I’m home! And also, COOKIES!
by IsaChandra
So I’m back in Portland, just in time for the tail end of the rainy season. What better time to bake cookies? Terry stayed with me for over a week and we got some much needed foodie time. We took lots of pictures for the cookie book and even got to make a few new recipes together. Reunited and it felt so good.
Now I am just kind of settling in and letting life get back to normal. I have a bit of a cold so it’s been mostly soup, cats and tea for me, but I hope to get back to blogging regularly again in the coming weeks. For now, I’ll share some cookie pics and you guys can let me know what you would most like the recipe for. And don’t say all of them! You can also check out our Flickr set and pick any recipe you see there.
Magical Coconut Bars – These are absolutely insane; graham cracker crust, gooey condensed coconut milk layer, chocolate layer, shredded coconut layer. Addictive.
Peanut Butter Blondies – Really simple, REALLY peanut buttery. Dense and delish.
Iced Grapefruit Icebox Cookie – Long neglected grapefruit gets its dessert comeuppance in this delicate, buttery, cookie.
Pignoli Cookies – Who amongst us hasn’t pressed out faces up against the glass to admire these Italian bakery favorites?
Pecan Bars – Do you like pecans? Do you like caramel? OK, then, we are in business.
Peanut Butter Pillows – More peanut butter! This time encased in a chewy chocolate cookie.
Deluxe Chocolate Brownies – OK, enough with the fancy shmancy. Deep down I am a straight up brownie girl, how about you?
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March 24, 2009 at 4:44 pm: Ricki
It’s a tie between the Magical Coconut Bars (for nostalgia reasons–I used to LOVE Hello Dollies!) and Peanut Butter Blondies. But really, everything looks so good. . . are you SURE I can’t say, “everything”?? ;)
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March 24, 2009 at 4:55 pm: David K
Magical Coconut Bars
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March 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm: ¡Yo Soy Liz!
there are definitely not enough grapefruit desserts in the world, let’s see that icebox cookie recipe, pllllllllease!
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March 24, 2009 at 5:02 pm: Leslie
i gotta go for the wedding cookies from flickr – one of my weaknesses!
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March 24, 2009 at 5:02 pm: Alin
Those coconut bars, please! Oh wow.
I need a new addicition!!!
Welcome home. :)
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March 24, 2009 at 5:14 pm: sheryl, washington dc
Wow! these look fantastic. I’m struggling to choose just one but I love peanut butter so I’ll pick the Peanut Butter Blondies.
s.
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March 24, 2009 at 5:19 pm: Nora
Peanut Butter Blondies followed closely by Fruity Oatbread!
Everything looks mouthwatering, Isa! I can’t tell if you’re a better baker or food porn photographer!
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March 24, 2009 at 5:31 pm: Arielle
OMG they look orgasmic!! But my choice for recipe HAS to be the “Black and White” cookie. In Germany we call them “Amerikaner” and probably my favourite childhood memory.
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March 24, 2009 at 5:48 pm: Jimbles
Yes. I too am a straight up brownie girl.
Wait… I think we might be talking about different things.
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March 24, 2009 at 5:48 pm: Elizabeth
I’d love to see the recipe for the magical coconut bars and the peanut butter pillows.
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March 24, 2009 at 5:50 pm: Catalina
Of these….I can’t choose!
Ok I guess I can – magical coconut bars! Partly because I desperately want to know more about the sweetened condensed coconut milk. -
March 24, 2009 at 5:57 pm: chocolatta
Wow, wow and more wow. WHen did you say this cookbook was going to be released? I’ll be the first to say that I want the chocolate pillow recipe. Nuff said.
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March 24, 2009 at 5:59 pm: appifanie
wowza! the pb pillows, the choc oatmeal, the pretzel-apple-peanut, the ooh-la-las. i’m sorry. that’s the most i could narrow it down. i guess i could take out choc oatmeal.
