Posted November 2, 2010 by Marta Holmberg
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.
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Normally I’m a ginger-molasses gal, but right now I’m craving a carob mint cookie!
945 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!
945 days ago
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plain ol’ chocolate chip is always my fav
945 days ago
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I love my mommas Molasses cookies(:
946 days ago
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OHGOD! I can’t decide -.-
I like all of them
well chocolate chip, or suger cookies
946 days ago
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Chocolate chip is by far my favorite
946 days ago
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peanut butter.
946 days ago
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Double Chocolate Chip <3
946 days ago
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Chocolate chip of course, it’s timeless and tasty!
946 days ago
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Peanut butter…!
946 days ago
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Chocolate Chip is my favorite cookie flavor.
946 days ago
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snicker-doodle is the shizz lol
946 days ago
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gingersnaps! and also oatmeal coconut chocolate chip
946 days ago
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I love Sugar cookies! Especially at Christmas when we decorate them with icing!
Thanks!
946 days ago
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Sugar cookies for me! Thanks!
946 days ago
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my favorite is a pecan shortcake cookie
946 days ago
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My favorite cookie would have to be peanut butter!
946 days ago
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I love White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies <33 (: !
946 days ago
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date cookies!!! namnam!
946 days ago
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Chocolate chip is my favorite, thanks for the chance!
946 days ago
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my favorite to make is oatmeal cinnamon raisin
946 days ago
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip is my favorite type of cookie (:
946 days ago
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I LOVE OATMEAL COOKIES
947 days ago
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My favorite cookies are oatmeal chocolate
Yummm!
947 days ago
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Nothing can beat a warm soft sugar cookie, that’s a scientific fact… look it up. :]
947 days ago
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any cookie with chocolate and peppermint in it HAS to be FANTASTIC!!! and a PERFECT holiday treat!!!
947 days ago
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i like warm chocolate chip cookies
947 days ago
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I love snickerdoodles!
947 days ago
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I love any cookie with peanut butter in it!!!
947 days ago
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chocolate chip
947 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!
947 days ago
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i love sugar cookies
947 days ago
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i love oatmeal raisin
947 days ago
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I choose amazingly soft sugar cookies.’
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947 days ago
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My favorite cookies are double chocolate chunk. Mmmm!
947 days ago
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Oatmeal! It’s NOM NOM Good!
947 days ago
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I love almond cookies!
947 days ago
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i absolutly adore macadamian nut cookies!! my absolute fav’!
947 days ago
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chocolate chip
947 days ago
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Chocolate Chip would be my favorite!
947 days ago
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Oatmeal && cookie Dough
947 days ago
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Oatmeal && cookiedough
947 days ago
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Caramel and oatmeal
947 days ago
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I love peanut butter cookies
948 days ago
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i love chocolate chip cookies!
948 days ago
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chocolate chip!!
948 days ago
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no bakes!
948 days ago
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Chocolate chip cookies
948 days ago
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I love chocolate chips cookies.
948 days ago
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I’ll go with Chocolate chip & Oatmeal raisin cookies
948 days ago
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chocolate chip
948 days ago
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snickerdoodles are my all time fav
948 days ago
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Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. Yum!
948 days ago
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Pumpkin chocolate chip!! mmmmm
949 days ago
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caramel and chocolate chips
949 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. (:
949 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is sugar cookies ^O^ so sweet and yum yumz
949 days ago
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Peanut butter cookies are the best!
949 days ago
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peanut butter cookies! i eat them like it’s my job
949 days ago
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just a good plain sugarcookie, yumm
950 days ago
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oatmeal raisin of course(:
950 days ago
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My favorite cookie is a chocolate chip cookie with mint chunks!
950 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 ^^
950 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!!
950 days ago
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peanut butter chocolate chip
950 days ago
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Mmm. Most definitely White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies! ^-^
950 days ago
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Peanut Butter-Coconut Cookies with white choc chips
950 days ago
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The Afghan cookies my grandma makes <3
[xoox]
951 days ago
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Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are my FAVORITE, with peanut butter chip in a close second
951 days ago
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Iced Pumpkin Cookies!!!
951 days ago
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my very favorite cookie flavor is chocolate mint. mmmmm. <3
951 days ago
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My absolutely FAVOURITE cookie flavour is chocolatelss chocolate chip cookies. 9 i dont like chocolate chips)
951 days ago
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oohhh. sugarrrrr <33333
951 days ago
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Easy. Chocolate chip right outta the oven with a tall glass of soy milk.
951 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.
952 days ago
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I looovveeee peanut butter cookies <333
952 days ago
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peanut butter pumpkin!
