What did you bake today ? OK if not from scratch

[Gary Stocker]

Truffle gnocchi with chicken in a basil Alfredo sauce with spinach..and melted parm on top in the crock. Trying to figure out the Trattoria al forno recipe..not quite but amazing nonetheless.

 

[Meriweather]

These are gluten free Whoppers.
They are so good.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I was planning to get one kind of cookie done today but had a canning situation which resulted in me deep cleaning the kitchen. Tomorrow is another day.

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Wow! Did that make a loud noise when it broke? I used to love to can every fall. Is that canned tomatoes? I used to can tomatoes, but for sauce, I would freeze. Pickles were the main thing I froze, using pickling cucumbers I'd grown. Fortunately I never had a jar break.

 

[LoveDaisy]

Wow! Did that make a loud noise when it broke? I used to love to can every fall. Is that canned tomatoes? I used to can tomatoes, but for sauce, I would freeze. Pickles were the main thing I froze, using pickling cucumbers I'd grown. Fortunately I never had a jar break.

I heard it pop and knew exactly what happened. I’ve had it happen a few times over the years. I was turning tomatoes I canned this summer into sauce. It was a huge mess!

 

[LoveDaisy]

Thumbprints with homemade black raspberry jam.

 

[LoveDaisy]

Peppermint Whoopi pies

 

[disneyseniors]

You guys are all amazing bakers!
I only made 2 pumpkin pies with home made crusts. However, I can't seem to get the crust edges to look nice? But the pies were good.
I took a piece of pie to my Mom's apartment and dropped it (it was on a glass plate) and broke the plate and all. Then I tried a few days later with another pie and promptly dropped 2 more pieces while getting on the elevator!!! No glass this time, just plastic, but one pie piece was crushed!!!
I give up on pumpkin pies for a while

 

[Meriweather]

A break from cookie baking, hope to get a couple more kinds done tomorrow.
I defrosted the chest freezer in the garage instead


And cleaned the little freezer in the outside refrigerator because something had leaked and everything was sticky.

 

[Meriweather]

I redid the Whopper cookies from Monday. They just didn't come out right. So much better now. I had to add more flour because of there being no nuts.

Today I bakes DS'a favorite......Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

 

[RangerPooh]

My son baked flan for his Spanish class assignment.

 

[LoveDaisy]

We are having a holiday open house today. Just made a cookie platter!

 

[Meriweather]

chocolate chip cookies.....DGS'a choice for the cookie tray

 

[pinkxray]

@LoveDaisy- all of your cookies look wonderful. The variety looks perfect together on your tray.

I’ve been trying to make and freeze dough whenever I get a chance the last two weeks, as I’ve been busy working or driving kids around CT for ice hockey games/practice. This weekend will be nothing but baking all of the dough I’ve frozen. I don’t even know what I’ve made at this point.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Question- I'm thinking about starting my cookie baking this weekend and I want to try something a little bit different this year with one my standard doughs. I always have mixed results with cookie cutters. Have any of you tried silicone molds as an alternative? I'm thinking I need to lightly spray the molds with something like Bakers Joy or even just a dusting of cornstarch. Thoughts? I plan to fill the molds with chocolate melts and decorative holiday sprinkles/sanding sugars and then reinsert the cooled/cooked cookies so that they get a chocolate coating with more of the actual pattern. I've been successful with making hot cocoa bombs in previous years, so I at least have some similar experience with the chocolate angle. FWIW, I plan on using my (actually, it's Ina Garten's) shortbread dough recipe. So, it's a super firm dough that does not usually spread.

Still, just wondering if anyone has had any successes or tips for going the mold angle. TIA

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

A lazy night… simply a pizza!

 

[LoveDaisy]

@TiggerTrigger I have not tried silicone molds for making cookies. I have used them to make chocolates and for those I sprayed well with non stick spray and had decent success. I struggled a bit with small detailed pieces.

Can I ask what issue you are having with sugar cookies? Are they spreading? I have good success with making and rolling my sugar cookie dough then cutting with a cookie cutter then chilling on my cookie sheets before baking. If the dough and pans are really cold I get less spreading with the cookies.

Can you report back? I’d love to hear how it works. I’m always looking for new ideas.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Chocolate cake (Magnolia Bakery recipe). Baked in a loaf pan for easy slicing. Didn't have any buttermilk, so used plain yogurt thinned with whole milk. Waiting for the cake to cool completely so we can dig in!

 

[TiggerTrigger]

@TiggerTrigger I have not tried silicone molds for making cookies. I have used them to make chocolates and for those I sprayed well with non stick spray and had decent success. I struggled a bit with small detailed pieces.

Can I ask what issue you are having with sugar cookies? Are they spreading? I have good success with making and rolling my sugar cookie dough then cutting with a cookie cutter then chilling on my cookie sheets before baking. If the dough and pans are really cold I get less spreading with the cookies.

Can you report back? I’d love to hear how it works. I’m always looking for new ideas.

I got the idea after seeing madeleine molds and seeing someone use them after the fact to coat the baked/cooled cookies with chocolate. You were able to see that nice scalloped pattern in the chocolate coating. I've never needed to spray my silicone molds when I make cocoa bombs but I have some silicone cake pans and I know I've sprayed those when using them for cake. I also have cupcake cups as well, but I can't recall if I've sprayed those.

To be honest, I prefer traditional shortbread over sugar cookies. I also am inclined to eat less of them because they are so rich. I also have issues with rolling out dough in general. It's like this with pie dough as well. I thought it was just an impatience thing and not letting it chill long enough but I let my Thanksgiving pie dough sit in the fridge overnight and it still was a mess. It's funny because I'm great with rolling out fondant.

I will definitely let you know. I'm hoping to bake both days this weekend. DH just likes regular old chocolate chip cookies, but I want to do two different batches of crackle cake batter cookies (spice and red velvet this year), and then this molded shortbread cookie idea. The molds I bought are below. I don't think the cookies are going to pick up much of the details but I think my idea with the chocolate will. I am going to try it with dark chocolate over the weekend but I have some Ghirardelli melting wafers on the way that I plan to color to make them a bit more festive.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I made some rugelach during my lunch break today.

The prettiest ones have cinnamon roll filling with golden raisins and chopped toasted pecans. The presentable ones have sweetened cream cheese filling with crumbled apple fritter. The ones that exploded had Nutella and marshmallow. We will not be doing that again!

 

[Meriweather]

No baking today.
I made Haystacks though....DD's choice for the cookie tray.