Monday, December 21, 2009

Cinnamon Chocolate Cookies


1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 package (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, melted
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt


  • Preheat oven to 300°F.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in chocolate.
  • In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to chocolate mixture; knead in bowl until a soft dough forms.
  • On a lightly floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
  • Use cookie cutters to cut out cookies.
  • Transfer to a greased baking sheet.
  • Bake 15-20 minutes or until firm.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Yield about 7 dozen 1.5-2.5inch cookies

Rolling Pin Delivers!!!

I got my cookies !!!


Without much ado, I opened the package, unfortunately just one was intact



And proceeded with the tasting, pieces and all:





Delicious!!!!!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Showoff

Good name HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I know that I went over the top, but as it was my first attempt to make cookies I began trying recipes and that is why you got what you got

Friday, December 18, 2009

Double Impact!

I got my last 2 packages at the same time!


I went with MB's first:

My tin is back!


Doh! they didn't make it one piece



Except for one!


Which I promptly ate!
And it was YUMMY!



THEN! On to Hot Oven's!

Oooohh!!



Oh my!



Holy cannoli!
(or, chocolate sandwich cookie with almond stuff welded to it)


ohhh boy



no... words...

Thursday, December 17, 2009

And the Thursday Delivery from "Hot Oven"

Y hoy llego la ultima sorpresa del mes! Y super sorpresa por la variedad de cookies!
Porsupuesto todas estuvieron deliciosas!
Matt almost didn't want to share after taking a first bite for the camera.
But I fought him for it and ran away with the box of deliciousness...

PS - Mari, tenemos que ponermos de acuerdo sobre mi apellido. Hace unos dias llego una linda tarjeta de Navidad para Matt & Maggi Zimmerman... Yo espero conocer a esta Maggi Zimmerman algun dia. Ahora mi paquete del Bizcocho Club llego para Maggi Banderas, entonces se de seguro que era para mi :)

Monday delivery from "The Brains"

More yummies came! And in such pretty packaging!
The unveiling:

The display:Next to my cookies - not as colorful...
And finally, the tasting and the reviews:
"You have to try some of this"
"Surprisingly delicious!""Argh! Can't stop eating them!"
I have to say, they were pretty perfect with a glass of milk :)

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Cookies from "Hot Oven"

I like that name, Hot Oven, LOL

Yo les mande tres diferentes galletas y definitivamente no tan bonitas como las que se han mandado hasta el momento, pero voy a poner fotos de otras que hice con masa que me sobro





Melted White Chocolate Sandwich

Ingredients

* 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 2 tablespoons corn syrup
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 large egg
* 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
* 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 7-ounce bag sweetened flaked coconut
* 12 ounces white chocolate (chopped or chips)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375° F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
2. With an electric mixer on medium-high, beat the butter, brown and granulated sugars, corn syrup, and vanilla for 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture.
3. Form the dough into teaspoon-size balls. Spread the coconut on a plate. Roll each ball in the coconut, pressing so it adheres. Place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks.
4. Meanwhile, in a heatproof bowl placed over, but not touching, simmering water, melt the chocolate. Turn half the cookies upside down and spread the flat sides with the white chocolate. Sandwich them with the remaining cookies.



Lace Cookies

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 1/4 cup granulated sugar
* 1/4 cup light brown sugar
* 1/4 cup light corn syrup
* pinch of salt
* 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
* 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375° F.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat the butter, sugars, corn syrup, and salt over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove from heat and mix in the flour and almonds just until incorporated.
3. Drop level teaspoons of the batter onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them 4 inches apart. Bake until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
4. Cool on the baking sheets until firm, 8 to 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.


Sugar Cookies/Cherry-Almond Jumbles (I used cranberries instead of cherries)

Ingredients

* 4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1/3 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco)
* 2 large eggs, at room temperature
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* colored or coarse sugar, for decorating

Directions

1. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
2. Combine the butter and shortening in the bowl of an electric mixer and cream until smooth. Slowly add the sugar, beating on medium. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla. With a wooden spoon, stir the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture 1 cup at a time.
3. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and divide in half. Place each half on a large sheet of plastic wrap. Flatten into disks about 1 inch thick. Wrap separately then refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 1 week.
4. To bake, preheat oven to 350° F. Roll to 1/8 inch thick on a well-floured surface. Cut into shapes. Sprinkle with the colored sugar, if desired. Using a spatula, transfer to a large greased baking sheet, sugared-side up. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Transfer to a cooling rack.


Directions

1. Do not refrigerate the basic sugar cookie dough after making it (do not substitute slice-and-bake dough in this recipe).
2. Stir in 1 cup chopped dried cherries and 1 cup sliced almonds. Drop tablespoon-size mounds of dough onto baking sheets.
3. Bake at 350° F on parchment-lined baking sheets until just beginning to brown, 16 to 20 minutes.
4. Cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Hot Cakes -> Cocada = Yay!

I got my first cookies!

Hot Cakes delivers!

Due to a series of events not relevant enough to enumerate, I ended up opening up my sweet sweet care package at work this morning. And it went something like this (something exactly like this):





Snowman nappy!


Only 2 were cracked




(pardon the messy hair, I had a crazy morning!)

Yum!!

Oh, shoot! I forgot to post the recipe for my cookies! I will a.s.a.p.

Friday, December 11, 2009

The first arrival!

On Wednesday, Matt called me at work before dropping off the car for me to go home at lunch and told me "Don't finish all the Cream Puff yummies." I had no idea what he was talking about. But then I got home and I understood...

I have to admit that I was shocked to find that they all arrived in one piece - not even a crack! They were so beautifully packed...
I felt almost bad to have to pull them out of their lovely wrappings... almost...
And then they were out... and they were all so pretty... that I felt almost bad to take a bite out of them... almost...
And then I was glad that I did... because they were delicious! I was very nice... I even saved some for Matt to have later and for his mom... There was no arguing: we all agreed that we'd like to have more :)

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Arboles de Navidad abandonan South Florida....

Para donde iran?


Creampuff's Suter Cookies in Sunny South Florida!























Las galletas de "Creampuff" (las reglas de la logia impiden revelar identidades) dejaron el crudo invierno del noroeste del pas para pasar unas vacaciones sin regreso en el calido estado del Sur, Florida. A continuacion algunas fotos de Mr. Cookie Man en la piscina de su ultima morada, dandose un refrescante chapuzon, desafortunademente, as su arrivo, Mr Cookie Man, encontro voraces seres en busca de alimento....












 

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