Well, when I started to get ready to make chocolate cupcakes I heard a familiar whine from the other side of the kitchen: "What about my Christmas Tree Cookies?" Oh dad, quit your whining and I'll make your darn cookies. So, cupcakes were pushed to another day.The Christmas Tree Cookie should be light green, taste like a kiss of almond, and be shaped by the cookie press my dad's mom always used, … [Read more...]
Shortbread Animal Cookies
What shall I do instead of packing for my trip tomorrow? Bake cookies! So I read a recipe for shortbread (Martha's of course) and I tweaked it by adding some milk and making it more dough-like. I know that shortbread is supposed to be crumbly, but I wanted to be able to use my new animal cookie-cutters (thank you Jacki!!). I made the dough, cut them out, and then I decorated a couple of them with … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas To All…
Well, its finals week in studentville which means... baking! Every year I spread Christmas cheer by baking goodies for all the people who were nice to me during the year (i.e. all those who came to my birthday!). This year it was a short and sweet list and they were highly rewarded. I've never made marshmallows before, so I figured this would be the perfect time to start. I read a recipe for … [Read more...]
Frosted Banana Cupcakes
I made the frosting! It was really easy and it pairs perfectly with the banana cupcakes! … [Read more...]
Seven: Roasted Banana Bread Cupcakes
Ready to make a simple recipe into the most complicated feat-of-cooking-strength you'll attempt this Festivus? How can something as simple and traditional as banana bread become more high maintenance than Martha herself??I guess its my fault for buying bananas (which I never eat by themselves) for smoothies...and then my blender broke so I have nothing to do with these bananas except...banana … [Read more...]
