Macadamia Butter Cookies with Cranberries

I made these today and they turned out really good! Lisa, I think you could have these because they don't use butter, but instead you grind up the macadamia nuts into a butter.

Macadamia Butter Cookies with Cranberries

Vegan Best Banana Bread

This is really good, Very Moist, and SO EASY!! Great too for those days you want to bake but find that you are out of eggs :o)

1 1/2 cups flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1/3 c oil (I used Canola)
1/2 c brown sugar, packed (I used dark brown)
1 c mashed banana (I used 3 med bananas, very ripe)
1/3 c milk (I used rice milk)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan

In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl combine oil and brown sugar. Add bananas and milk and stir to combine. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.

Spread batter in the loaf pan and bake for 43 to 48 minutes, until bread is golden and a toothpick comes out clean (I did find that it needed to bake a bit longer than the 48 minutes to be done all the way through).

Old-Fashioned Soft Pumpkin Cookies

I was looking for a yummy cookie recipe today and found this - they turned out very yummy! They are really soft.

http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?id=32364

Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls

These are the first recipe that I'm going to make from the Pioneer Woman Cooks that Lisa gave me for my birthday day - Cinnamon Rolls. She has the recipe on her blog:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/

Flax ~ a handy substitute for eggs, butter & oil

I thought this was a somewhat handy tip. Perhaps you already are aware of it, but it was news to me today so I thought I would share.

Milled Flax can be used in many recipes by substituting for eggs, butter & oil.

Flax Seed Substituting for Fat:
3 Tablespoons ground Flax Seed = 1 Tablespoon Margarine, butter or cooking oil. Substitute for all or some of the fat depending on the recipe.To substitute for all of the fat with flax seed, increase liquid by 75% as ground flax absorbs liquid. Baked goods brown more quickly.

Substituting for Eggs:
1 Tablespoon of ground Flax Seed plus 3 tablespoons water for each egg. Substitute a 1:3 ratio of ground flax seed and water mixture for each egg in recipes for pancakes, muffins and cookies. Allow to sit for several minutes together before adding to your recipe.

I haven't tried it yet, but will let you know when I do. More info at: www.flaxusa.com

Hummus Recipes??

Mom's looking for an easy Hummus recipe ~~~

Five Bean Salad

Ingredients

1 (14.5 ounce) can green beans, drained
1 (14.5 ounce) can wax beans, drained
1 (15.25 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
1 red onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 teaspoon ground dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
1 1/2 teaspoons dried cilantro

Directions

In a large bowl, layer the beans, onion and green pepper. Set aside.

In a small saucepan, mix the vinegar, sugar, oil, mustard, tarragon and cilantro. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and pour over bean mixture. Stir until all ingredients are coated. This is best if it is left to marinate for a few hours in the refrigerator, and stirred occasionally.