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March 24, 2009 at 6:05 pm: Kirsten
ooh, well, now that i’ve wiped up the drool i’d like to kindly suggest the following three delectables for recipes:
peanut butter pillows
magical coconut bars
iced grapefruit icebox cookiei’ve never seen a grapefruit cookie before! sign me up for an adventure. :)
and welcome home! -
March 24, 2009 at 6:07 pm: Gina
Coconut Bars PLEASE!!!!!! They do all look fantastic :) On second thought, maybe I don’t want you to post the recipe, I think I’d eat them all in one sitting…
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March 24, 2009 at 6:12 pm: trina
Ooh clever! I love the idea of the condensed coconut milk in the layer bar. And I am so excited that vegan pignolis are somewhere in my future!
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March 24, 2009 at 6:20 pm: ninjaspinster
coconut bars, pb blondies, and pb pillows! but probably the pb pillows the most. nom.
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March 24, 2009 at 6:25 pm: eats, shoots and leaves
ooh i vote for a recipe for the Lazy Samoans! and is there any chance you are making a vanilla version of the ooh lalas?
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March 24, 2009 at 6:30 pm: t
Condensed coconut milk?! For serious? Oh, yum. I need that one, please, and thank you.
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March 24, 2009 at 6:39 pm: Azzahar
You know what? You are mean and evil. You just post all these photos and it’s not that they’re stimulating, you don’t incite my couriosity or something – you just make me buy your books!! That’s unfair, that’s pure manipulation, satanic socio technique and devilish temptation. I officially hate you.
(so when the Vegan Brunch’s gonna be released?) -
March 24, 2009 at 6:46 pm: lisa (show me vegan)
So many delicious choices! I vote for the Pecan Bars recipe because the photo reminds me of how my maw maw’s pecan pie used to look. Welcome back and take care of that cold.
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March 24, 2009 at 6:57 pm: Virginia
i can’t decide, they all look so gooood!! i vote for the peanut butter pillows…and the peanut butter blondies…and the pecan bars….gosh i can’t wait for this book!!
ok, if we can only vote for one then I pick the peanut butter blondies!
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March 24, 2009 at 6:59 pm: julia
these all look amazing!! i vote for peanut butter pillows (or all of them)
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March 24, 2009 at 7:01 pm: Katie
WOW these all look so amazing!! Since I’m not supposed to ask for ALL the recipes, how about posting the Magical Coconut Bars? I’d love to make them for my mum!
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March 24, 2009 at 7:03 pm: Stacy
I hope you feel better soon and are on the mend~
All those cookies look amazing. I know I’ll have to own this book as well.
But my vote goes for… the PB Blondies.
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March 24, 2009 at 7:19 pm: Lisa
Magical Coconut Bars!!!!
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March 24, 2009 at 7:31 pm: girl least likely to
yum! the peanut butter pillows or the brownies, it’s a tossup. nice to see you back!
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March 24, 2009 at 7:32 pm: Tami (Vegan Appetite)
Those photos are all stunning!
My money is on the peanut butter pillows being most in demand.
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March 24, 2009 at 7:39 pm: katiejayne
Samoans please!!
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March 24, 2009 at 7:39 pm: Erin
Oh, please post the recipe for pecan bars! I miss miss miss pecan pie and would simply love to be reunited.
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March 24, 2009 at 7:58 pm: snugglebunny
MMMmmmmmm, magic cookie bars made with condensed coconut milk. I can eat them. Wonder if that has any other uses.
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March 24, 2009 at 8:01 pm: Anne
The magical coconut bars and the peanut butter blondies look like heaven :) When does this book come out again?!?!
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March 24, 2009 at 8:25 pm: Kiersten
All of them look delicious Isa! I want the recipe for the blondies, I am a sucker for peanut butter.
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March 24, 2009 at 8:30 pm: Josiane
Why did you have to specify we couldn’t say all of them?!? Of course, I want them all! For now, well, hmmm… one… you didn’t make it easy for us to choose with such gorgeous pictures and tempting cookies! Ok, I could hesitate all night long, but in the end it doesn’t matter at all since I’d be happy with any one of them… so let’s say I vote for the Ginger Biscotti recipe.
You just made me realise that cookies are even more exciting than cupcakes to me. Really, I can’t wait for the book to come out! My cookie jar is ready for the invasion! -
March 24, 2009 at 9:03 pm: Andy Dufresne
Wow! These all look sooo amazing! I can’t wait for the book!! My vote is for the Pecan Bars recipe.
