I can’t bake. I know it. You know it. Even the oven knows it. But after I received a review copy of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, I just had to give my favorite cookie, oatmeal raisin, a try.
It didn’t start off well. I bought the wrong kind of quick-cooking oats, somehow I missed the smaller “steel cut” type on the package. Of course, I didn’t notice until I had already mixed up all of the wet ingredients and just poured in the oats and started mixing.
After recovering from flashbacks of other ill-fated attempts at baking. I dumped everything into the garbage and headed back to the store.
I got the correct ingredients this time, after double-checking the labels on everything. Mixed up a batch and started plopping them on the baking sheet. Shoved the whole thing in the oven and prayed the entire 10 minutes that they were in there, that all would be well when they came back out.
Lo and behold, I actually made a cookie! Thank goodness for small miracles. It’s been ages since I enjoyed a freshly baked cookie hot out of the oven. It’s so good!
To celebrate, I’m giving away a copy of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar so you too may enjoy freshly baked goodies, with or without noobie drama.
The cookbook includes 100 recipes organized by type – from drop, wholesome, bar, fancy to sliced and rolled cookies. There’s also a very handy section in the beginning covering ingredients, tools, substitutions and troubleshooting.
To enter, complete the following:
1. Subscribe to chowvegan.com via RSS reader or email.
2. Leave a comment in this post that you’ve done so and tell me what is your favorite cookie. Comment must be made by midnight PST on Saturday, December 12th; one entry per person. Giveaway is open to US mailing addresses only.
One winner will be randomly selected from the comments received and announced on Monday, December 14th. Good luck!
Those cookies look delicious! I would love to try a cookie recipe with steel-cut oats. I really enjoy reading your blog and have been subscribed for a while. Thanks for offering the chance to be entered in a giveaway.
If I had to pick a favorite cookie, I think it would be the “power cookies” a close family friend used to make for me when I was younger. They were a delicious oatmeal-chocolate chip-cinnamon chip combo. If I could find vegan cinnamon chips, I would totally try to veganize the recipe.
For what it’s worth, I think that any type of oats would have worked for the oatmeal raisin cookies. You needn’t have thrown away the dough–it could have made good oatmeal for breakfast. ;) My favorite cookie is peanut butter chocolate chip. Thanks for the chance to win the vegan cookie cookbook. P.S. I am a current a Chow Vegan subscriber
Hi:)
Thank you for the review on this cookbook. It sounds just like a cookbook I need to add to my collection. I am always looking for baking ideas without eggs, especially around the holidays. I traditionally always back a lot of cookies and rum cake this time of year, but it would be awesome to give my family and friends a healthier vegan version and turn them on to vegan food can be delicious!
My favorite cookie is a vegan chocolate chip recipe that I found on the internet about 5 years ago. I will try to find it if anybody would like :)
Thanks again!
Gypsy Gina
I already subscribe via Google reader, and my favorite cookie is chocolate chip (although I would never turn away any good cookie!!).
I wonder if the cookies would have turned out anyway–maybe the extra nutty chew of the steel cut oats would have been good. hmm. Anyways, I’d love a copy of the book since I can’t go out right now and buy it any time soon and, if it’s anything like VCTOTW, it’s got to be fabulous!
I already subscribe :)
My favorite cookie… hmmm… I love all cookies, but I guess my favorite would be a shortbread cookie. I like the more simple kind of cookies. :)
Your oatmeal raisin cookies look soo yummy!!
Congratulations on your cookie success! They look scrumptious.
My favorite cookie is either a chocolate chip or almost any sort of bar cookie – soft and chewy.
Subscribe through Google reader.
Mmm, I love oatmeal raisin cookies, but my favourite type of cookie would have to be anything crunchy – especically chocolate chip. I subscribe via google reader. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love oatmeal cookies! Cookies are my absolute favorite thing to bake. Lately I am in love with pumpkin oatmeal and chocolate chai. Looking forward to making gingerbread for the holidays.
I already subscribe in google reader. I’ve been eyeing this cookbook for awhile now. My favorite cookie is pumpkin chocolate chip. And regular chocolate chip. Or anything chocolate. :)
I definitely subscribe! love it…
my fave cookie is probably an oatmeal chocolate chip…yum!
Already a subscriber on google reader. My favorite cookies are for sure plain and simple chocolate chip cookies. Simply the best ever.
Congratulations on your cookie-baking success! This sounds like the perfect cookbook for my husband.
Molasses cookies are my favorites, and I’m already subscribed.
I’ve been a subscriber for a long time and LOVE your site!!
