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Oh poo poo, I didn't even know this thread was here. I bake cookies for work just about every week and go hog loving wild every holiday season. I don't even know where to start. But you can get your basic bitch on with these pumpkin spice snickerdoodles I've made a whole bunch of times, 'tis the season. Here are mine:  And an older pic- the pistachio spice cookies from Chetna Makan's book. I've since gotten a new phone and drastically improved my food photography skills, it might be time for another batch of these. 
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Tonight's efforts: double chocolate cinnamon cookies!
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Nov 14, 2017 06:41
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guppy posted:Italian lemon cookies cocoavalley posted:
I'm stealing both of these. Thanks in advance on behalf of my coworkers!
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Nov 15, 2017 03:13
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The past few efforts: Green Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies  Dark Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies- this isn't the exact recipe I used, but it's close enough and probably better anyway  Nutella Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
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Nov 29, 2017 08:54
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Those all look amazing and I'm gonna make at least one of those this weekend. I bet chipotle powder would be good in those.
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Nov 30, 2017 04:30
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This week has been COOKIE WEEK. In addition to additional batches of cookies I've already posted here, I made: Molasses Crinkles  Orange Almond Kisses, which came from this newspaper clipping:  Caveat: I have NO IDEA where they got "four dozen" from. I followed the directions to the T and got precisely 22.  Cranberry Orange sugar cookies. EVERYBODY likes these.  Chewy Cranberry White Chocolate cookies. Holy poo poo, do NOT overbake these. I burn these every loving year. One of these days I'll figure it out.  BONUS MOM ROUND:   Christmas Mickeys that mom did for a client, and Pusheens for my sister and brother-in-law's Christmas box.
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Dec 11, 2017 07:09
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Christmas is in two weeks, you can't tell me I'm the only one baking some fuckin cookies!! Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Left vs. right is the difference between hand-rolling dough balls and plopping them right on the tray out of the scoop 
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Dec 13, 2017 07:18
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Brawnfire posted:Do those have outlines?!? They look outlined! How do people do this poo poo? There are a TON of tutorials out there (this is something she's only gotten into since she retired last year) but the short version is you use slightly thicker icing to pipe around the outside and let it set before filling the inside with runnier icing. I'll pass the compliments along the next time I see her  Anyway, I decided it was time for something cute at work, so peanut butter cookies with M&Ms happened.  These come out very cakey and floury, so caveat baker if that's not really your bag. edit- Oneiros, how did the pumpkin cookies come out? PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Dec 19, 2017 |
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Dec 19, 2017 06:49
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tsc posted:
Hell yes! I just picked up a cookies press today from the thrift shop for all of $2.
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Dec 19, 2017 07:01
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300 is correct! Also, if anyone finds out where to buy cinnamon chips, let me know because everyone around here stopped carrying them and what else am I going to put in my scones??  I haven't baked any cookies lately, but that's going to change once I get out of my holiday stupor because...  ...I got a late Christmas present in the mail yesterday!! 
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Dec 29, 2017 05:55
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Boywhiz88 posted:YES! I need to get back on track of working through it one recipe a week or so, but it’s gorgeous and so fun to paw through and window shop and plan. I browned butter for the first time to make their chocolate chip cookie recipe. I'd be down for that! Speaking of browned butter recipes, here's one I liked from a while ago but haven't gotten it together to make again lately. It's a bit high effort but the results are super worth it! Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies 
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Dec 29, 2017 07:15
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Saw some peppermint white chocolate m&ms on clearance and knew exactly what must be done.
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Jan 8, 2018 06:39
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First recipe from the ATK book- the chewy oatmeal raisin cookies! These came out holy poo poo delicious, but the dough has a real tough time sticking together. PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Jan 14, 2018 |
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Jan 13, 2018 21:26
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Boywhiz88 posted:How do you folks motivate yourselves to bake? I want to make oatmeal raisin cookies, but I’m tired, but I’m also not going to do anything if I don’t bake. I, uh, got myself in a situation where my coworkers get mad if there aren't cookies so I kind of have to now. That said, I'm balls tired and there are like two left of the brown sugar cookies I made and they will just have to deal. 