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March 24, 2009 at 9:04 pm: DJ Karma
I am so into those peanut butter pillows, and I can never have too many choc brownie recipes, especially “deluxe”ones!
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March 24, 2009 at 9:24 pm: Kim
Hi,
1 trillion votes for peanut butter pillows please. From me and my one trillion peanut butter loving friends. -
March 24, 2009 at 9:37 pm: Jodye
Wow- amazing amazing amazing! I am drooling over all of these, especially those coconut bars. Oh my
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March 24, 2009 at 9:43 pm: LavaWitch
The brownie recipe! Yes, please.
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March 24, 2009 at 9:49 pm: Alison
The Iced Grapefruit Icebox Cookie looks fantastic. I’d never thought of grapefruit in a desert, but I feel as though I desperately need these cookies in my life.
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March 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm: Meagan
Oh wow, how exciting! Those peanut butter blondies sure look intense, not to mention mouth-watering and delicious.
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March 24, 2009 at 11:10 pm: Chickpea Fleet
Amazing!! Also, droolz.
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March 24, 2009 at 11:42 pm: tofulish
Where do I preorder this amazing cookie grimoire? The magical coconut bars, the pecan bars… I didn’t even know they made sweetened soy condensed milk! I’m on a sugar rush just looking at these…
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March 24, 2009 at 11:42 pm: Lucky
COOKIEEE
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March 24, 2009 at 11:45 pm: Shoshana
I would love the recipe for the Magical Coconut bars because I would love to see your recipe for sweetened condensed milk.
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March 24, 2009 at 11:59 pm: buddhist cupcake
magical coconut bars, please?
i used to eat these all of the time before becoming vaygun.
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March 25, 2009 at 12:01 am: amethyst
I want at least one of everything…but the coconut bars and the pecan bars are right up my alley! Needless to say, I can’t wait for this book.
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March 25, 2009 at 12:04 am: Christopher
Pecan bars! I loves them so much.
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March 25, 2009 at 12:42 am: Ariana
Tough choice! I’ll go with the Magical Coconut Bars, just cause you call them magical and do a good job selling them with the description.
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March 25, 2009 at 12:49 am: Vegetation
Mmmmm so many yummies! My vote would have to go for brownies (it would go for coconut bars but I suspect condensed milk may be a soy thing plus my non veg other half is a brownie addict!). Mmmm brownies.
Feel better from your cold soon!
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March 25, 2009 at 2:56 am: willwolf
magical coconut bars and pecan bars
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March 25, 2009 at 3:13 am: ayako
Magical Coconut Bars,please!
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March 25, 2009 at 5:41 am: Sina
I want everything! But mostly the Magical Coconut Bars!!!!
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March 25, 2009 at 5:51 am: Jojo
They all looks great, I’d love to get my hands on the recipe for the Pignoli Cookies and the Iced Grapefruit Icebox Cookies. I can’t wait for the book!
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March 25, 2009 at 8:28 am: A.Cook
Oh wowww my mouth is watering from that pic of the Peanut Butter Pillows!!
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March 25, 2009 at 8:51 am: Julie
magical coconut bars
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March 25, 2009 at 9:23 am: jennifer
Peanut Butter Pillows for sure! :D
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March 25, 2009 at 9:53 am: Laura
Coconut bars! Yum!
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March 25, 2009 at 10:18 am: jcd
Cats? You’re eating cats?!? NOT VEGAN!
Oh, and all the cookies look great – the peanut butter blondies are calling my name. Mmmm…. I cannot wait for the new book.
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March 25, 2009 at 11:01 am: KristieS
Peanut Butter Pillows!!!!
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March 25, 2009 at 11:03 am: eli
magical coconut bars!
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March 25, 2009 at 11:30 am: Stella
Iced Grapefruit Iceboxes and Peanut Butter Pillows, please.
Those are amazing!
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March 25, 2009 at 11:35 am: Cynthia
I know — just release the cookie book so we can have ALL the recipes! Will the cookie book have any cut-out cookies, tips for decorating them?
