Chef Joeys Vegan Holiday Squares Recipes

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BLUEBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Note: If you use frozen blueberries thaw and drain them also.
• Preheat oven to 375'F.
• Mix together the sugar, shortening, and egg substitute.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add the dry to the wet ingredients.
• Gently add the blueberries last.
• Spread in a 9x9 inch baking dish.
• Prepare the crumb mixture by mixing the ingredients and sprinkling on top of the blueberry cake batter.
• Put in oven and bake!
• Bon Appetit!

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Mix the yeast, sugar and heated soy milk in a large bowl and let sit until the yeast foams.
• Prepare your egg replacer. Mix it with the margarine, flour and salt. I used my Kitchen Aid mixer for this. The dough should be smooth and very stiff.
• Set the dough aside, covered in a warm place until its double in bulk.
• Once the dough has risen turn it out onto a floured surface cover with a T towel and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• While the dough rests, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well. Set aside.
• After 10 minutes roll out the dough on a floured surface. The dough should result in a 16x21 inch rectangle.
• Spread the dough with the cinnamon sugar. Spread it evenly with your hand. Add the currants and nuts also.
• Starting at one end, roll the dough up and cut into 12 equal pieces using a sharp knife.
• Put a piece of parchment on a 9x13 inch baking sheet and place the cut up rolls evenly spaced on the parchment. Cover with the T towel and let rise again for about 30 minutes or until the rolls are about double in size. Preheat your oven to 375'F.
• Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. While the rolls are baking prepare the icing. Beat together the vegan cream cheese, margarine, icing sugar, vanilla and salt. Spread on the warm rolls.
• Bon Apetit!

HOLIDAY SQUARES

Steps:

• Cream margarine with sugar until very creamy.
• Beat in 1 egg at a time until fluffy.
• Slowly beat in flour.
• Add almond flavouring.
• Spread batter into a jelly roll pan.
• Mark off 16 squares with a knife.
• Drop 1 Tbsp of pie filling into each square.
• Bake at 350 degrees about 45 minutes until cake is golden brown.
• Sprinkle entire cake heavily with powdered sugar.

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BOSTON CREME MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine the milk, pudding mix and vanilla in the mixing bowl of a large mixer.
• Beat for about 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Place the mixture into the fridge for 15 minutes.
• Spoon the vanilla pudding into a pastry bag fitted with a medium plain tip.
• Fill the cupcakes by inserting the tip into the middle of each cupcake and pipe the filling inside. Use about 2 tablespoons per cupcake.
• Frost the cupcakes using the frosting recipe below and then put the cupcakes in the fridge to set.
• FOR THE VEGAN CHOCOLATE FROSTING.
• 1/2 cup raw cane sugar.
• 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder.
• 1/4 cup soy milk.
• 2 tablespoons vegan margarine.
• 1 tablespoons light oil.
• 1/2 to 1 cup powdered vegan icing sugar.
• 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
• Mix the sugar and cocoa powder in a small saucepan.
• Stir in the soy milk, oil and margarine.
• Heat to boiling and let boil for 3 minutes, sir occasionally.
• When finished, let cool, then add the vanilla and powdered sugar until you reach the desired icing consistency.
• Bon Appetit!

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN HOLIDAY SQUARES

Steps:

• Oil your muffin tin. I used spray.
• Preheat your oven to 350'F.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the tofu until smooth.
• Add the sifted powdered sugar and orange extract to the tofu mixture and beat again until well blended.
• While its blending, sift the flours, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Take 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture and stir in the candied fruit, nuts and currants. This will keep them from clumping and falling to the bottom of the squares.
• Add the rest of the flour mixture to the tofu mixture on low speed. Then gently fold in the fruit and nuts.
• The batter will be fairly stiff. Spoon it evenly into the muffin cups.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the squares are lightly browned.
• Before the squares are out of the oven make your icing.
• Combine the powdered sugar, rum and orange extract until a stiff icing is achieved.
• Put on the squares about 5 minutes, then ice them. You could even put a little fine orange peel on top for decoration.
• Cool the squares on a wire rack.
• Bon Appetit!