Those cookies look amazing!!
Anything with pumpkin is my favorite.
YUMMMMM!!!
Haha I am not a good cookie baker either, but lately I have shown some improvement. I got the cookbook too, I think it is a great addition to any kitchen and a great gift too!
I already subscribe to your blog via Google Reader. In fact, most of your entries I end up starring because they look so good :)
My favorite cookie is probably chocolate chip oatmeal raisin. So good!
I LOOOVE cookies! I have been admiring all the cookies that other people have been making from this book. My all time favorite cookie is chocolate chip.
I already subscribe :) My favorite cookie is probably the chocolate raspberry one in Veganomicon…I’ve been dying to get this cookbook ’cause I know the authors KNOW their cookies!
I love chocolate chip cookies with walnuts.
I’ve subscribed to your site for a while now and I love it!
we don’t bake much either because i’m not exactly the best at it. there’s always something i leave out or add too much of – you should have seen the gluten-free double chocolate chip cookies i made yesterday – they ended up spreading like crazy and i had 2 baking sheets full of one giant cookie! ah ha ha! i crumbled them up and might use them later for something else. **sigh**
i’m glad you made the cookies again with the non-steel cut oats. your oatmeal cookies are picture perfect!
i’d love to win a copy of vegan cookies invade your cookie jar & i already subscribe to your site. yay! i’d have to say that my favorite cookies are these date filled sugar cookies that my grandmother used to make. i’ve veganized her recipe and now i need to de-glutenize it so i can enjoy them again soon. they’re my absolute favorite! mmmmmmmm!
hi!
i have been been an invisible follower of your blog for about a month now, but never commented before (ah shame on me to wait until you are doing a sweet giveaway). i don’t use rss feeds, hope this works :)
sooo my favorite cookies are no bake peanut butter balls and monster cookies. yummm!
i’ll be sure to make my presence more known from now on :) thanks for the giveaway!
Congratulations on baking success! I also think your cookies would have been fine with the first batch of oats. I always use whatever oats I have on hand.
I’ve been a subscriber for a long time via bloglines, and my favorite cookie is oatmeal with peanuts and chocolate chips.
Yay, I’m glad your cookies turned out well! :D You deserve the props. Let’s see, I’m currently munching on some chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven – can’t beat a classic!
I have read your blog for awhile now =) I am going to have to be boring and say my absolute fave is a standard, soft, chocolate chip cookie! (i’m drooling just thinking about it…yummm)
yummm, they look so chewy and delicious! i’ve been doing nothing but making cookies for the holidays, so you think i’d be sick of them already, but when i bought this book i was so excited! still am, once i get a chance to crack that thing open…
this book has so many great recipes for cookies! My favorite one is the banana everything!
I, like you, do not bake cookies (or any pastry of any kind). But my favorite cookie, also like you, is oatmeal raisin! I am a new vegan (2 months, going strong) and have not made any vegan cookies yet, so this would be a great book to try. Thank you for your blog, it has been a great help to me!
I have been getting your blog through my reader for a while now & love it. My favorite kinds of cookie? Well, that depends on the day. I love to bake cookies, especially at this time of year. I guess almost anything that has chocolate in it is good. Maybe a triple chocolate biscotti.
My son and I love the oatmeal cookies! But I have to say biscotti is my favorite. You know like other comments I think the steel cut oats may have worked. I have a package of Coachs Oats from Costco, it’s a kind of cross between steel cut and regular and there is a recipe on the back for cookies.
Oh and I’m a subscriber to your blog
i’m an email subscriber and very impressed with your blog. my favorite cookie would have to be oatmeal – surprisingly the veganized quaker oats recipe i like to tinker with.
I’ve been a subscriber for ages already, so here’s my favorite cookie: the chocolate thumbprint cookies (with strawberry jam) in Vegan with a Vengeance! Scrumptious, and I’ve never met anyome, veg or otherwise, who didn’t love them. I’d sure like to know how to make more than one kind of cookie, though. :)
I quite like oatmeal cookies anyway and this one being vegan could possibly be the ants pants of cookies, as well as that they would go great with a cup of taketheplungecoffee,coffee, cheers.
I have subscribed to your site for a while, and I really enjoy reading it. I prefer the oatmeal cookie, but with chocolate chips instead of raisins. yumyumyum.
Thanks so much for reviewing this cookbook. I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of vegan dishes lately and came across the cookbook and was looking for a good review. Found you on Foodgawker, and yay!