952 days ago
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I sure hope there are boscotti recipes in the book – a great favorite.
952 days ago
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I must say I have always, and will always, love chocolate hip <3
952 days ago
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Cookie Dough!
952 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
952 days ago
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oatmeal raisin forever!
952 days ago
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Of course its the classic chocolate chip cookie for me! With a side of soy milk
952 days ago
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Definitely double chocolate chip!
952 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
953 days ago
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hmmm my favorite cookie flavor? probably oatmeal:]
953 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.
953 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.
953 days ago
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anything oatmeal. oatmeal raisin, oatmeal chocolate chip, ect. I love oatmeal cookies :3
953 days ago
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Chocolate
(Im vegetarian, so it’s ok for me to eat that 
)
And Caramel.
953 days ago
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I love vegan chocolate chip!
953 days ago
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mmmm peanut butter cookies! ^__^
953 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.
953 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!
953 days ago
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holiday-themed sugar cookies with lots of pretty icing! fun to eat and to make!!
954 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
954 days ago
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mint chocolate chip!
cookies are awesome.
954 days ago
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Homemade peanut butter cookies. Yum!
954 days ago
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vegan oatmeal raisin
954 days ago
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My favourite are earl grey shortbread and almond butter choc chip.
954 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!
955 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!
955 days ago
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chocolate chip
955 days ago
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Definitely chocolate chip!!
955 days ago
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Sugar Cookies!
956 days ago
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choco chip is definitely the best. I make em all the time at my house.
956 days ago
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I had the best cookie every last night – pumpkin pear! I love soft cookies!
956 days ago
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Peacan Sandies
956 days ago
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I’m definitely crazy for sugar cookies
they’re my favorite in the whole world
956 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:
956 days ago
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I hope she has a good recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
956 days ago
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My favorite is cranberry macadamia nut cookies. Mmm mmm delicious! =D
956 days ago
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Chocolatechip (:
957 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.
957 days ago
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mmm chocolate-chip cookies surely!!!
957 days ago
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I like pistachio cookies.
957 days ago
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chocolate chip
957 days ago
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i loooove vegan peanut butter cookies.
957 days ago
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vanilla
958 days ago
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Snickerdoodle, hands down.
Vegan snickerdoodle, of course!(:
959 days ago
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Peanut butter are my fav!!!!
959 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)
959 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 
959 days ago
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Vegan Chocolate Chip
959 days ago
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Double Choc Chip!(:
But I have not made them, because im not sure how..:/
959 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!!! =]
959 days ago
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chocolate, with chocolate chips :b
959 days ago
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veg choc chip and rasberry! yumyum
959 days ago
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chocolate chip all the way.
959 days ago
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classic chocolate chip
959 days ago
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I love homemade vegan oatmeal raisin and vegan chocolate chip cookies.
959 days ago
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Anything minty and chocolaty!!! Of course, my cookies are always vegan. I so need this cookbook!
959 days ago
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Oatmeal raisin cookies are my favorite. Yum
959 days ago
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It’s actually so easy to bake vegan! My favorite is the “classic” choc chip or peanut butter.
959 days ago
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I love vegan sugar cookies und vegan oatmeal raisin^*^
959 days ago
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anything Vegan and soft baked
959 days ago
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Wow! Being vegan is awesome, but vegan cookies thats like heaven on earth!!!
959 days ago
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Cookies! Sookies are amazing! I have a vegan cupcake recipe book, I need a cookie recipe book too!
959 days ago
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Chocolate chip, M & M’s & Sunmaid Raisins.
959 days ago
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I love any kind of cookie, as long as they’re the soft-baked kind! =)
959 days ago
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I have to say peppermint chocolate pinwheel cookies, yum!
959 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!
959 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is Peanut butter!!!! :{D
959 days ago
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peanut butter. yum!
959 days ago
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Oatmeal chocolate chip! Yumm
959 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.
959 days ago
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i like snicker doddle xD and chocolate ship
959 days ago
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Double chocolate chocolate chip with walnuts.
959 days ago
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This would be fantastic as one of my dreams is to open a bakery
!
960 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!)
960 days ago
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Oatmeal chocolate chip!
960 days ago
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Chocolate chip. Such a comfort.
960 days ago
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SUGAR COOKIES! Definitly.
960 days ago
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Just plain sugar cookies always make me happy. But vegan chocolate chips make them even better!:)
960 days ago
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I looooooove gingersnaps!
960 days ago
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SO into the ginger snaps right now!
960 days ago
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i love all cookies
960 days ago
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Peanut butter!!
