Note: Sorry this is published in the morning of the next day.... our internet service went on the blink in the middle of me working on this last night. It was out for hours, I gave up.
Let's get to it!
This prompt was made just for me! "They" want to see what we're baking for the holidays. Now, it's just a wee early in the month for me to be full tilt baking in the kitchen, but I DID do some holiday related baking today, and I have some pictures of years past to share. If you ever really want to know what goes on probably in most baker's kitchens during the month of December, I'd say it's a safe bet if you said "chaos."
Up until last year, if you asked me to bake something, it was available for the holidays. Nothing was off limits (as long as it was vegan), my entire inventory was always available. This resulted in tons of orders, sure, but unfortunately many different things. I've been known to pull all nighters baking, and it is NO fun. Last year I moved into a different mindset, I streamlined. I still had an enormous amount of work as a result, but it was better. This year, I'm even more streamlined, and I am not taking orders for shipping. It is just too overwhelming, you know the story.... be careful what you wish for. Especially if you're a specialty vegan baker. They say beware the Ides of March????? No one EVER mentions December. Hm.
Without further chit chat, here's some stuff I've baked today, some stuff I've baked in the past, and a general idea of what goes on around here to bring the goods to the vegan community for the holidays.
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| Vegan Gingerbread People Many of them |
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| This is my idea of how cookies should look every December Many of them |
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| Gluten Free Organic Vegan I do like these. A lot. |
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| Vegan Macaroons with cacao nibs With beet added to make them extra festive Many of them I do these at Valentine's as well |
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| More of my version of iced Christmas cookies |
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| Many cookies |
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| I don't give my own platters as much attention as I should |
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| Here's some Solstice cookies I made for someone else's Solstice party a few years ago I think these were lemon lavender, I forget Many of them. Trays and trays and trays of these Moon shaped |
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| I observe the Winter Solstice Unfortunately the last few years I don't have time to do things the way I really want This was a rushed Yule Log, but so delicious Chocolate Sponge Whipped Cream Dusted with cocoa Fondant 'shrooms Of course vegan |
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| I was gifted a recipe by a NY Kosher bakery for rugelach I veganized it I only do chocolate These are something I wish I everyone could taste They are drops of Heaven |
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| Italian Christmas Cookies--veganized! I made these today, and will be making MANY of these for the season One of my prize recipes Organic anise Of course vegan down to the sprinkles These cookies took A LOT of trial and error to perfect They're awesome |
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| At 4am-ish, things get a little skewed in the kitchen A few years ago on a night I had no customers I worked all night in the kitchen filling orders I had a little leftover icing I made Vegan Black Metal Chef cookies What did you THINK they'd look like produced at 4am-ish? Maybe I should've saved this picture for "fail" day? |
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| Sweet Taralli Veganized! |
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| Traditional Taralli Veganized! |
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| My version of veganized black and white biscotti Every holiday season! |
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| I made veganized cookie ornaments |
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| These are veganized Polish Kolacky My version is Gluten Free |
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| Key deer really do know how to fly |
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| Coconut Mango Biscotti All summer long I buy and dehydrate local mangoes just for these cookies and macaroons |
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| Last year, I finally perfected mom's Hermit cookies using aquafaba |
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| I have dozens of bins like this every holiday season at the ready for shipping Not this year though. I'm taking a little break. |
Last year, during another all night bake fest, I pressed thousands of vegan spritz style cookies, bagged them up, and headed down to Key West dressed up foolishly in a tutu, and sparkly stuff. I had two friends with me. We walked up and down the streets of Key West handing out bags of free vegan cookies to people. We also stopped at a local soup kitchen where I dropped off dozens of mini-bundt cakes, and we walked around talking to the people there while we handed out cookies too. It was the second year I've done that, the year before I took the other happy vegan with me. I have to say the soup kitchen was pretty well received, however I'm not sure what other people we met thought of our randomness. Key West usually is known for it's "anything goes" attitude, but there were some questionable moments during the hours of passing out vegan cookies to anyone and everyone.
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| That chubby dude in the red suit showed up everywhere I sure hope my friends don't mind this picture... my friend on the left is "Jen #2" on the far right is Julie I'm in the pink tutu. The guy in the red suit approved of the spritz. By the way, it was about 80 degrees the day we were doing this... major props to Mr. Chunky in the suit |
Ho ho ho, plant style!
xo
I love your outfit, and of course all the baked goods. Everything looks so uniform! This Christmas there are about a million things I want to bake, but I'm starting to accept that I can't actually just eat hundreds of cakes and cookies every day - more's the pity!
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