These puffy chocolate cookies are vegan and have a kick from a bit of cinnamon and cayenne. They’re good, but not as good as regular snickerdoodles. I love the texture, though – soft and kind of fat and chewy.

The ginger cookies have a good flavor and are chewy but flat, flat, flat. My search continues for a fat, chewy, flavorful ginger molasses cookie.

• Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles (Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, p. 89)
• Ginger Molasses Cookies (Alice’s Tea Cup, p. 104)