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Jan 24, 2018 03:41
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fknlo posted:I made the basic chocolate chip cookies from the ATK book and had to have hosed something up. They're not sweet enough at all and maybe too buttery I guess? I didn't brown the butter enough, so I'm sure that plays some part in it, but they just aren't right. I probably should have used semisweet chocolate instead of bittersweet too. Definitely grab an oven thermometer; it's how I learned my oven takes a god damned hour to preheat. Correcting your temperature will probably make a huge difference. I don't think not fully browning the butter is your issue here. Are you absolutely sure you got all the ingredients in, in the correct amounts? You know what, it's 6:30 pm here and I have gently caress all to do. I'll knock out a batch and report back with my findings. edit- did you do all this whisking and resting? PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Jan 25, 2018 |
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Jan 25, 2018 03:38
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Sex Hobbit posted:Definitely grab an oven thermometer; it's how I learned my oven takes a god damned hour to preheat.  Came out just fine for me. I added in chopped almonds as well, cause I have a ton to get rid of.
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Jan 25, 2018 06:53
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Crusty Nutsack posted:Did you bake them on a silpat? I find that sometimes a silpat will be too 'slippery' for some cookies and the edges will get thin and over cooked. There's no grip to keep the edges in place until they firm up. This isn't a problem with most cookies, but maybe that contributed. I do mine on a silpat. My cookies actually come out looking more like that when I use parchment.
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Jan 25, 2018 08:09
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fknlo posted:I cooked them straight on the baking sheet as I forgot to pick up parchment paper. Would that do it? It totally could. They look to me like the bottoms got hot WAY faster than the rest of the cookie.
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Jan 27, 2018 02:19
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Sunday morning's efforts- the trail mix cookies!
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Jan 29, 2018 01:03
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I have no idea what my problem is but I am Snickerdoodle Defective. I cannot EVER get them to come out right. These are from the same America's Test Kitchen book, but something just seems... off about them. They taste fine, they just look weird.
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Feb 5, 2018 07:49
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Boywhiz88 posted:I haven’t tried the ATK recipe, but this is the recipe I’ve been using the last couple years: https://www.melskitchencafe.com/classic-snickerdoodles/ That's 100% identical to the ATK recipe. They spread a lot more for me than the picture in the book seemed to indicate. Probably could have used a couple hours in the fridge. edit- ATK recipe says to bake for 10-12 minutes, rotating the tray at the halfway point as opposed to 9-11 minutes straight through. That could make a difference for some ovens.
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Feb 6, 2018 03:46
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Control Volume posted:They just look like fluffy snickerdoodles The recipe calls for 50/50 shortening and butter.... they were a hit anyway so gently caress it, they're getting made again! PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Feb 17, 2018 |
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Feb 17, 2018 03:35
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Today was probably my first big-time Cookie Failure; these are definitely not getting taken in to work... For comparison, this is the picture in the book (they're the Chocolate Chewies from the ATK book):  The only change I made in the recipe was using peanut butter chips instead of pecans because that's what I had, but that couldn't change the whole cookie that much. The other issue might have been that the egg whites were a day old (left over from a key lime pie I made) but I've made meringues with day old whites and had them come out fine. I put my last two stragglers on parchment instead of a silpat:  ... not exactly a massive improvement. So who knows. (The pie, for what it's worth, came out perfect.) PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 07:35
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Anne Whateley posted:I don't know the recipe, but pecans are dry and will add bulk/structure, while pb chips will soften and exude oil. You might also have had other issues, but yeah, that'd be a significant swap. Crap, forgot about the oil situation. Well, that's me told for changing a recipe the first time I make it.
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Feb 20, 2018 08:00
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Scudworth posted:Do they taste good? No one will know/care what they were supposed to look like. .... kinda? I mean, they're edible. They're basically PB chips encased in a chocolate cracker. I don't consider them up to even grad students' standards so I'll probably knock out a batch of snickerdoodles tomorrow after Black Panther-ing.
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Feb 20, 2018 08:27
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I did the Borderlands 2 mission "Eat Cookies and Crap Thunder" tonight so guess what happened It's the Ginger Molasses cookie recipe from (again) the ATK book. They compare very favorably with my old recipe, which called for shortening instead of butter.
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Feb 26, 2018 07:23
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Today: the peanut butter oatmeal pretzel sea salt dark chocolate clusterfucks from the ATK book: I'm.... lowkey underwhelmed by these.