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March 25, 2009 at 11:52 am: sara
ohhhh yum magical coconut bars or grapefruit cookies, pleasepleaseplease! both of my favorite flavors. do you have a rough idea of when the book will be out? i can’t wait to snatch it up!
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March 25, 2009 at 12:09 pm: JessieG
Mmm, those peanut butter pillows look insane! Can’t wait for the book =)
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March 25, 2009 at 12:30 pm: Angela
Toss up between the coconut bars and also the pb pillows because they’re so damn cute, be well :)
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March 25, 2009 at 12:39 pm: jaymoh
Coconut bars pls.
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March 25, 2009 at 12:50 pm: melomeals: Vegan For $3.33 a Day
omg, I don’t kow how you do it.. seriously..
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March 25, 2009 at 1:10 pm: nicole
Administrative professional’s day is coming up and I’d love to make those pecan bars for my admin. Pecan pie is her favorite, so I think she’d love these if you were so gracious as to share the recipe with us!
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March 25, 2009 at 3:45 pm: Sarah C.
So tough to choose. I mean, those pb-choc pillows look amazing. But, I have to say, I have missed the holiday favorite I called 7-layer bars, so i’m going to have to vote for those Magical Coconut Bars!!! They remind me of childhood and make my mouth water just looking at them…yum!
Glad you’re back – hope it was great.
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March 25, 2009 at 4:06 pm: dreamin'itvegan
Such the tease with the cookies. I love them all! I choose pecan bars? And then the peanut butter oatmeal.
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March 25, 2009 at 4:37 pm: Nancy Nevada
Ooooh.
Can I do a “Vote but if it doesn’t win, chip in my vote for this one instead” kind of vote?
My forkin’ boy-man-thing “has yet to be impressed by a vegan cookie” and grapefruit is, like, his thing, so my vote for love is for the iced grapefruit icebox cookies.But my non-love, secondary vote is for the JESUS CHRIST THOSE LOOK LIKE PALM-SIZED DELICIOUSNESS magical coconut bars…cause they are magical, ya know.
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March 25, 2009 at 4:47 pm: Kim
Dear heavens, please please please publish the recipe for the coconut bars! Second choice is the pecan bars, but those coconut bars are a must-have!
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March 25, 2009 at 4:49 pm: erica
Pecan Bars, Pecan Bars!!! Though I noticed you snuck in the Pumpkin Pie Brownies in the Flickr set, sneaky-sneak Isa.
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March 25, 2009 at 4:56 pm: barbie
they all look fantastic, but i must say those lemon cookies are calling my name.
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March 25, 2009 at 4:57 pm: barbie
sorry i mean’t grapefruit.
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March 25, 2009 at 6:01 pm: Laura
magic coconut bars!!!!!!!!!
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March 25, 2009 at 6:19 pm: Danielle
Coconut bars, because my friends are sick and tired of my usual butterscotch blondies and also I suspect there’s a reason you listed ‘em first.
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March 25, 2009 at 7:50 pm: bajangyal
magical coconut bars please
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March 25, 2009 at 8:19 pm: harpist
OY — fig bars and grapefruit cookies recipes would be heavenly! Can’t wait to purchase this book!
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March 25, 2009 at 8:31 pm: Hilary
Magical Coconut Bars! :)
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March 25, 2009 at 8:37 pm: Taylor
Grapefruit please!
Please let it be Grapefruit!
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March 25, 2009 at 9:26 pm: sharkpoison
magical coconut bars!
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March 25, 2009 at 9:58 pm: LibraChic107
Grapefruit cookies recipes please!!
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March 25, 2009 at 11:30 pm: michellecrocodile
samoas!!
but everyone seems to want the coconut bars, which i SUPPOSE are close enough.
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March 26, 2009 at 12:23 am: Vijita
PB Pillows!!!!!!
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March 26, 2009 at 12:52 am: BPS
MAGIC COOKIE BARS!!!!
Ahem. The pictures are all gorgeous. This book is going to be awesome (as if there was any doubt).
