Animal Cookies and Pancakes

We made the Peanut "Better" cookies from Dreena's Vive Le Vegan! today. The kids begged to use the cookie cutters although I didn't think it was a good idea, and we ended up with- yeah, animal cookies! Aliyah said they were the best animal cookies she ever had, although she kept breaking the head off before she could take a bite.

"Hi, Mr. Bear! My name is Groundhog."

The tiny orangy spots were from the Pumpkin Spice cookies that we made right before these peanut "better" kind.

"Pumpkin Spice Cookies" from Jennifer Raymond's The Peaceful Palate. I like cookies like this- light and not so sweet. The pumpkin used was leftover from baking the Pumpkin Bread below.

I got the recipe for this bread from a blog but I kept searching and couldn't find my source. I did a lot of tweaking so it might not be recognizable by the owner anymore. I will post that later on.


More animal creations.
For Pancake Day, I made the "Banana Bliss Pancake" from Dreena Burton's Vive Le Vegan! And yes, I made them round, but I played with a couple of them for a special 2 year old. This is Zurielle's plate. She only had the bear because big sister traded her "regular one" for the cat.
Whatever shape they were, every bite was awesome! The "Blueberry Maple Syrup" from the same cookbook is now the official Kaivegan kitchen's syrup!