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Mar 12, 2018 20:04
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The Midniter posted:What are they missing? I was expecting the pretzels to contribute a bit more salt than they did. That's easily fixed for next time by putting more salt on top. Besides that, I don't know. It needs.... something. Maybe different chips, I used the Guittard 63% cocoa ones. So I made the cranberry-white chocolate-macadamia nut ones right after. 
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Mar 14, 2018 03:16
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Peanut butter cookies happened last weekend! Featuring one cup of artisanally-pulverized peanuts, because I don't have a food processor but I DO have ziplock bags and a hammer.  And if we're doing cakes too, I also made a Donauwelle at the request of a German coworker for an office shindig.   (Sorry for that bad slice pic, it was at work but I HAD to get a quick shot of the most picture-perfect donauwelle slice possible)
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Mar 23, 2018 02:58
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I'd be okay with this becoming a catch-all non-bread baking thread. There probably isn't enough baking happening in GWS for threads dedicated to each and every individual thing (besides bread).
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Mar 23, 2018 03:44
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 Had some milk I needed to use up and some real-deal chai that a grad student brought me from Nepal, so chai spiced cupcakes happened. The recipe is modified from the Vanilla Chamomile Cupcakes in Ruby Tandoh's Crumb. I tossed a couple cinnamon sticks and whole cloves into the milk/butter/tea while it was simmering and these are zippy.
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Mar 29, 2018 05:52
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This week's efforts: Almond Crumb Coffee Cake  And chewy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies!
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Apr 4, 2018 04:09
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Ben Nevis posted:How'd the cookies come out? Those look like a potential hit in my family. They were a hit! The peanut butter taste is more subtle than you might expect, and they come out super chewy and soft.
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Apr 5, 2018 03:34
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 A coworker put this recipe on my desk so I did what must be done. Hopefully they're okay with almonds rather than walnuts, because I forgot to get walnuts at the store but already had almonds (I like them better in cookies anyway). Overall I'm happy with how this recipe turned out and might go with this one over the ATK recipe in the future; they're pretty much the same thing but with easy ratios instead of ATK's insistence on using fractional amounts of everything.
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Apr 18, 2018 06:28
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Croatoan posted:You should brown your butter. It makes better cookies. Eh I know  Meanwhile, the office every-month-or-so collective birthday celebration is tomorrow, and I have made Ruby Tandoh's buttermilk lemon black pepper cake, Sheet Cake Edition!   The actual recipe calls for two round cakes with the lemon curd sandwiched in between, but round/tall cakes are not generally well received at these parties in my experience so I just made a single sheet cake and I'll take the curd separate if anyone wants to try it. The cake gets drizzled with lemon syrup so it absolutely does not need frosting or anything, really. Just awesomely face-meltingly lemony with a little pepper to brighten it up. Included in the celebrations this month is my own birthday, which was Monday! My mom (she of the Pusheen cookies upthread) made me a fruit custard tart:  I got a $50 Amazon gift card and have NO IDEA which of the dozen or so cookbooks on my list I'm going to get. Or maybe a new cookie scoop, since mine bit the dust from overuse a few weeks ago. (Those are my chucks and my grandma's snoopy slippers that I just noticed I failed to crop out.) PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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Apr 25, 2018 06:37
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 Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Scotchies  Orange Almond Crumble Coffee Cake (This, in particular, was a massive hit.)
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May 2, 2018 04:56
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:What are my best options for a vegan butter substitution? I'm making cookies for a crowd, and some dietary restrictions apply. Butter-flavored Crisco, probably.
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May 2, 2018 05:37
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I'm not vegan, but I'm going to a potlucky brunch thing where vegans will be present, so I made vegan almond poppyseed and cinnamon sugar scones!  quote:Sex Hobbit's Scone Recipe with Vegan Substitutions This is a super adaptable recipe; if you want to put chocolate chips or craisins or something in them about 2/3 cup is the ideal amount. Put them in with the dry stuff, you'll never get them all incorporated if you try to add them after the buttermilk and egg. PERMACAV 50 fucked around with this message at 08:16 on May 11, 2018 |
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May 11, 2018 08:10
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 Dark Indulgent Walnut Brownies from Mary Berry's Baking Bible. Moderate effort as brownies go, but pretty drat good.
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Wake up, thread! Apple and Cinnamon Cake from Mary Berry's Baking Bible. I have the hardest time keeping this thing from sinking in the middle. I think the next time I make this I might dehydrate the grated apple in the oven a bit.
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