Reviews

Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

ladydewinter's review against another edition

4.0

Now that I've tried a few of these recipes, I can wholeheartedly recommend this book. There's a wonderful variety of recipes, and so far all of them turned out well, if not completely delicious! At some point I had to make myself stop baking more cookies. I love how quick to make some of them are. I love using them to show people how delicious it is to be vegan!

grrrace's review against another edition

3.0

So far I've just made the Easy Samoas and the Cowboy cookies--both have been really delicious, though this has also reminded me that I'm not really a cookie person (for some reason they're usually too rich for me & make me feel sick, a problem I rarely have with cake)--thankfully I've had other cookie lovers eager for me to give them away to them! One thing that does annoy me with this cookbook is that so many of the recipes use flax seeds, without directions for any other egg replacer if you don't have them.

lisavegan's review against another edition

4.0

I was so excited to see a recipe for graham crackers (to go with my chocolate candy and vegan marshmallows for s’mores) because they’re hard to find vegan; they all seem to have honey. But there’s no graham flour in them so it doesn’t look as though they’d have that distinctive graham cracker flavor. I’m so disappointed that I came very close to deducting a star from my rating. I guess I could experiment using graham flour and using the recipe given as a start.

Otherwise, this is an excellent cookie cookbook, even though I’m trying to eat healthier so reading this particular book now was probably not my wisest move, especially since the cookies that appeal most to me are some of the most decadent ones: Peanut Butter Chocolate Pillows, NYC Black & White Cookies, and Deluxe Cocoa Brownies. Actually, there are too many for me to list. You’ll also find a version of rice krispy treats and fig bars ala Fig Newtons. The Frosted Grapefruit Icebox Cookies look particularly interesting to me.

Over eighty recipes for all types of cookies, all vegan, are in this book. They’re divided into sections: Drop Cookies, Wholesome Cookies, Bar Cookies, Fancy Cookies, and Sliced and Rolled Cookies. I’d say that at least ¾ of the recipes have an accompanying mouthwatering photograph of the finished product.

I appreciate that before the section with the recipes, some extremely helpful basic cookie making tips are given.

ETA 3 months later: I just can't get past the no graham flour in the graham crackers, especially since it's almost impossible to find these vegan commercially because they always add honey. So, demoted from 5 to 4 stars.

jacynthe's review against another edition

5.0

Tried a bunch of recipes in the book and they all turned from good to great. Lots of veganized classics, everyday cookies as well as more special ones - I've been giving boxes of cookies fron this book during the holidays for two years now. It's a good one to have on your bookshelf.

willow_wisp32's review against another edition

5.0

I need this book. I really, really do. I feel like I've been waiting for a cookie cookbook like this. Most cookie cookbooks that I've thumbed through are all pretty similar: chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodles, etc. There's nothing exciting about them, and, frankly, I already have go-to recipes for those cookies. But this book is full of special, exciting recipes: tahini lime cookies, carob chocolate chip, mexican chocolate snickerdoodles! Like always with Isa's books, the directions are clear and the ingredients list is not too extravagant. I can't wait to use this book around Christmas.

flanneryoclowder's review against another edition

3.0

I didn't like Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar as much as I like Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. First, the scope was a little less far-reaching, and since the sights were only aimed at a local cookie jar, not the entire planet, the recipes are not quite as win-over-the-omnis as the cupcakes were. As noted in other reviews, I'm a huge fan of color photos in cookbooks, but the photos did not do a lot to help dispel any myths or stereotypes about vegan food being somehow 'less.' Frankly, a lot of the cookies *looked* vegan, which is fine by me, as a vegan, but it seemed like the intent of the first book was to reach a larger audience. Essentially, it was like Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar was preaching to the choir. I still want to own a copy for my personal library, but I'll probably stick to the tried-and-true cupcake presentations for potlucks and other gatherings where I try to outsmart the omnis.

yodamom's review against another edition

5.0

Oh my, the Mexican chocolate cookies are to die for ! We made three different cookies all fantastic but the Spicy mexican Chocolate are my favs. Easy to use, tasty, simple to make. What else could you ask for ?

aquint's review against another edition

5.0

I still have a lot of recipes to try but so far everything has been amazing!

_ash0_'s review against another edition

5.0

So yummy and soft. Loved the recipes.

emilywv's review against another edition

4.0

The Magical Coconut Cookie Bars are decadent, out-of-this-world yummy, and the flavor only improves after sitting a couple of days.