TWD: Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies

Ulrike of Kuchenlatein chose Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies on pages 146-147.

I made the dough for these cookies the other day. After work, I rolled out the dough and my granddaughter, Samantha, picked out which shapes to use. She and my son decorated them. I found the recipe simple. I just don't like waiting for a dough to chill to finisha recipe, but the cookies are delicious. One of the better sugar cookies I have had. Let's hope Santa likes them just as much!

TWD: Chunky Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters

I know I'm a little late with my post. No excuses, just lazy. I did make these yummy cookies chosen by Stefany of Proceed with Caution last weekend. Just never posted! These were a big hit at work and home. The recipe made a lot of cookies. I loved them dunked in a cold glass of milk!

TWD: Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte

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Amy of Food, Family & Fun chose the Cholocate-Banded Ice Cream Torte on pages 288-289. All I can say is OMG! It is so DELICIOUS! Great choice Amy! It was very simple to make, just time consuming because of all the freezing between layers. I definitely want to make this recipe again and again and experiment with the ice cream flavors. I used sugar free vanilla this time mixed with the raspberries. It tasted delicious.

Casper checking out the food processor!

ready for the freezer

YUMMY!

TWD: Granola Grabbers

This Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was Granola Grabbers, page 82, chosen by Michelle of Bad Girl Baking. It seemed like a lot of ingredients and I wasn't sure if I would actually like the cookies. The recipe was very simple and easy to follow. The dough was yummy and the cookies were chewy and delicious. They got rave reviews from family and work!

I didn't change anything in the recipe, kept all the ingredients. I thought the results was wonderful!

TWD - Black and White Banana Loaf

Ashlee of A Year In The Kitchen chose The Black and White Banana Loaf on page 232 for this week's recipe. The banana bread was very easy to make. I was a little skeptical of putting lemon and rum in the mix, but the whole thing came out wonderful. The bread is very moist and yummy! Thank you Ashlee! It's now one of my favorite recipes to use my ripened bananas in! Work had no complaints; it was all gone before I left work for the day! I left a few slices at home for my son, who said it was delicious. Jimmy, who just got back from visiting his sister, was glad for some baked goods!

My pictures didn't come out too well, but you get the idea!

Perfection Pound Cake - TWD

As I noticed many of you are doing, I decided to start baking the recipes that have been done already this year. So many to choose from!!! What am I to do???!!! Since I seem to want to bake a lot lately (except for last night after that ice cream!) I decided on the Perfection Pound Cake mainly because I had all the ingredients! I decided to make it marbled. The recipe was very easy, just LOTS of mixing!

The cake tasted delicious, just a tad dry, but I would definitely make it again. It didn't take as long as the book said to bake. I used the smaller pan and it took about 70 minutes tops.

That's my cat, K.C. (Kitty Cat, original, huh?) laying in front of the oven while the bread was baking. He must be hungry!






Mixing and mixing












After marbling before putting in oven







The final product!

TWD: Chocolate Pudding

Monday, 7/28/08:

Yes, I know, this week's recipe is Michelle of Michelle in Colorado Springs Summer Fruit Galette, and, yes, I know this is not a week where an alternate recipe can be used. But.....I decided to make the Chocolate Pudding that was chosen by Melissa of It's Melissa's Kitchen earlier this month. The Galette sounded awesome and my friend, Michele, made it already and told me it was "sinful" to use her words. I will make it another time. The Galette said it is best to be eaten the same day it's baked. Well, my daughter and her family went back to Kansas on Saturday and my son went with them for a week's visit, so I didn't have anyone to eat with me. Besides, I had all the ingredients for the pudding and it sounded yummy!

I didn't make the pudding until late - after my karate class and going to Wal-mart. So, I will have to wait until work in the morning to taste the pudding. I will share (I think!) with everyone at work. So, even though I am technically skipping this week's TWD, I decided to still bake a recipe from Dorie's cookbook and post a blog.

I found the recipe easy to follow and not too time consuming. Since there were several steps involved and different appliances to use (food processor and stove), I was finally smart and had all my ingredients measured and set out before starting. Worked out wonderfully. It was fun using the food processor again!

I was a little worried about the mixture scorching on the stove, but, whew, it didn't! It sure came close to spilling over when adding the milk to the food processor and I had some leakage out of the bottom, but it was minimal and I got it all cleaned up. Maybe, a bigger processor would not have that problem.

Since I was taking the pudding to work, I put it into a pyrex dish instead of individual dishes. The final product before sticking in fridge:

Tuesday - The pudding is awesome! I love it and so do all my co-workers! Jolanta and I both are in agreement that we would happily take the whole bowl and eat it ourselves! I added Sugar Free Cool Whip and mini chocolate chips to the top. Yum! I want more....now!

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler

Today, I cooked my first Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. Amanda from Like Sprinkles on a Cupcake chose the Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler. After looking in two stores, I could not find any rhubarb so I substituted blueberries. Since I want to bake and cook more new things, I purchased my first food processor last night! I was able to use it on this recipe.

I found this recipe easy to follow. I can't say it was my favorite fruit dessert. I loved the topping part; it tasted good. The filling, in my opinion, needed more sugar. I would have loved some vanilla ice cream on top of this dessert while warm!