolate cookies!
933 days ago
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As much as I love a basic chocolate chip cookie peanut butter cookies take my number one spot!
933 days ago
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I love white chocolate macadamian nut. I hope there is a vegan recipe for that.
933 days ago
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Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip!
933 days ago
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SUGAR COOKIES!
Also, Peanut butter. [;
YUMMY!
Now I want some.
933 days ago
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I love the classic, chocolate chip cookies, especially warm and gooey, right out of the oven, with a tall glass of cold, fresh milk. Mmmmmm….
933 days ago
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TOTALLY gingersnaps!!
933 days ago
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Chocolate Peppermint
933 days ago
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I would have to say delicious sugar cookies are the greatest because they are so versitile!!!
you ca dump what ever you find in the kitchen in the mix and they seem to turnout!!!
i would love a delicious espresso cookie or something of the sort!
yummmm
933 days ago
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Peanut butter! Homemade cookies make the world go ’round =]
933 days ago
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My favourite cookies would have to be the pumpkin oatmeal raisin (which totally overtook regular oatmeal raisin as my previous fave) cookies in Vegan with a Vengeance.
933 days ago
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Gingerbread Cookies! Nothing beats biting the head off a gingerbreads mna around Christmas time! =D
933 days ago
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I love cookies with bits of fruit in, like raisins or strawberry pieces.
933 days ago
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almond poppyseed, but that’s more of a muffin flavor but I would love it as a cookie as well <3
933 days ago
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plain sugar cookies are definitely my favorite.
933 days ago
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Chocolate chippppp :3
933 days ago
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My dining hall makes these amazing choco-peanut butter oatmeal cookies that are to die for! I always get one when they have them!
933 days ago
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We love breakfast cookies at our house (tofu scrambler, smart bacon, corn meal)… there is a little more to the recipe but you get the idea.
Thank you for the opportunity to share.
933 days ago
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oatmeal and dates yummmmmmm
933 days ago
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I like white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies. My absolute favorite.
933 days ago
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I love chocolate chip oatmeal cookies! (Raisins just aren’t my thing)
933 days ago
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I love mint chocolate chip cookies! *drool*
933 days ago
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I love all cookies. <3
But my favorite would have to be Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies, or anything with peanut butter for that matter.
933 days ago
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Mint chocolate chip cookies. Who doesn’t love mint in their vegan chocolate chip cookies?
933 days ago
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Chocolate and mint. Surefire cookie win.
933 days ago
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Almond cookies, for sure. Light, soft, rich almond flavor, with a hint of vanilla.
933 days ago
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I <333 Chocolate chip cookies… (:
with like extra chocolate chips
933 days ago
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chocolate chip is always great, and pumpkin spice!
933 days ago
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I love double chocolate cookies (aka chocolate cookies with chocolate chips) with extra choco chips served with chocolate soy milk, in case it’s hard to tell, I loooooooooooºve chocolate :~}
933 days ago
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lemon! or ginger! or cranberry orange! =)
933 days ago
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So hard! I seem to make peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies a lot. It’s like several cookies rolled into one so you get all the flavors!
933 days ago
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Mint chocolate chip!
933 days ago
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sooooooo many choices!!!!!!!!!! i just can’t choose! i guess if i have to pick i would pick……………………………………….
SUGAR COOKIES!!
<3
933 days ago
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Chocolate chip raisin cookies are my favorite!
933 days ago
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either peanut butter or banana nut
933 days ago
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Chocolate chip have always been my favorite!
933 days ago
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Mint Molasses. Nummies!
934 days ago
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Chocolate chocolate chip is my favorite!
934 days ago
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Any kind of cinnamon cookies will do, but I especially like apple-cinnamon crispy cookies, sprinked with golden sugar
934 days ago
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I love anything with peppermint or mint for that matter. It is a clean, fresh taste and also brings out the other flavors, but doesn’t overpower.
934 days ago
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I’m in between oatmeal raisin and peanut butter!
934 days ago
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I love spicy cookies, like gingersnaps or snickerdoodles.
934 days ago
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I am obessed with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cookies! YUM!
934 days ago
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I am a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies.
934 days ago
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White chocolate and macadamia. I haven’t those since I was crazy little =)
934 days ago
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mint chocolate cookies with mint icing… best cookies ever!
934 days ago
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lemon with glazed icing (vegan of course)! Thank you for the contest!
934 days ago
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Mint chocolate, thin-mints style. Kelly’s chocolate peppermint wafers sound amazing!
934 days ago
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My favorite cookies are chocolate chunk cookies! I would love to win this book and get some new recipes!
934 days ago
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ANY cookie is a GREAT cookie!!! HaHa! I’d LOVE to win this. I am a long time vegetarian trying to make the switch to vegan and this would be helpful with the holidays coming up! =)
934 days ago
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OMG!This is so hard!
Well, I love chocolate cookies…
They taste amazing,too.
And cookies with nuts.
934 days ago
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Peanut Butter w/ chocolate chunks!!
934 days ago
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Choc. chip
934 days ago
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My fav cookies are min and chocolate. and also macadamia. Miammm !
934 days ago
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peanutbutter!
934 days ago
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My absolute favorite cookie flavor is peanut butter chip!
934 days ago
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I absolutely LOVE oatmeal raisin! I go crazy for it and I bake tons of cookies during the holiday season to give to friends and family.
934 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is peanut butter
934 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor has to be ginger! LOVE a nice ginger snap with a hot soy latte<3 Nothing better than that!
934 days ago
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My favorite cookies are big sugar cookies that I can decorate! I love to ice cookies for the holidays (pumpkins for Halloween, etc) and with my favorite baseball team’s name on game day!
934 days ago
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I loove chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate chips as well, maybe cookie dough in there, that sounds fabulous!!! If only I wasn’t so concerned with calories and fat lol
<3
934 days ago
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Double chocolate chip!! or pumpkin!! omg i love pumpkin!!
934 days ago
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Peanut Butter and oatmeal
934 days ago
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My all-time favorite cookies are peanut butter cookies! I <3 them!
934 days ago
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chocolate peppermint fer sure! (:
934 days ago
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chocolate!
934 days ago
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Definetly peanut butter with chocolate chips ^^
934 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is chocolate chip with maybe some white chocolate chips as well. I’m hungry, and this sounds wonderful!
934 days ago
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I love mint chocolate chip cookies! Mint and chocolate are a match made in heaven!