Emma was invited to a cookie decorating playgroup yesterday.  It sounded so fun (even if the cookies/decorations were likely not vegan), but I was pretty sure that she’d end up sleeping through it.  Just as I suspected, she napped until 5:15, so we were out of luck.

Since it sounded so fun and like such a Christmasy thing to do, I decided to whip up a batch to let her decorate after nap.  I followed the Gingerbread Cookie and Royal Icing recipes from The Joy of Vegan Baking.  The cookies turned out great (some  a little burned on the bottoms thanks to my oven not being able to keep a constant temperature).  One thing that I didn’t have that the recipe called for was molasses.  I only had blackstrap and I was pretty sure that using it in the quanity called for by the recipe would make a disgusting cookie, so I ended up doing half blackstrap and half agave nectar.  Worked perfectly!

These were so fun to make.  I can’t wait to do them again next year!