Done with my take home exam! Last exam for a long long long time! Submitted it and headed straight to the nail salon for some alone me time :D Then it was back to the daily activities! Had a pretty productive day doing chores and running errands all in preparation for my parents coming to and entertaining over graduation weekend.
And being the baker in the family, and a snobby baker at that I end up baking most of the desserts for all celebrations! So I'm of course I had to bake something for myself too. Sounds pretty lame, but it was nice to be back in the kitchen and baking again. Its been so long!
So long that I almost forgot that I didn't share this great cookie book. There couldn't be a better book out there to show you how to "stretch your cookie cutters". This book may actually help me to buy less cookie cutters! We'll see!
With all that I have to get done before the weekend, I went really simple with the cookies, just cut them using my graduation cap cookie cutter and then piped a tassel on to it using some melted chocolate (orange because my tassel is orange :D)
Chocolate cookies are little tricky to bake as it is hard to tell when the edges brown, so keep an eye on them while they are in the oven!
I also like to chill my cookie dough and cookie sheet to reduce the dough from spreading and help retain the shape of the cutter.
I have one more thing to get done before I can graduate, and I'm off to finish to my last presentation, 2ish days to go!
The Chocolate Cookie
Recipe Adapted from You Can't Judge a Cookie by Its Cutter
Ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups plus 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp vanilla extract
Method
Enjoy!
And being the baker in the family, and a snobby baker at that I end up baking most of the desserts for all celebrations! So I'm of course I had to bake something for myself too. Sounds pretty lame, but it was nice to be back in the kitchen and baking again. Its been so long!
So long that I almost forgot that I didn't share this great cookie book. There couldn't be a better book out there to show you how to "stretch your cookie cutters". This book may actually help me to buy less cookie cutters! We'll see!
With all that I have to get done before the weekend, I went really simple with the cookies, just cut them using my graduation cap cookie cutter and then piped a tassel on to it using some melted chocolate (orange because my tassel is orange :D)
Chocolate cookies are little tricky to bake as it is hard to tell when the edges brown, so keep an eye on them while they are in the oven!
I also like to chill my cookie dough and cookie sheet to reduce the dough from spreading and help retain the shape of the cutter.
I have one more thing to get done before I can graduate, and I'm off to finish to my last presentation, 2ish days to go!
The Chocolate Cookie
Recipe Adapted from You Can't Judge a Cookie by Its Cutter
Ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups plus 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp vanilla extract
Method
- Sift the flour and baking powder together and set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until the mixture is a pale yellow. Add in the cocoa powder and continue beating until completely incorporated.
- Add the eggs, one at a time and mix till just combined, then add in the vanilla extract.
- Finally, add the flour mixture and continue beating until well mixed.
- Chill the dough while preheating the oven to 350*F.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut to desired shapes.
- Bake for 8-10 mins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Cool the cookies on the sheet for 5 mins before removing to a wire sheet.
- Decorate as desired :)
Enjoy!
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