Rocky Road Cupcakes

Makes 12 servings

Cupcakes

1 ¼ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon instant espresso powder (optional)
1 cup nondairy milk
1 teaspoon vinegar
1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup vegan chocolate chips (optional)
Sweet & Sara Vanilla Marshmallows

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Line one 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake papers. Set aside.
3. Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and optional espresso powder. Mix in the milk, vinegar, oil, and vanilla. Mix together until smooth. Add optional chocolate chips.
4. Carefully spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about two-thirds full. Add one Sweet & Sara marshmallow in the center of each. Bake for 16 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
5. Cool the cupcakes completely before icing with chocolate frosting (recipe below).

Frosting

½ cup soy margarine, melted
2⁄3 cup cocoa powder
1⁄3 cup soy, rice, or almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners’ sugar

Toppings

Sweet & Sara Mini Marshmallows
Sweet & Sara Rocky Road Bark (chopped into pieces)
Sweet & Sara Cinnamon Pecan Marshmallows
coconut flakes (optional)

1. In a large bowl, mix margarine and cocoa together until combined.
2. Add milk and vanilla; beat until smooth.
3. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until desired consistency is achieved. Adjust with more milk or confectioners’ sugar if necessary.
4. For Rocky Road Cupcakes: Top with Sweet & Sara Mini Marshmallows, Sweet & Sara Rocky Road Bark pieces, or Sweet & Sara Cinnamon Pecan Marshmallows.
5. For Snowball Cupcakes: Top with coconut flakes (for a special touch, add natural coloring made from beets).

This is from:

http://www.humanesociety.org/news/magazines/2010/07-08/a_rocky_road_to_sweet_success.html

Vegan Sausage

I'm tired of searching my gmail account for this recipe every time I want to use it! So here it is, Megan's Famous Vegan Sausage Patties: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/breakfast-sausage/Detail.aspx Replace the pork with about 2 cups of granulated TVP that has been simmered in Bragg's and nutritional yeast.  You may need to add some flax meal "egg white" as a binder. Enjoy! Flaxseed meal "egg whites": One tsp flaxseed meal and three tsp water equals one egg. Mix well and heat in the microwave for 15 seconds. Stir. If it's not yet hot, heat it another 15 seconds. Stir, and set aside to cool until the consistency is raw egg-like.