cookie time: ginger cookies
Posted: February 19, 2013 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, cookie, day off, dessert, Food, ginger, treat Leave a comment »It was one of those times when my office was closed, but everyone else still had to work. I still feel a little lost on those kinds of days. I could hang out with a coworker, but really, its a day for not seeing the face of anyone that reminds me of work. That is the point of a 3 day weekend.
So I made ginger cookies from the trusty Betty Crocker cookbook. They were delicious and I ate a ton of cookie dough and 3 cookies, because no one was here to stop me.
little heart pies
Posted: February 8, 2013 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, dessert, Food, heart, pie, treat, valentine, Valentine's day 1 Comment »I found these little heart pies on sticks the other day. Does putting paper sticks in the oven scare anyone else? The guy was out of town this week, and I didn’t really feel like catching on fire while he was gone, so I decided to go stick-less with my version.
I followed the basic idea of the link. Pie crust cut into hearts. I used the jam filling from when I made these. I really think good pie dough baked with anything tastes like heaven. Next time, I think I will try rolling out the pie dough even thinner, and trying to use more filling. Maybe even an apple or pecan pie filling… I love that these are portable little pies. Its like I can take them everywhere with me.
kiss the cook
Posted: January 29, 2013 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, chocolate, cookie, dessert, Food, kiss, kisses, peanut butter, treat, valentine 2 Comments »I love Hershey’s Kisses. They are super tasty, adorable, and you can save the little kiss labels and sneak them into places. And obviously, the Valentine color ones are already at the store! We are getting close to the season of kissing, so I made some kiss cookies for the guy. Don’t worry, he kissed the cook too.
doughnuts for dessert
Posted: January 24, 2013 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, breakfast, chocolate, coffee, dessert, donut, doughnut, Doughnut Hole, Food, treat, yummy 3 Comments »A couple days ago, I tried making these oatmeal cookie pie things. The cookie part of them turned out pretty awesome despite the weird ingredients, but I could not make the filling part work. I tried twice and used up all the milk. My guess is I didn’t beat the butter and sugar enough, but I whipped it up for like 10 minutes. I am still kinda bitter about it, but whatever.
But the universe made it up to me yesterday and gave me these doughnuts. My guy has been working awfully late this week, and I knew he would enjoy a baked espresso glazed doughnut. I switched it up a little bit, and made baked doughnut “holes” (aka I used a whoopie pie pan to make baby doughnuts). I also used gold sprinkles on top since I didn’t have any chocolate ones. The guy loved them, as did all the coworkers who enjoyed them this morning.
mostly healthy: oatmeal coconut crispies
Posted: January 9, 2013 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, coconut, cook, cookie, cookies, dessert, Food, oatmeal, treat Leave a comment »Since these cookies have coconut and oatmeal, they are like mostly healthy… I am honestly trying to limit us to one kind of cookie a week. They just better not run out until the weekend when I can make some more.
Christmas Present #8
Posted: December 13, 2012 Filed under: Guy Talk | Tags: Christmas, Coffee Syrup, Delicious, gift, Present, treat 1 Comment »-
- For Christmas surprise #8 I was not sure what it was because it was so heavy and in a big square box…
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- …turns out it was Dave’s Coffee Syrup which is quite tasty and a great present from the Girl as usual!
conquering the donut fear
Posted: November 12, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, cooking, dessert, donut, doughnut, Food, fried dough, treat Leave a comment »I have had a mild, if not severe, donut infatuation for a while now. I have played with some of the baked kinds, but really, the money is in the actual fried in oil kind. We bought a huge jug of oil several months ago, but I have been scared to try it. Because according to all moms on earth, oil is hot and it will burn me.
But guess what? It really wasn’t that bad. I prepared this recipe here (but I think we will try a different recipe next time). I am guessing that unless you burn them, bits of fried dough dipped in cinnamon sugar are by definition delicious.
It said not to crowd them in the oil, so we gave them plenty of space. They don’t like friends, since they know they are going to be eaten very quickly.
I actually made the dough twice because I thought I messed the first batch up, which I didn’t, so we ended up with 5,000 donuts. Towards the end of our double batch of dough, we got a little creative with our shapes. The snail shell one turned out the best.
pretzel cinnamon rolls?
Posted: September 10, 2012 Filed under: Girl Talk | Tags: bake, cinnamon, dessert, make, pretzel, treat Leave a comment »
The recipe for these isn’t all in English, so I can’t tell if they are actually pretzel cinnamon rolls, or cinnamon rolls twisted up like pretzels. Either way, they look pretty fancy….
