Hi,
My name is Crissy, I’m a fledgling vegan based out of Texas where I live with my brilliant fiancé, Mickey and our adorable/crazy brood of rescued pets!
Being that this is my first post I figure I should tell you a bit about myself. I grew up on a ghostly, desolate ranch quite literally in the middle of nowhere. There were so many different animals that my father raised and so I spent my childhood days hiding in chicken coops, sharing Ritz crackers with goats, telling my secrets to horses, and even bottle feeding baby cows. As far as I can remember I’ve always loved and felt a deep connection with animals, my heart was always open in their presence and remains so today. My name is Crissy, I’m a fledgling vegan based out of Texas where I live with my brilliant fiancé, Mickey and our adorable/crazy brood of rescued pets!
As I grew older I realized what a truly cruel and scary world a non-human animal’s life could be. I woke up one morning to bottle feed what I thought to be my pet baby cow only to find that she was gone, sold. My heart ached and I asked why over and over to the both of my parents, I was told that this was “ranch life” and that this was the “role” of animals. Deep in my heart I knew this was terribly wrong and eventually as a teenager I made the connection and became a vegetarian.
After a little over ten years of vegetarianism everything changed last November when Mickey took me to see my most favorite singer in concert, Morrissey. When Meat is Murder began to play I went into a panic, this is a song that literally shakes me. I can’t bear to hear the desperate cries of pain, the sounds of metal machines at work, and so when the track begins to play I always quickly change it. Here at the concert I had no skip option and I certainly wasn’t going to walk out. As Morrissey began to sing a video from a factory farm began to play on a large screen behind him. Horrifying images of helpless cows being strung up alive by huge metal cranes, thrashing their bodies in vain, shown right before my eyes and every bit of me ached in sadness. Morrissey heart wrenchingly poured every inch of himself into his words swaying forward with his eyes tightly closed shut and his voice full of strength and conviction. It was hard not to be moved, and it was hard not to cry. It was then that I decided to go vegan.
This recipe is by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (vegan goddess), from her book Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes for Everyone’s Favorite Treats. You can also find the recipe at her website.
Chocolate Chip Cookies (with walnuts if you’d like)
1/4 white sugar
2/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or your favorite non-dairy milk)
1 tablespoon tapioca flour
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a couple of baking sheets.
Mix the sugars, oil, almond milk, and tapioca flour together with a whisk or a strong fork for about 2 minutes, after you’ve done this it should look like caramel. Please do not skip this step, there’s a chemical reaction when you these ingredients are mixed together and getting lazy and not doing it correctly won’t make for the best cookies! Mix in the vanilla.
Add 1 cup of the all-purpose flour, the baking soda and salt. Mix well and then mix in the rest of the flour. Add your chocolate chips and the walnuts if you'd like.
I use a tablespoon to measure out and scoop my dough, place the cookie dough on the baking sheets and flatten out a bit with your hands. I bake mine for about six to eight minutes but everyone’s oven is different so keep an eye on your cookies and pull them out when the edges or tops start to brown. When you’ve taken them out transfer them to a cooling rack if you have one and let them stand for about 5 minutes before you enjoy them!
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