Today I worked at cash for 8 hours on my feet and so I didn't particularly feel like standing up in the kitchen tonight. But I did! I made regular chocolate chip cookies, which are now in the oven. If they are as good as the dough, they'll be fine, as usual. Nothing special, but still good! They'll be at my Super Awesome Christmas Cookie Party tomorrow night, which will be fun (I hope!). About 12-20 people are coming so I think it should be a good time! :) Hopefully dancing too!
Anyhow, my timer has rung, so I better go get those cookies out!
Happy Baking!
Friday, 9 December 2011
Thursday, 8 December 2011
25 Day Christmas Baking Adventure Day #9
Well, today was the first day of my new job! So I was a little worried that I wouldn't get any baking done. But of course my good friends Kim and Darren reminded me that we were supposed to get together tonight and bake banana bread! Saved by the ballroom people! haha.
Turned out well. Truth be told, it was Kim's recipe, and I didn't do a WHOLE lot. But I did help, and it was fun, and tasted good. We added milk chocolate chips to some of it, which made it yummier :) (Is that even a word? Oh yeah, I DON'T CARE! haha. As Darren says, food is way more important than grammar. haha.)
Good times, and Happy Baking!
Turned out well. Truth be told, it was Kim's recipe, and I didn't do a WHOLE lot. But I did help, and it was fun, and tasted good. We added milk chocolate chips to some of it, which made it yummier :) (Is that even a word? Oh yeah, I DON'T CARE! haha. As Darren says, food is way more important than grammar. haha.)
Good times, and Happy Baking!
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
25 Day Christmas Baking Adventure Day #8
Today I made Mint Chocolate Patties! Like the New York kind, soft in the middle...you know what I mean. They are even better than the ones in the store, which I didn't know was possible! Not too hard to make, just take a long time. I had to put the batter in the fridge overnight, partly because I started them late last night, so technically they are half made today, half yesterday. But I think it still counts, haha.
The recipe I used was this one:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/PeppermintPatties.html
She says NOT to use peppermint extract, that you NEED peppermint oil...well, they might taste better with oil but they are pretty good with extract. I just used more. Like, 3/4 of a teaspoon approximately. And I didn't have any sweetened condensed milk, so I used cream. I needed a bit more than 2 tablespoons though. About three probably.
Anyhow they turned out nicely, if I do say so myself. Really rich, I can only eat one at a time! haha.
That's all for now, Happy Baking!
The recipe I used was this one:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/PeppermintPatties.html
She says NOT to use peppermint extract, that you NEED peppermint oil...well, they might taste better with oil but they are pretty good with extract. I just used more. Like, 3/4 of a teaspoon approximately. And I didn't have any sweetened condensed milk, so I used cream. I needed a bit more than 2 tablespoons though. About three probably.
Anyhow they turned out nicely, if I do say so myself. Really rich, I can only eat one at a time! haha.
That's all for now, Happy Baking!
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
25 Day Christmas Baking Adventure Day #7
It's Day #7 already guys! Woo hoo!
Today I made supper, vegetarian style (woo Seana!) from my lovely $5 Vegetarian Cookbook, which is wonderful.
I made Moroccan Spiced Sweet Potato Medley.
It tastes amazing. Raisins, and spices, sweet potato (of course), onions, garlic, quinoa (supposed to be bulgar but I couldn't find it)...YUM!
So I think that was a pretty good choice for Day #7. Hopefully everyone else in my family does too :)
Happy Baking!
Today I made supper, vegetarian style (woo Seana!) from my lovely $5 Vegetarian Cookbook, which is wonderful.
I made Moroccan Spiced Sweet Potato Medley.
It tastes amazing. Raisins, and spices, sweet potato (of course), onions, garlic, quinoa (supposed to be bulgar but I couldn't find it)...YUM!
So I think that was a pretty good choice for Day #7. Hopefully everyone else in my family does too :)
Happy Baking!
Monday, 5 December 2011
25 Days of Christmas Baking Adventure Day #6
Today my friend Jenny came over and we made BREAD! Oh yes, lovely white homeade bread :)
It "felt yummy" and it tasted just as good, haha. Seriously though, we had a good time baking it and then ate supper, and then made toutons while the rest of it was rising. And then ate the toutons, which were especially good since I hadn't had any for a long time. :) All in all, a complete success. And the recipe we used was this one, so you can succeed too!! (Oh by the way, we doubled it, and it still worked.) http://breadbaking.about.com/od/yeastbreads/r/basicbread.htm
Very yummy!
Happy Baking!
It "felt yummy" and it tasted just as good, haha. Seriously though, we had a good time baking it and then ate supper, and then made toutons while the rest of it was rising. And then ate the toutons, which were especially good since I hadn't had any for a long time. :) All in all, a complete success. And the recipe we used was this one, so you can succeed too!! (Oh by the way, we doubled it, and it still worked.) http://breadbaking.about.com/od/yeastbreads/r/basicbread.htm
Very yummy!
Happy Baking!
Sunday, 4 December 2011
25 Day Christmas Baking Challenge Day #5
On to day #5! Today I made Minty Candy Cane Twist Cookies. They are YUMMY!
Turned out really well, pink and beige dough twisted into candy cane shapes. MMMhmm.
But, a word of caution:
You know those lovely magnetic measuring spoons, the ones that stick to each other so you don't have to worry about finding them in the drawer? Yeah...they stick to anything metal. So when they're laid on the counter, and then a cookie tray is laid on top of them, and then said cookie tray is put into the oven to bake cookies....
Yeah.
The oven is currently cooling down now, so I can stick my head in there with a metal knife or something and scrape the teaspoon off the bottom of it. It stinks, both literally and figuratively. Melted plastic is rather unpleasant.
But at least the cookies taste good!
Happy Baking!
Turned out really well, pink and beige dough twisted into candy cane shapes. MMMhmm.
But, a word of caution:
You know those lovely magnetic measuring spoons, the ones that stick to each other so you don't have to worry about finding them in the drawer? Yeah...they stick to anything metal. So when they're laid on the counter, and then a cookie tray is laid on top of them, and then said cookie tray is put into the oven to bake cookies....
Yeah.
The oven is currently cooling down now, so I can stick my head in there with a metal knife or something and scrape the teaspoon off the bottom of it. It stinks, both literally and figuratively. Melted plastic is rather unpleasant.
But at least the cookies taste good!
Happy Baking!
Saturday, 3 December 2011
25 Day Christmas Baking Adventure Days #3 and #4
Well, yesterday I succeeded with the Fortune Cookies. I didn't put any fortunes in them, but they turned out alright.
Today Darren and Kim and I got together at Darren's house and we tried to make taffy. It's very sticky: very colourful, and not bad tasting, but very sticky. And it was wayyyyyy too much work! That's the first and last time I'm making saltwater taffy! But it was fun, and nice to hang out with those two as I don't do that enough. We had some good laughs. Taffy is a good activity to try ONCE with your friends. I'd have been sick of it halfway through if it was by myself, haha. As it was, it took about 4 1/2 hours!!
Anyhow, that's all for now! Ta ta, and of course, Happy Baking!
Today Darren and Kim and I got together at Darren's house and we tried to make taffy. It's very sticky: very colourful, and not bad tasting, but very sticky. And it was wayyyyyy too much work! That's the first and last time I'm making saltwater taffy! But it was fun, and nice to hang out with those two as I don't do that enough. We had some good laughs. Taffy is a good activity to try ONCE with your friends. I'd have been sick of it halfway through if it was by myself, haha. As it was, it took about 4 1/2 hours!!
Anyhow, that's all for now! Ta ta, and of course, Happy Baking!
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