Botanically-accurate Yule log cake 2025 reveal: Shagbark hickory with chicken of the woods, puffballs, green-stain, and rhizomorphs of honey mushroom that didn't show up well in this photo. Orange cake, cranberry filling, chocolate ganache and chocolate shags. I'd wanted to make a shagbark log for like 10 years now and it turned out great!
The ULTIMATE Starter Kit for Making Freshly Baked Plant-Based Cookies at Home
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cookbooks
Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes for Everyone's Favorite Treats by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur: Over 120 Scrumptious Recipes Made with Natural and Simple Ingredients by Kelly Peloza → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Chloe's Vegan Desserts: More than 100 Exciting New Recipes for Cookies and Pies, Tarts and Cobblers, Cupcakes and Cakes--and More! by Chloe Coscarelli → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Smart Cookie: Mind-Bending Vegan Gluten-Free Cookies by Jennifer Lynn → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Simply Vegan Baking: Taking the Fuss Out of Vegan Cakes, Cookies, Breads, and Desserts by Freya Cox → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Let Them Eat Cake: Classic, Decadent Desserts with Vegan, Gluten-Free & Healthy Variations: More Than 80 Recipes for Cookies, Pies, Cakes, Ice Cream, and More! by Gesine Bullock-Prado → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
The Essential Book of Vegan Bakes: Irresistible Plant-Based Cakes and Treats by Holly Jade → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Sweet Eats for All: 250 Decadent Gluten-Free, Vegan Recipes—from Candy to Cookies, Puff Pastries to Petits Fours by Allyson Kramer → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
Baked with Love: Over 100 Allergy-Friendly Vegan Desserts by Brittany Berlin → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
The Vegan Baking Bible by Karolina Tegelaar → linked here ♡ (affiliate)
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appliances
countertop oven
digital scale
electric hand mixer
stand mixer
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cookie baking tools & supplies
cookie cutters
cookie jar
cookie/icecream scoop
cookie stamps (type 1 | type 2)
icing spatula
measuring cups
mixing bowls
oven mitt
parchment paper
piping bags
powdered sugar shaker/flour sifter
rolling pin
silicone baking mat
silicone spatulas
wire cooling rack
i baked over 150 cookies yesterday. all vegan ofc - ginger snap, raspberry thumbprint, chocolate peppermint crinkle. made most of them for friends, some for work and some for family and myself. happy holidaysss