It's been a long time since I took the time to bake, so tonight I got off work early and after dinner made snickerdoodles. The Ultimate Cookie Cookbook has the best recipe I've tasted. http://http//www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0517206439/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3174206-1068627#reader-link (p.21).
I made the perfect snickerdoodle, in my humble opinion! They were all the same size (cookie scoop!), had just the right amount of cinnamon and sugar on the top, and were crispy except for the very middle, which teases you into thinking they were chewy cookies. Allison likes them chewy, I like them crisp. On the other hand, she lives in a dorm, and she'll eat anything provided for free!
I always whip up a double batch of dough, so I can freeze it, and take it out on the spur of the moment for fresh baked cookies. Then I have several kinds of cookies to choose from. In this cookbook, I also love the buttered lime thins (p.107) and the Cats' tongues filled with espresso chocolate (p.147). I obviously haven't baked every recipe in the book, but I'll work my way through it eventually!
I love to bake, I can't make a decent pie dough to save my soul! I made apple crisp the other night, but the topping was less than stellar. Not sure what I did wrong, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Maybe I didn't mix it into a crumble very well with the butter, parts of it were just powdery. Tasted good, but not a great topping.
Amber would be disappointed, we had plans for a baking party, and I didn't follow the "rules"! Don't worry, we'll have time!
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2 comments:
I would only be disappointed because of the fact that I couldn't be there to bake with you! However, the boys and I did bake some butter cookies and used cookie cutters to make fun little shapes, and then we added some lemon icing and sprinkles. Yeah, they're gone already. But I've wanted to do that with them (the cookie cutter thing) for a long time- I remember doing that as a little girl, and it was something I wanted to pass on. (Except we didn't quite get to it over Christmas this year.) I have a couple dough recipes/tips I could share with you sometime... :) Yeah for baking!
Mmmmm, snickerdoodles. I love to bake but don't do it very often because we love to eat cookies and can't seem to leave them alone!
I guess Glenn got the pie crust making genes. He makes a great pie crust that looks pretty too!
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