There are a lot of vegans in the indie music world. Not so much in the regular world. I love baking for people, especially boys in bands, but I never know what the freak to make for them. When I think of vegan food I picture tofu tofu tofu. Ew. No milk, eggs, or butter? I might as well spend the rest of my life nibbling on cat grass. JUST KIDDING! My cousin Michelle pointed me to this recipe from john&kristie. Yes, it does contain tofu (!!!WOAHWOAHWOAH!!!). Shocking. I know. BUT! It’s tofu cream cheese. How can you go wrong with cream cheese? These cookies are so good. I’m not a vegan, but I could sit around and eat these all day. Personally, I’m not a big sugar person, so I’ve actually made them for myself without the icing and they’re just as good.
This recipe has been a huge hit with this band Ludo, whom I am halfway obsessed with. The first time I ever made the cookies for them, they were so happy they made a video about it. I make up about 15,000+ of the 16,000+ views. The dough is perfect for cookie cutters, so of course I got creative with pacmen, pacman ghosts, dinosaurs, and sea creatures.
Here’s the original recipe, a few of my edits, and a couple pictures of my cookies:
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