Vegan Cookies

Over this last weekend, I was feeling very grateful. I'm blessed in a lot of ways that, sometimes, I get overwhelmed and forget about. Things may be stressful a lot of the time and there may not be enough hours in most of my days, but I've got what matter most:

A whole lot of love.

I've got a man that loves me unconditionally.

I've also got a family that would do anything to ensure my success.

And, sometimes, I forget to remind them just how grateful I am.

I decided a great way to show them would be to send a little note with some treats. The problem: My Gramma went vegan about six months ago. She can't eat my treats.

What to do?

I know another vegan, I remembered. She also happens to blog about the vegan dishes she makes... perfect! So, I went through Elizabeth's blog to find the recipe which required me to buy the least amount of weird vegan stuff: Peanut Butter Cup Cookies.

The only special thing I had to buy was a half-gallon of soymilk.

So, I mixed up the cocoa concoction.

And the peanut butter concoction (Jeremy cleaned these dishes for me and politely asked that I never bake with peanut butter again - yeah right).

Then, with the peanut butter mixture, I made these little balls.

And took about a tablespoon of the cocoa and flattened it on my palm.

And set the peanut butter ball inside.

 Wrapped it up.

 Smashed them a little.

 Baked!

The verbatim text I received when my Gramma got them: OMG the cookies are wonderful!!!!!

 And guess what: they were delicious. Jeremy, Jacob and I each tried one and we liked them!