vegan brownies.

ingredients:
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar *
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce **
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

* they were very sweet brownies. i'm sure you could take half a cup away and they would still be sweet enough. but my mouth is full of sweet teeth, so i didn't mind at all!
** you can remove the apple sauce, but you will have to have an entire cup of oil. personally, i don't prefer thousands of calories in oil when i could just take them away using something far less calories. annnd, they were still dense and fudgey with the applesauce.

directions:
♥preheat the oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
♥in a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. pour in water, vegetable oil, applesauce and vanilla; mix until well blended. spread evenly in a 9x13 inch baking pan.
♥bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. * let cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into squares (or spoon into bowl and devour the fudge).

* i baked them for only 20 minutes because i like my brownies a bit undercooked. also, the sides were beginning to get cakey. a brownie is not cakey. if you would like to bake it all the way through, bake for 25 to 30 minutes. it is not necessary though since there is no egg in this recipe. ALSO, once the brownies had cooled, they were easier to square and actually hold in your hand. so don't worry about it if you undercook them. just let them cool and then they will be mobile in something other than a bowl.









blueberry crumb muffins.

ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
¼ cup blended tofu
1/3 cup almond milk *
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

* you can use any type of vegan milk (soy, rice, etc.)

directions:
♥preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
♥combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. mix vegetable oil, tofu, almond milk and vanilla with flour mixture. fold in blueberries. fill muffin cups right to the top, and place several clumps of the sugar topping on the batter.
♥to make sugar topping: mix together 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. combine mixture, and clump over muffins before baking.
♥bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.