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March 26, 2009 at 5:13 am: Mihl
It’s a really hard decision! I vote for macaroons. They have always been my favourite cookies.
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March 26, 2009 at 10:24 am: Janet
I’m drooling, they all look scrumptious! Can’t wait for the book to come out.
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March 26, 2009 at 10:36 am: rachey
peanut butter pillows ftw!!!
when i hear “magic” in a recipe, i generally think there’s something slightly more magical than coconut in there ;)
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March 26, 2009 at 12:53 pm: redspoon
Peanut Butter Blondies all the way for me. Peanut butter, peanut butter and more peanut butter….what could go wrong? Mmmmm!
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March 26, 2009 at 1:34 pm: kpepper
I’m pretty sure that posting the recipe for Magical Coconut Bars would have two results. I’d gain a very happy pound (i’m totally ok with that), and I’d give a batch to my boyfriend who would immediately propose. To me or you, I’m not sure. Lets be honest, we’re all coco for coconuts.
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March 26, 2009 at 2:39 pm: Erin
Holy crap, I wish I could say all of them. Today I’m choosing the deluxe chocolate brownies.
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March 26, 2009 at 4:05 pm: Harmony
MAGIC COOKIE BARS!!
I have tried so hard to come up with a recipe for these.
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March 26, 2009 at 4:19 pm: jillrenee
pecan bars! I can’t eat chocolate, so at least please something without chocolate
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March 26, 2009 at 6:31 pm: Donna
Peeeeecaaaaans!!!
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March 26, 2009 at 6:43 pm: Tim
I’d love to see peanut butter pillows recipe.
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March 26, 2009 at 6:59 pm: Gahhbee
MACGICAL COCONUT BARSSSSSSS. i cannnnnnnot find a good recipe ANYWHERE!!!! & brownies too if yo can :)
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March 26, 2009 at 7:58 pm: Diann
Too hard to choose, but the first one I would want to try is the Magical Coconut Bars!
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March 26, 2009 at 8:05 pm: Malorie
Magical Coconut Bars!
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March 26, 2009 at 8:11 pm: Arugula
The grapefruit cookie recipe pleeeeeeease!?
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March 26, 2009 at 9:03 pm: Mandee
I need to be able to make the Magical Coconut Bars, the Peanut Butter Blondies and the Pecan Bars! Looks like it’s going to be a good book :)
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March 26, 2009 at 10:38 pm: sevenjen
oohlalas!!! PLEASE!
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March 27, 2009 at 9:46 am: lauren
Peanut butter blondies. oh my.
and Brownies? those are fantastic looking. I haven’t made a decent vegan brownie ever. I need a new recipe! so excite for the new cookbook. or, I guess, BakeBook. -
March 27, 2009 at 10:06 am: Crystal
Oh my god……I am ALL about those grapefruit cookies.
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March 27, 2009 at 12:03 pm: brooklynkatie
We need the recipe for lazy samoas. The little pixie scouts were out selling their wares, and those stripey devils were trying to get me will their oozey wanton carmelly ways. I need something to say “HA HA! Take that girly, girly scout!”
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March 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm: Angel
peanut butter blondies, please!
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March 27, 2009 at 12:41 pm: michelle
chocolate peanut butter pillows please!!!!
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March 27, 2009 at 3:52 pm: molly
holy bejeebus, magic coconut bars please!
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March 27, 2009 at 4:21 pm: Terry
Regarding the Magical Coconut Bars: These are so good and spot on they reminded me of the bellyaches I had as a kid after eating half a pan of “real” deal. If that’s not an endorsement then what is.
The PB Blondies are pure peanut butter dangerous. Have one for breakfast and you’ll have a hard time wanting to eat anything that’s not a peanut butter blondie the rest of the day.
Isa and I were swimming in a sea of cookies for a week, from dawn till dusk most days. The things we do for you guys.
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March 27, 2009 at 7:48 pm: dancer5
Magical coconut bars or pignoli! My one attempt at vegan pignoli was ill-fated, so I have literally been waiting YEARS for these!
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March 28, 2009 at 1:16 pm: Sarah
My vote goes to the PEANUT BUTTER PILLOWS. Lots o stuff looks good up there, but peanut butter rules. Recipe, please.
