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Some people asked me for a recipe. Here you go:
@markwyner
For the lazy or peckish, Farm Boy has a new box of chocolate chip cookies marked "plant-based", and I don't know what's in them but OH MAN they're good!
@DenOfEarth 😂 Glad to hear it.
@markwyner where's the recipe ?
@markwyner
The best advice I can give you as a true chocolate lover is to bake with the chocolate you like to eat!
In my café, I bake and prepare drinks with wonderful chocolates from a Columbian company (Luker).
Enjoy baking and eating cookies! 😃
@Engelsbaeckerei thank you! That completely tracks with my experience here. I think this preferred chocolate improved the cookies. I guess I hadn’t thought about that, though. Yum!
@markwyner
Something that isn't great to begin with won't get better in the heat of the oven.
So, by using the chocolate you like to eat, when you bake cookies, you get a chocolate bar surrounded by cookie dough - what could be better than that?
May I ask how you made the dough? Were the cookies chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside (if that's what you aimed for)?
@Engelsbaeckerei great point about heat not changing that flavor.
I published the recipe :
https://markwrites.io/vegan-cookie-recipe/
The cookies were indeed chewy with a slight outer crisp. I believe two things were major factors in that. First, putting the dough in the fridge for about 15 min before baking. Second, bake time. It felt like every minute had an impact. Too long and they would lose the chewiness, too short and not quite firm enough. You would know more about that, though.
@markwyner
Thank you for sharing your recipe, I really appreciate that!
Mine is similar, but I use canola or sunflower oil, the seeds of one vanilla bean and more chocolate. I let the dough rest in the fridge for at least two hours.
Up until a year ago, I only baked "classic" choc chunk cookies using butter and eggs, but now I hardly ever bake them anymore. I will usually make the vegan ones (without saying they're vegan 😉 ).
@Engelsbaeckerei interesting about the oils. These do have a definitive buttery flavor. Maybe half butter and half oil. I’d have to see how that impacts the consistency.
And, yeah, the word “vegan” can repel some people. For my needs, I’m okay with it, though. I’d rather vegan folks find something yummy.
My daughter said “they are really good. I didn’t even know they were vegan until you told me.”
@markwyner those look yummy! Great idea to use the Trader Joe's chocolate bar. Those are so good.
@markwyner This is the way.
@D_J_Nathanson 😂 Indeed it is, friend.