I really don't eat many sweets. But in this cold weather that won't go away, I feel like being naughty and go against my usual eating habits.

I made cookies today. I lowered the amount of sugar that would normally go in a regular cookie. Honestly it was much better this way.

At my last job I was the supervisor of the vegan baking section of the vegan company I worked for. I actually didn't want that position but it paid more so I took it and I didn't want to disappoint the boss which was a friend of a friend.

I am not fond of baking. I'm more of a savory food kind of cook, but every now and then I need a sugar fix which I think would be best coming from fruit. What can I say. Guilty as charged.

Peanut butter oat cookies

2 cups flour
1cup oats
1/4 cup cacao powder
1cup sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup oil
1/4 soy or almond milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
*1/4 cup flax egg
1 /2 teaspoon salt
1teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
*soak flax in boiling water let it sit for at least 2 hours. 1/3 flax to 2/3 water

Mix dry ingredients, mix wet ingredients, mix the wet and the dry together than scoop on to a baking sheet and bake at 350 F for about 10 minutes or until golden around the edges and the top. After five minutes move to another rack in the oven for the remaining time.