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March 28, 2009 at 5:50 pm: Michelle
I know you can’t hear me, but I am shouting “Pignoli cookies!!!” really loud from the rooftop (neighbors be damned– sweets are serious business). I desperately need a vegan recipe for these, since I solely buy eggs in order to continue my tradition of supplying my dad with pignoli cookies. If I could finally eat one of those babies myself, I would praise you forever. Pretty please, with pine nuts on top?
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March 28, 2009 at 6:04 pm: Laura
Definitely the peanut butter pillows and the brownies. I have not yet found a good vegan brownie recipe and the peanut butter cookies remind me of peanut butter cups.
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March 28, 2009 at 9:48 pm: Sarah W.
1. Grapefruit!
2. Pillows!I just don’t know how long I can wait for these….
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March 29, 2009 at 1:31 pm: carman
Brownies! Brownies! Brownies! I *need* a fabulous vegan brownie recipe!
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March 29, 2009 at 7:06 pm: Angela
Coconut bars please =P
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March 29, 2009 at 7:45 pm: Kate
peanut butter pillows! peanut butter blondies!
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March 29, 2009 at 9:00 pm: Kim
Peanut butter pillows!!
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March 30, 2009 at 10:40 am: Jillian
PINE NUT COOKIES!!!!!
This has been my biggest loss since going vegan.
Being Italian, my grandmother would make these and they were my favorite.I’ve tried to veganize her recipe with little success.
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!
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March 30, 2009 at 6:44 pm: Laura
OH GOD! Peanut butter pillows PLEASE! They look IMMENSE! x
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April 1, 2009 at 1:09 pm: Katherine
Magical Coconut Bars! Pretty, pretty please!!!!!
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April 1, 2009 at 9:43 pm: Meghan
Magic coconut bars (omg!!!,) peanut butter pillows and peanut butter blondies please!
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April 3, 2009 at 8:56 am: Little Nut
Mmm peanut butter pillows. I could sail away into dream land on those cute, chubby pillows. The peanut butter blondies and magic coconut bars also look delightful.
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April 5, 2009 at 9:35 pm: Wendy
Grapefruit please! It’s one of my favorite fruits and deserves more recipes!
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April 5, 2009 at 9:36 pm: Wendy
Actually, the pecan bars look pretty great too… That one also, please?
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April 11, 2009 at 1:57 am: ruth
omg!!! peanut butter pillows!!! *drool*
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April 11, 2009 at 2:05 am: ruth
nvr mind, just found the recipe, thank you!!! they look awesome, can’t wait to make them! :)
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April 16, 2009 at 9:19 am: Esther
I know you already posted a few (they look like amazing recipes! :) ) but I wanted to add a request for the grapefruit cookies. Those sound so awesome!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease….. :-)
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April 17, 2009 at 11:01 am: Marika
I’m a sucker for Pignoli Cookies. Though I’d take any and all of these!
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April 24, 2009 at 6:11 am: Julie Alisa
Magical Coconut Bars, all the way! They sound even more scrumptious than the magic butterflies in Earthbound.
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April 24, 2009 at 6:13 am: Julie Alisa
Oops. Found the recipe on the sidebar and am sorry for the redundancy. I still stand behind the statement 100%, though.
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April 29, 2009 at 3:42 pm: Katya
I cannot wait for the book! They all look sooooooooo awesome, but if I have to choose only one then I would love the recipe for the Brownies.
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May 14, 2009 at 5:43 am: chouettes crêpes
i know i won’t have the most popular opinion here, but:
Carrot Chewy
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May 14, 2009 at 7:28 am: Ghost Lips
Peanut butter pillows! They look amazing.
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February 11, 2010 at 2:05 pm: Rachel
Magical Coconut Bars, please!!!!
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June 11, 2010 at 1:11 am: Tyler Clarke
my girlfriend has a grape fruit plantation in their backyard and we always taste some of the harvest.`,;
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December 13, 2010 at 8:06 pm: Gastrointestinal Problems
i can munch a lot of grapefruit in a couple of minutes, that is really my favorite fruit “:;
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