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Well, Sarah and I are a rousing success as bakers! Two different people told us we should open our own bakery, especially when they found out that the goodies that they were scarfing down were mostly vegan!! (There are quite a lot of older people in our parish, and we were being cholesterol-conscious!)

Bonus recipes, for you.

Amazing Apple Cake from allrecipes.com

• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 5 1/2 cups chopped apples

I added a half cup of cranberries, only used 2 1/2 c. apple, and used half white, half brown sugar.

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and baking soda. Add the eggs, oil and vanilla, mix well. Add the nuts and apple, mix until all of the apples are evenly coated. (Apparently, you DON'T have to oil the pan, because it doesn't say to, and I didn't...) Pour into a 9x9 inch pan.
3. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Serve warm or cool.

Vegan Alert!!
Cinnamon Raisin Bread from theppk.com.

Oil 2 loaf pans, preheat oven to 350.

Soak 1 1/2 c. raisins in 1/2 c. apple or orange juice.

Whisk together 3 c flour, 3 tsp baking POWDER, 1 tsp baking SODA, 1/2 tsp salt, 3 tsp cinnamon, 2 c. oats and 1 1/2 c brown sugar.

Add 2 1/2 c applesauce, 1/2 c vegetable oil, 4 tbs ground flax seed mixed with 12 tbs water {which equals 4 eggs}, and 1/2 c soymilk (I used almond milk for the nuttier flavor).

Mix until just combined. Fold in raisins/juice. Divide into loaf pans, and bake 50-60 minutes, until a knife comes out clean. (I don't know if it was necessary, but I did rotate the pans halfway through the baking process.)

There were NOT many leftovers!