Nothing Much, Only My Very Favorite Cookies!

When I was young, these were special occasion cookies because they're kind of a pain in the butt to make. They're also a running joke in my family. At Christmas, I used to make a quadruple batch of these and always call my mom asking her to tell me again why I make these cookies. They're not hard, just time-consuming with all the roll, fill, fold, seal steps. But in the end they're always worth it.

This is the first time I have successfully veganized a cookie recipe and when I made them this weekend, I could almost hear my mom telling me not to overfill them like she always used to tell me when we'd bake them together. She's right. When you do you get little overcooked bits of filling (I always use apricot). She is generally right about cookie baking, except when she adds nuts or coconut to perfectly good cookies.

(Adding those just seems like gratuitous sex in a movie, or is it just me? Oh wait, I don't mind gratuitous sex in movies. But I'm not a fan of nuts and coconut. Never mind.)

So, this post isn't about much.... only my very favorite cookies.

I like them so much, here are a couple more pictures of them. They are melt-in-your-mouth yummy goodness.