cookies of your dreams.

these are the first vegan cookies i ever made! they are from a recipe from Em, who in turn got it from postpunkkitchen. these are fabulous and i don't like chocolate! here's the recipe, my lovelies:

3/4 cup canola oil
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1.5 teaspoons almond extract

1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon whole flax seeds
1/2 cup soymilk

2 cups all purp flour
3/4 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup coconut

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Grind the flax seeds on high in a blender until they become a powder. Add soymilk and blend for another 30 seconds or so. Set aside.

In a large bowl sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.

In a seperate large bowl mix together oil and sugar. Add the flax seed/soy milk mixture and mix well. Add the vanilla and almond.

Fold in the dry ingredients in batches. When it starts to get too stiff to mix with a spatula, use your hands until a nice stiff dough forms. Add the chocolate chips and coconut and mix with your hands again.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls and flatten into a disc that's about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet about an inch apart.

Bake for 10 minutes.