Friday Fun Halloween Theme: Pumpkin Roll

I love a good pumpkin roll. I have not seen a vegan version floating around until this spring when I stumbled upon one in the Sweet Vegan book. Comes an autumnal October Sunday and it was time to try my hand at pumpkin rollin'. My biggest concern was that the cake would crack when it was unrolled to spread on the filling and, sure enough, crack it did.
We added some extra spices and this thing tastes amazing. The large crack on top is only one of about 3 so you might not want to take it to the Pretty Food Shindig you were planning on but it would fit right in at the Hell Yeah Tasty Food Get Down.

Friday Fun Halloween Theme

 Ice Cream! I was sad to leave my beloved Donvier hand crank ice cream maker back east when I headed west last winter. I got that for $5 at a stoop sale in Brooklyn and made many a fine ice cream with it. I was thus thrilled when I stumbled upon a mini half pint ice cream maker from the fine folks at Donvier at an estate/yard sale about a month ago. I inquired and found the price to be a whopping $1 so I took it with glee. There she sits, in all her icy glory.

 The ice cream recipes I usually use are for about 2 pints, so I needed to scale down for the wee half pinter. The maker came with a handy little instruction guide on the box as well as a basic recipe. I veganized that baby and got my churn on. Here's a poor quality blurry photo of that Donvier magic happening.

 This post may indeed be fun but it isn't really Halloween themed. I did put the ice cream in an orange container to really up the festive quality though. I got those vintage tupperwares for 25 cents at the same estate sale. 20 minutes to a wee serving of homemade ice cream. Long live the Donvier!

The Friday Fun Halloween Theme

Pumpkin cheddar biscuits! I think I post about these every year and they never get old. These are not specifically a Halloween item but they are a must when fall comes and there's a bit of nip in the morning air. I have worked at my biscuit technique for a good while now and am finally popping out some tall airy vegan biscuits. Love.
The recipe was published in VegNews last year and is from the fabulous Bianca who just came out with Cookin' Crunk. Head over to her blog to get a copy.

1 t apple cider vinegar
1/3 c soymilk
1 c flour
1 c whole wheat pastry flour
2 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 c shredded cheddar
5 T Earth Balance
3/4 c canned pumpkin

400 oven
-combine milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside
-In large bowl mix flours, baking powder and salt. Add cheddar and mix. Add EB and mix til coarse crumbs form

-And pumpkin to soymilk and whisk, then add to dry ingredients and mix together.
-pat dough out to 1/2" thick on lightly floured surface and cut out the dough.
-Bake 12-14 minutes or longer as needed.

Happy Halloween: The Klaus Nomi Lime Tart

How fitting to end my Vegan Mofo with a subpar food photo. But the inspiration was magnificent.

Halloween has long been my favorite holiday. I love the costumes, the jack-o-lanterns, the freedom (once upon my childhood) of traipsing around to strange doors for candy. It is a strange holiday. I wanted to come up with something fun for my Mofo Halloween but was lacking in ideas. I made the oatmeal cream pie cookies from the Sunny Days in Texas zine for my post over at Vegans on the Move.  But inspiration was failing me here.

In some odd sequence of events I had posted my vinegar pie recipe around the same time I posted  a Klaus Nomi video on my Facebookery page as the soundtrack to some cookie baking. Which led to a discussion with the wonderful Johnp over at I-40 Vegan about Klaus being a pastry chef and making tarts back in the day. And what with my successful vinegar pie, why not attempt to veganize the Klaus Nomi lime tart?


Nomi epitomizes what I love about Halloween, a combination of the strange and beautiful. So I got my lime on and tarted it up.

You will need
1 1/4 c graham crumbs
1/3 c brown sugar
1/4 c melted margarine

Mix all together and press into a 9 inch pie plate or tart pan. I went with only 2 T of sugar so my crust wouldn't be too sweet.

4 eggs (I used a combo of soy yogurt and clear jel)
1 can sweetened condensed milk (I made my own using this recipe.)
1/2 c lime juice
some lime zest

What with all the egg separating and whipping that went on in this recipe, I decided to just hope for an edible tart like pie. I mixed the condensed milk with 1/2 c vanilla soy yogurt, the lime juice and zest. I then used 2T instant clear jel and sprinkled it in and mixed like mad. Clear jel is usually added to sugar or other dry ingredient to keep it form clumping, so I added it slowly over about 20 minutes.
Then I poured into the crust and refrigerated.

The result? Mostly good. My crust was a bit crumbly but the filling maintained its shape for the most part and was quite tasty.  But the real beauty was simply in the idea to do something ridiculous.
Happy Halloween and Happy Mofo kids!

Halloweenfest in Brevard, NC Saturday Oct. 30

Panda With Cookie will be selling at Halloweenfest in Brevard, NC, on Saturday from 10-6. Please stop by and say hello to the monsters! I am located in space 51, on West Main Street.

SOWA Market in Boston October 25th

I am heading to Boston with my monsters to sell at the SOWA open market on October 25, from 10-4. It is the final market of the season and they are celebrating with a market of the living dead. Vendors will be in costume, there are pumpkin carving demonstrations, live music and more!

New Halloween Plush

New monster candy corn and ghost pirate plush are available at Panda With Cookie. Made from ecospun felt with hand sewn faces.
Sold out? Let me know and I'll get a special order up for you!

Green Fuzzy Monster Tote Up For A Vote!

My green fuzzy monster tote is up in this week's Etsy Voter! Please vote Panda With Cookie! Thanks!

Wednesday Deal of the Day!

Today's deal of the day is a wee monster trick or treat bag. Perfect for kids to take out in search of candy on Halloween. On sale today only for $8.

Monday Deal of the Day!

Today's special sale item for the EtsyVeg Team Kickoff to Fall promotion is the great green fuzzy monster tote bag. On sale today only for $15!

Vampire Bunnies

Now available at Panda With Cookie.

Halloween in August

Because it's never too early for glittery spider tote bags!