Author Archives: Kelly Peloza

Chocolate Dipped Snickerdoodles

One of my studio classes was cancelled last week due to the snow, so I had three extra hours of free time all by myself, which was awesome. I decided to do laundry and bake cookies for my friends. The obstacle? I live in a dorm room in Milwaukee, with the only kitchen I have …

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TODAY-Milwaukee Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti. +Twitter

Hey guys, I signed up for Twitter. Follow me @kellypeloza. I’ll be tweeting during the Milwaukee Vegan Bake Sale, which is TODAY at the Riverwest Co-op. 733 E. Clarke St, 12-5pm. Take the #11 bus to Clarke. I’ll be bringing Hypnosis Cookies on lollipop sticks tied with red ribbons, Adorable Bleeding Heart Sandwich Cookies, and …

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Cookie Porn: Behind the Scenes

What fun would a vegan cookie blog/book be without photos for all the recipes? Writing about vegan cookies is nice, but a bunch of words cannot possibly make up for a collection of photos, given they’re well-composed and engaging. When I first started this project, back in 2007, I knew little about composing a food …

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Vegan Bake Sales for Haiti – Milwaukee Edition

So this is somewhat of a re-post, but this is important! If you’re in the Milwaukee area, there is now a bake sale going on! Saturday January 30th, 2010 from 12-5pm @ The Riverwest Co-op 733 E. Clarke St. Milwaukee, WI For more information or to donate time, money, or baked goods, CLICK HERE. Get …

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Vegan Bake Sales for Haiti

Adorable Bleeding Heart Sandwich Cookies Hey everyone, Isa made a blog post about vegan bake sales for Haiti going on around the country. Check out the list to see if there’s one near you, then go support them or see if you can bake, make fliers, or do anything else to help out: http://theppk.com/blog/2010/01/13/vegan-bake-sales-for-haiti/ If …

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Christmas Cookies, complete with a video demo of how to smash candy canes

I made three types of cookies this year for Christmas (the actual holiday, not including the sugar cookies from a few weeks ago). I made a huuge batch of chocolate peppermint cream bars (the recipe can be found here). They are a definite holiday crowd pleaser. I began making Crunchy Toffee from my zine, Vegan …

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Gluten free cookies in Chicago and some xmas cookies

Vegan Cookies is back! I regrettably haven’t been doing too much baking over the past few months when I was away at school living in the dorms, so I’m going to refocus while I’m home for 5 weeks of winter break. Last week I met up with Melisser at Great Taste Cafe in Chicago for …

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Black and White Cookies

Black and White Cookies I made black and white cookies from Duff Goldman’s recipe after I discovered it on the Ace of Cakes DVD the other day and noticed it would be super duper easy to veganize. And I’m super glad I did because they are awesome! Black and White Cookies (adapted from this recipe) …

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My Candymaking Cookzine is now available on Etsy!

For more information, visit Seitan Beats Your Meat CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON ETSY The cover: Stuffed veggies:

S’mores

I had rainbow frosting and Ricemellow creme, so I decided to make s’mores (inspired by Sweet n Sara’s version). The graham cracker part was my graham crackers recipe cut into rounds instead of rectangles and baked for a shorter time so they still were a little soft. Then, I spread a thin layer of peanut …

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