“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” — Henry David Thoreau
From The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur by Kelly Peloza, page 126.
This wonderful, moist & chewy cookie recipe called for pumpkin puree so instead of using canned, we roasted a whole little sugar pie pumpkin, peeled the skin off, pureed the pumpkin flesh for the cookies, and roasted the seeds to enjoy as a salty snack.
The fresh pumpkin, chocolate chips, and spices were soooo good that they made eating a cookie taste like eating a chocolate-drizzled pumpkin pie! We enjoyed these with some ice cold hemp milk.
Pumpkin Fact (from Wikipedia): The Irish brought this tradition of pumpkin carving to America! The tradition originally started with the carving of turnips. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S., they found pumpkins a-plenty and they were much easier to carve for their ancient holiday.
Three things. 1) That is my favorite quote!! 2) Your milk-glass goblet is gorgeous! 3) That glass plant milk holder is also so amazing! Oh, and the cookies look fantastic too. God, I love pumpkin.
Bianca you are hilarious, sweet, and adorable! Thank you for your wonderful comments. 🙂 The goblet in the photo is from the Madonna Inn’s online store:
http://www.madonnainn.com/store/c-2-goblets.aspx
They used to offer more colors, but you can still find some of them on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC2.A0.Xmadonna+inn+goblet&_nkw=madonna+inn+goblet&_sacat=0&_from=R40
These goblets are super-thick… I haven’t broken one yet, so they must be very durable!
As for the glass (dairy-free) milk container, it’s funny but I’d just seen and coveted it on Hannah Kaminsky’s inspiring blog “Bittersweet”:
http://bittersweetblog.com/2013/08/27/cashew-is-king/
A few days after I’d seen that great Cash(ew) is King post, I went shopping for kitchen props for Vegetate, and there was a little glass pint carton on Goodwill’s shelves. I was pretty psyched! 😉
Those look great! And great photo. I love the contrast of the blue tablecloth with the orange of the pumpkin. Good baking!
Thank you so much, my dear! To be honest, I’ve been using a color wheel to ensure that I’m combining & contrasting the linen/dish/food colors properly, ha ha! 😉 When I roasted the pumpkin it was sooooo good all by itself. I think that chunks of freshly roasted pumpkin topped with a dash of maple syrup and some chocolate chips would be a wonderful grain-free version of this for you!
Dear Linda! Thank you for that FANTASTIC idea! I have three pumpkins to use up. I will do this. Thank you, again!
Yayyyyyyyy! 🙂
Linda you and Cheryl will have to get together with your cooking when you and Keith get home. Mom K
Hee hee, sounds like a wonderful plan, Mom K! We’ll be baking some pumpkin pies using fresh roasted sugar pie pumpkins soon too, and I can’t wait!
Been eating a lot of Pumpkin products lately. Wanna try these cookies.
Yummy! Isn’t pumpkin season the best? Thanks for your nice comment, Bar Science. 🙂 Pumpkin + chocolate chip cookies = a GREAT combination!
Yes Ma’am!
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[ Smiles ] I think that I would eat those cookies anytime of the year!
Hee hee thanks Renard, me too! 🙂
[ Laughs ] I am glad that you realized that it could be eaten all year round and not just at Autumn-Time.
No doubt, great call on your part 😉
[ Giggles ] Thank you!
We ate a similar cookie for the first time this past week. Delicious. I must procure the recipe…guess I’ll be buying another cookbook. I too love your photo set-ups. Cheers!
PS — That Thoreau quote is divine! It makes me want to paint it on a plank and hang it in my kitchen. I would love to know where on earth you found it. He’s one of my favs.
Hi Shannon! Thanks for your great comments. 🙂 The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur is a GREAT cookbook to have. Besides this and many other great recipes there is also the best ever soft-baked chocolate chip cookie recipe in there. I’m so glad you noticed my little photo setups, too. I have a great time cooking and photographing all of this stuff. I am a huge Thoreau fan too, and I found that little gem of a quote out there on the internet somewhere.