Chef Joeys Vegan Holiday Squares Recipes

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!

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BOSTON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F.
• Lightly spray an 8 inch round cake tin.
• FOR THE FILLING:.
• Prepare the pudding according to package directions but use less milk as the ingredients state above. The filling should be thicker then if you were just making a pudding.
• FOR THE CAKE:.
• In a mixing bowl sift the flour, baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl cream the potato and margarine together. Add sugar and beat until sugar is fluffy and incorporated into the mixture.
• Add the vanilla and lemon extract and continue beating.
• Slowly add the soy milk and beat until well mixed. Add the flour mixture, 1/3 cup at a time and beat until the batter is smooth.
• Pour the batter into your prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or a tooth pick comes out clean inserted in the center.
• If done, remove cake from oven and cool on a metal rack for 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool for an additional hour on the cooling rack.
• Cut the cake in half. Fill it with the vanilla pudding, put the top back on the cake and glaze.
• FOR THE GLAZE:.
• Combine the melted margarine, cocoa and hot water in a bowl. Blend in the confectioner's sugar and vanilla. When you like the consistency pour or spread over the cake and let it cool for a while so the glaze can set.
• Bon Appetit.

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN PIZZA CRUST

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor add the spelt, whole wheat, corn flours, sugar, herbs, baking powder and baking soda.
• Process these dry ingredients well, making sure all the ingredients are combined.
• Using a whisk, in a different bowl mix the yogurt and oil well. Add it through the feeding tube of the food processor until the dough forms a ball.
• The dough will be sticky. Turn out onto a well floured surface and knead for a few minutes until the dough is less sticky and easy to handle.
• Don't add too much more flour however, you don't want the dough to be tough.
• Put the dough into a bowl to rest and cover with a damp cloth for about 25 minutes.
• Oil the pizza pan with a little olive oil.
• In the meantime prepare your toppings.
• When the 25 minutes have passed press the dough onto the pizza pan.
• Add the toppings and bake at 400°F for 20-25 minutes. The edges of the dough should have risen and be a medium golden brown shade.
• Bon Appetit!

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350'F.
• Put the margarine in a bowl big enough to accommodate 2 cups of milk.
• Put the sugar, cinnamon and salt into another bowl and mix well.
• Put the milk in a saucepan and heat until just before the boiling point.
• Pour the heated milk into the bowl with the margarine in it. Mix until the margarine is completely melted.
• In a 9x13" oven safe dish add the bread and raisins.
• Mix the egg replacer with water. I use 1 1/2 teaspoons of egg replacer and two tablespoons of warm water. Stir to incorporate.
• Gradually add the egg replacer to the milk mixture.
• Add in the cinnamon, sugar and salt mixture into the milk mixture. Mix this well.
• Pour the milk mixture over the bread and raisins and carefully move the bread around so that ll the pieces are soaked in the milk.
• Put the dish with the prepared bread pudding into a larger dish and put it into the preheated oven.
• Pour the hot water into the outer dish being careful not to get any in the pudding dish.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.
• The custard should be creamy. Remember you didn't use eggs here so it won't be set exactly the same. As it cools it will firm up a bit.
• Serve either warm or cold, plain or with your favourite sauce.
• Bon Appetit.

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350'F.
• Spray a cookie sheet with spray oil. I used my silpat sheets in place of the oil to keep the fat content down. You could probably use parchment paper as well.
• In a large bowl stir the flour and baking powder with a whisk to lighten up the mixture.
• In a medium bowl mix the apple sauce, agave syrup and vanilla. Using a whisk mix this all together then add to the flour baking powder mixture. Stir it very well.
• The batter will be very stiff. Add the chips, nuts and seeds and fold them into the batter to distribute.
• Drop by tablespoonful onto the cookie sheet and flatten with a fork. Dip the fork in water if the batter sticks to it.
• Make sure if you like round cookies you shape them accordingly because they will stay in what ever shape they are in when you flatten them.
• Bake for 12 minutes. The edges of the cookies should be golden in color. Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack immediately. These cookies are pretty sturdy so they can handle being moved off the cookie sheet right away. Then pop the next batch into the oven.
• Serve with a nice tall glass of non-dairy milk.
• Bon Appetit!

CHEF JOEY'S VEGAN NORI PIZZAS

Steps:

• Prepare the 6 nori sheets by brushing water on 3 of the sheets and then stick one sheet on top of each of the 3 sheets on 3 separate plates.
• Set aside.
• Shred the carrot. Shred the cheese. Set them aside.
• Chop up the bell pepper, olives and tomatoes. Set aside.
• In a food processor combine the avocados, yeast, garlic powder, and 6 basil leaves. Puree and then set aside.
• TO ASSEMBLE THE PIZZAS:.
• Divide the Avocado puree between the three Nori sheets.
• Divide each of the vegetable between each of the 3 pizzas.
• Top each pizza with the veggies and the shredded cheese.
• Chop the 6 remaining basil leaves thin and top each pizza with 1/3 of the leaves.
• Bon Appetit!

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 CORNMEAL-THYME COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F.
• Put the oven racks in upper and lower thirds.
• Line two baking sheets with unbleached parchment paper; set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, cornmeal, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Put margarine and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle and cream on medium speed until pale and fluffy for about 3 minutes.
• Mix in the egg replacer. Add the flour mixture into this on low speed until just combined.do not over mix. Hand mix in the currants and thyme.
• Using a tablespoon or a 1 1/2 inch ice-cream scoop drop rounded balls of dough onto the parchment lined cookie sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart.
• Bake rotating and switching positions of sheets about 1/2 way through the cooking process.
• The cookies should be a pale golden shade. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer cookies on parchment to a wire rack and cool completely.
• Bon Apetit!

CHEF JOEY'S YEAST FREE VEGAN PIZZA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400'F.
• Put the flours, salt and baking powder into the bowl of a food processor and process until well combined.
• Mix the olive oil and water together and pour through the feeding tub of the food processor.
• Process for a minute or so and then check your dough. It should be somewhat sticky.
• Let it sit in a bowl with a damp cloth over it while you prepare your toppings.
• For my pizza I like to use chopped onions, garlic, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, sweet bell pepper and vegan cheeses.
• Of course this is a personal choice. Just remember not to over load the pizza with toppings and sauce. Moderation is best for even baking.
• Once you are done cutting up toppings put the pizza crust onto an oiled 12" pizza pan and bake it in the preheated 400'F oven for 12-15 minutes.
• In the meantime, cook the onion and pepper for a few minutes, then add the garlic and mushrooms until just done.
• When the pizza crust finishes take it out of the oven then top it with the pizza sauce and cover it with toppings and then the cheese. I use Vegan Jack Cheese and Powdered Vegan Parmesan. You can also add Soy Pepperoni if you wish.
• I put the pizza back into the oven for another 10-15 minutes so the cheese melts and the crust gets a nice light golden colour.
• Bon Apetit!

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!