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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">max's vegan choc chip cookies</span></p>

This post is part of a week-long feature to help encourage fundraising for the charity Cookies for Kids Cancer. Read more in my previous post<a href="http://cravenmaven.com/2011/09/five-days-of-cookies-for-kids-with-cancer/"> here</a>.

<strong>The cookie story:</strong> Many months ago, I decided to take a stab at Veganism. You have to understand this was a big departure for me. Yes, I am a vegetarian but I was born and raised into an extremely carnivorous family. No meat is one thing but no <em>dairy</em>, { especially butter, milk, eggs } was a bigger challenge. 
<a href="http://www.worldgoveganweek.org/">Vegan week</a> rolled around and I emptied my house of all animal products. My vegan friend Max kindly agreed to make his favourite Vegan Chocolate Chip cookies and brought them over. I was SOLD. They tasted every bit as good as their dairy laden cousins. Max won't give me his recipe { naughty } but here is one I've made before and loved courtesy of the <a href="http://www.theppk.com/2008/11/chocolate-chip-cookies/">Post Punk Kitchen</a>. Give it a try!
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Fundraising tip:</strong> Can't host a <a href="http://www.oxogoodcookies.com/host">bake sale</a> but want to make cookies to raise money for the <a href="http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org/">Cookies for Kids Cancer </a>charity? How about you plan a cookie swap? Get 10-20 of your friends to bake a batch of their favourite cookies. Get together at your house and charge $10 for a bag for each participant to fill with the cookies they like. You raise $100 and your friends get a sweet treat. Every bit helps! 


