I have made these cookies many times, but I have only taught this recipe once.  They are a tweak of one of my most popular recipes ever, Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.  There’s a funny story behind this version of the recipe.  Several years ago, I arrived to teach a class at a private home in Santa Monica. As I approached the front door, I could smell wood burning.  The home owners frantically ushered me into the house and revealed that the power was out in the whole neighborhood and there’s was no knowing when it would be restored.  Yikes!  How does one teach a cooking class without an oven or appliances???  Since they had seen me make pizzas in my parents’ wood burning pizza oven, they figured they would get theirs up and running so that I could cook the class recipes in it.  Well, that would have been fine except a wood burning oven doesn’t fit that much stuff.  I was able to figure out how to cook most of the menu, but these cookies were not going to get baked.  The good news was that the cookies were vegan so the dough was edible raw!  We all channeled our inner child and ate the delicious dough out of the bowl!Continue reading