960 days ago
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Sugar cookies
960 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.
960 days ago
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A peanut butter chocolate chip cookie is definitely the best of all
960 days ago
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Chai spiced chocolate chip cookies.
960 days ago
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Sugar
960 days ago
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M&M!!!
960 days ago
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Chocolate peanut butter :B omnomnom
960 days ago
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I <3 Snickerdoodles:]
960 days ago
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Double chocolate chip!
Or Oatmeal chocolate chip. Those two are the best.
960 days ago
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I love the classic chocolate chip cookie (with a tall glass of icy cold almond milk)
960 days ago
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Mmmmmm chocolate peppermint makes my world go round <3
960 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!!!
960 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
960 days ago
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Pumpkin chocolate cookies!
960 days ago
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As much as I love a basic chocolate chip cookie peanut butter cookies take my number one spot!
960 days ago
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I love white chocolate macadamian nut. I hope there is a vegan recipe for that.
960 days ago
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Uncle Eddie’s Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip!
960 days ago
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SUGAR COOKIES!
Also, Peanut butter. [;
YUMMY!
Now I want some.
960 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….
960 days ago
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TOTALLY gingersnaps!!
960 days ago
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Chocolate Peppermint
960 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
960 days ago
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Peanut butter! Homemade cookies make the world go ’round =]
960 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.
960 days ago
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Gingerbread Cookies! Nothing beats biting the head off a gingerbreads mna around Christmas time! =D
960 days ago
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I love cookies with bits of fruit in, like raisins or strawberry pieces.
960 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
960 days ago
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plain sugar cookies are definitely my favorite.
960 days ago
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Chocolate chippppp :3
960 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!
960 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.
960 days ago
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oatmeal and dates yummmmmmm
960 days ago
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I like white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies. My absolute favorite.
960 days ago
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I love chocolate chip oatmeal cookies! (Raisins just aren’t my thing)
960 days ago
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I love mint chocolate chip cookies! *drool*
960 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.
960 days ago
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Mint chocolate chip cookies. Who doesn’t love mint in their vegan chocolate chip cookies?
960 days ago
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Chocolate and mint. Surefire cookie win.
960 days ago
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Almond cookies, for sure. Light, soft, rich almond flavor, with a hint of vanilla.
960 days ago
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I <333 Chocolate chip cookies… (:
with like extra chocolate chips
960 days ago
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chocolate chip is always great, and pumpkin spice!
960 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 :~}
960 days ago
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lemon! or ginger! or cranberry orange! =)
960 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!
960 days ago
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Mint chocolate chip!
960 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
960 days ago
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Chocolate chip raisin cookies are my favorite!
960 days ago
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either peanut butter or banana nut
960 days ago
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Chocolate chip have always been my favorite!
960 days ago
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Mint Molasses. Nummies!
960 days ago
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Chocolate chocolate chip is my favorite!
960 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
960 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.
960 days ago
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I’m in between oatmeal raisin and peanut butter!
960 days ago
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I love spicy cookies, like gingersnaps or snickerdoodles.
960 days ago
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I am obessed with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cookies! YUM!
960 days ago
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I am a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies.
960 days ago
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White chocolate and macadamia. I haven’t those since I was crazy little =)
960 days ago
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mint chocolate cookies with mint icing… best cookies ever!
960 days ago
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lemon with glazed icing (vegan of course)! Thank you for the contest!
960 days ago
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Mint chocolate, thin-mints style. Kelly’s chocolate peppermint wafers sound amazing!
960 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!
960 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! =)
960 days ago
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OMG!This is so hard!
Well, I love chocolate cookies…
They taste amazing,too. 
And cookies with nuts.
960 days ago
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Peanut Butter w/ chocolate chunks!!
960 days ago
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Choc. chip
960 days ago
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My fav cookies are min and chocolate. and also macadamia. Miammm !
960 days ago
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peanutbutter!
960 days ago
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My absolute favorite cookie flavor is peanut butter chip!
960 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.
960 days ago
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My favorite cookie flavor is peanut butter
960 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!
960 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!
960 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
961 days ago
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Double chocolate chip!! or pumpkin!! omg i love pumpkin!!
961 days ago
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Peanut Butter and oatmeal
961 days ago
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My all-time favorite cookies are peanut butter cookies! I <3 them!
961 days ago
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chocolate peppermint fer sure! (:
961 days ago
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chocolate!
961 days ago
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Definetly peanut butter with chocolate chips ^^
961 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!
961 days ago
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I love mint chocolate chip cookies! Mint and chocolate are a match made in heaven!