I have officially decided to enter the holiday cookie contest at the CoOp in Newark, DE next Saturday 18 Dec from 2-3. After some folks there talking smack about their delicious cookies I've decided to share the fabulosity of my vegan cookies! Everyone at the CoOp is great! Super nice, genuine, kind people - I totally expect this to be an absolute blast! Everyone is welcome to visit - and people will get to taste all the cookies entered in the contest as well as enjoy hot cocoa and cider!!
So...fun stuff aside, I have a contest to win! I've been pondering which delight I will entice the judges taste buds with. Of course, I have full confidence in every cookie that compiles my vegan cookie repertoire, however, there are a choice few that would knock the judges Birkenstocks off! The contest has no restrictions on ingredients...they need not be gluten free, allergen free and they need not be free of animal-derived products (so, in other words they can have artery clogging fat, cholesterol and white flour and sugar...which many of you may call 'the good stuff'). I, in good conscience, however, cannot contribute to clogging the judges arteries! So, I choose to submit a vegan cookie and feel completely confident that my vegan goodness will stand up to and beat the ass off of the 'normal people cookies'! (please note that comment was just stated in my mind with complete cute, girliness) ; )
So, having put that out there...the choice of which cookie to submit lies over my head. Sicilian Lemon Cookies, Jam Thumbprints, Pignoli Cookies (my Sicilian great grandmother's DELICHE recipe, veganized, of course) or Triple Ginger Ginger Snaps. I'm leaning towards the Triple Ginger Ginger Snaps. And I feel like I wanna step up my cookie, notthat it needs it - but I have to pull out all the tricks in my HTG hat to beat the pants off the Christina-perceived crappy 'normal people cookies'! To jazz up the gingery goodness, I'm thinking about dipping half of each cookie in a cider-based butter frosting. These cookies are really good :) and I think the cider frosting will add a nice touch! I mean creamy, buttery goodness makes everything better, right?!?
I'll keep you posted on how my gratifyingly great ginger cookies fare in the cookie contest :) Keep you cute little (or big, depending on who is reading this) fingers crossed and send winning vegan cookie contest vibes my way, pretty please ;)
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