As for my favorite cookies…I love chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin the best. However, I have to put the winner as chocolate chip, by a very close margin (with some peanut butter mixed in)…
My fav cookie is indeed oatmeal raisin.
Thanks for this great giveaway! Very kind of you.
Oh, and yes, I will now get notifications via email from your lovely site.
Cheers,
Dorian
that looks delicious! I looooove oatmeal raisin cookies, especially the enormous doughy oaty ones.
I have subscribed via email, long-time lurker, and my favorite type of cookie is the incredible snickerdoodle! (although oatmeal raisin is a veeery close second!)
Snickerdoodles!
Or maybe peanut butter and chocolate chip…
Pistachio cardomom with sweetened coconut?
How can I possibly decide!
I’m following now and my fave cookie is anything with coconut and nutmeg.
Congratulations on a successful baking experience. I saw your post on foodgawker, and the cookies look delicious.
I’m excited about Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. I’ve worked my way through most of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and I can’t wait to see Terry and Isa’s latest recipes.
Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie, though with the holidays upon us I’ve been craving gingerbread. I hear this cookbook has a recipe for Irish Whiskey Cremes… these could become my new favorite!
I love a crunchy brittish digestive or oatmeal cookie or something like a graham cracker.
I want this cook(ie) book so very, very much!
just subscribed!! It’s a tie… between Chocolate chocolate chip and molasses!
Hi, I just subscribed with my News Fire reader. Those cookies you baked look delicious. My favorite cookies are probably oatmeal cookies, but when I was younger my favorite from this prune chocolate chip recipe, my mother and I found on a package of prunes. However, they no longer print that recipe and I cannot find it anywhere =[
Ooh these look yummy…oats, raisins, vegan, that makes them healthy, right? Hehehe – the Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles from this book are amazing! Favorite cookie though has got to be good ‘ol chocolate chip – or my mom’s frosted cookie cutter cookies!
Do those look good or what! I just got the book and can’t decide what to make… Those pictures alone definitely make a good argument for those oatmeal cookies though!
I love your website! All your photos make me sooo hungry! I am a big fan or all things good. My favorite cookie is the one with flour in it!
Keep up the great work.
*** Me love cookies!
I am subscribed to your blog! My favorite cookie is one that I have been making for years- a trail mix cookie. It has almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, cashews, peanuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, oatmeal, granola, dried cranberries and raisins- everything you could EVER want!
Love your blog so I am I already subscribed with Google Reader. My favorite cookie is white chocolate macadamia nut.
VeganPeace
Hello! I am already a subscriber :)
I love all (vegan) cookies! I just tried a new chocolate chip cookie recently that was listed in an issue of Vegetarian Times – something like…The Heart Healthiest Choc Chip Cookie. It’s made with oats and oat flour and walnuts and it is delicious!
Thanks for giving away a cookbook. I’ve got my fingers crossed.
–Michelle
a.k.a. Cookie Monster
I am already a subscriber!
My favorite would be shortbread! Though now that I am vegan, I have been searching for a revised version, or as close to the real thing “vegan” version, and no luck! So this would be fantastic!
I can actually bake some cookies and take them to work and prove to everyone that vegan can be tasty….they think my food is bland…..
Thank you for the consideration
Elaine
I love peanut butter cookies! I’m going to attempt to “veganize” this year- I’ll only have to substitute one egg! I’m gluten free, and the variety of ingredients that go into vegan cookies are also highly suited to be put into a gluten-free version!
Crossing my fingers (newly engaged finers!)
Holly
I’ve been subscribed via Google Reader for quite a while now.
My favorite cookie is a chocolate cookie with peanut butter and caramel chips :)
I’ve been on the google reader with this blog for quite a while as well; it’s good stuff :).
My favorite cookie is probably a snickerdoodle(a cinnamon) cookie. Molasses cookies are a close second though.
I hope I’m not too late. I just subscribed! I can’t choose my favorite cookie, so I’m going to go with old faithful, the chocolate chip.
I just came across this blog today and am super excited to have found it! I just subscribed, and it’s hard to pick just one favorite cookie… Right now, my favorite is oatmeal cherry chocolate chip :)
I’m also really excited to find out that this cookie book exists, since I love their cupcake cookbook.
As luck would have it, I stumbled across this blog after searching high and low for the banana oatmeal breakfast cookies recipe from this book! My daughter has all of their books, literally, all of them. Unfortunately, she recently moved away leaving both me and the cookie sheets a bit lonely. She’ll be coming home for the holidays, maybe I could surprise her and bake the cowboy cookies from this book? I know that’s one of her favorites, although my favorite would have to be good old fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies.