Vegan MoFo 2017 Day 26: Showstopping dessert pizza

Today’s MoFo daily theme for the weekly theme of entertaining is showstopper dessert.

Well, I certainly have one that will stop me, Fluffy the Vegan Unicorn, from having a movie made about me. Yes, it’s that amazing.

May I present you, a recipe for Dessert Pizza.

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Makes 1 huge cookie enough to serve 12 people

Can be made gluten free

This recipe puts my top two favorite things together: pizza and dessert. Except not in a gross, unappetizing way.

My pal Laura remembers a similar recipe from her childhood: a humongous chocolate chip cookie covered in crispy melted marshmallows and candy. Heavenly!


It makes a great gift for all occasions. You can even put it in a leftover (clean) box from your vegan pizza if you have one to make it even more fun.

This recipe works best with a delicate balance of candy, especially with Unreal vegan chocolate quinoa gems, and sprinkles on top of mini vegan marshmallows (Dandies makes these and you can find them in most grocery stores. If you can only find the big ones, be sure to cut them up into smaller pieces before using them). Be careful not to weigh down the cookie with too many toppings.

This comes out really sweet and rich, which is delightful for unicorns who are known for our sweet teeth! Humans, especially the little ones, may get a tummy ache if they eat too much at once.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon flaxmeal
  • 3 tablespoons warm water
  • 1/2 cup white vegan sugar
  • 1/2 cup organic brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup melted refined coconut oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour or for a gluten-free version, Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Flour
  • 6 oz vegan Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P) recommended vegan chocolate chips
  • About ⅔ of a bag of Dandies vegan mini marshmallows
  • Other vegan candy like Unreal’s vegan chocolate quinoa gems, peanuts, chopped up candy bars, etc.
  • Plenty of rainbow sprinkles!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Whisk the flaxmeal with water in a small cup. Let sit and whisk several times until gelled. Voila! Magic vegan cookie binder. Now mix together the sugars, melted coconut oil, and flaxmeal binder. Slowly and carefully stir in the baking soda and flour. Sprinkle the chocolate chips into the batter. Now it’s time to make a giant cookie bigger than the face of a human! On an oiled and large flat baking sheet or pizza pan without holes, place the dough in a ball on top. With your fingers, press the dough into a thin, round, giant cookie the size of a smallish pizza crust. When the crust is formed, place handfuls of marshmallows in the center spreading outwards. Leave about an inch of cookie naked so it looks more like a real pizza with a defined crust. Sprinkle candy, peanuts (optional), and sprinkles on top. Remember not to overload it with toppings, this calls for a delicate balance. Keep it beautiful looking and it won’t be a melty gob of goo. Pop this wonder into the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely. Using a cookie cutter, slice into pizza shaped portions. Devour or bless someone with an amazing dessert pizza as a gift.

 

Vegan MoFo 2017 Week 2, Day 9: Behind the Scenes: Unicorn Must-Haves

Hello, Fluffy the Vegan Unicorn is here!

This week’s MoFo theme is “Behind the Scenes.” This means you’ll be getting tips, tricks, tools, and must-haves, as well as some sneak peeks at the idea for the book Laura is writing with me.

Today we are looking at some of the must-haves for a magical unicorn-inspired kitchen. Some of these things we will be going into more detail later in the week. Those items will be starred.

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Here’s a photo of my “unicorn poop” sugar cookies…

Natural vegan food coloring. Whether it is the from the powders and recipes I talk about here, or storebought colors such as India Tree, Color Kitchen, or TruColor.

Cocoa Butter. This is used to make various vegan white chocolate recipes, some of which will be shared at a later date through this MoFo. I will only buy cocoa butter by brands recommended by Food Empowerment Project, or are fair trade and sourced outside Africa, since F.E.P. seems to be more about ready-to-eat chocolate rather than raw ingredients like Cocoa Butter. I do need to research this topic a bit more to be more clear on the matter.

Marshmallows. Let’s all take a moment of silence for Sweet and Sara Vegan Marshmallows getting ready to close…………..Okay. So, unfortunately, we won’t have dried rainbow-colored cereal marshmallows for much longer 😦 but we will have Dandies and Trader Joe’s vegan marshmallows. Dandies make special edition flavors sometimes which are really good and has good mini marshmallows that you can use for lots of Unicorn-friendly recipes. If you can only find the large pillowy vegan mallows near you, you can always cut them smaller for certain recipes that need mini mallows.

Vegan Sprinkles.* More on this in its own post, due Wednesday, October 11. All different kinds. And colored sanding sugar.

Unicorn shaped cookie cutters.* How else will you make unicorn shapes? More on these tomorrow.

Lots of sugar. This is self-explanatory. Make sure it’s always organic/vegan.

There’s probably a lot more I should mention, but this is a good start of the basics for now.