It’s the little things.
02.24.11 ♥ 1
I’m Back in Action!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes for my friend Jason’s Birthday.
(Buttermilk Chocolate High Altitude Cupcake Recipe + Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting Recipe + Mini PB Cup on top…)
Chocolate Chocolate- Chip Cookies! + Recipe
So I’ve found that in terms of cookie creation, my first High Altitude Baking Book, The Muffin Lady’s “Baking at High Altitude” is best. Her cakes aren’t great, but the cookies always come out wonderful and extra tasty. These choc choc chip cookies came out a little hard, but that’s partly because I forgot the vanilla and left them in a minute too long. Good enough to provide the recipe though!
Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2/3 cup cocoa
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 cups minus 1 tablespoon flour
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips/ chunks
1.) Cream together butter, sugars and vanilla.
2.) Add the cocoa to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly. Add the remainly ingredients and mix.
3.) Foil 2 cookie sheets.
4.) Roll dough into balls and slightly flatten onto sheets. Depending on the size of your cookies (1 tablespoon to 1/3 cup each), bake from 8 to 12 minutes until edges are brown.
** Remember these recipes are adjusted to altitude!!
Raspberry Buttercream Recipe:
1. Beat first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended and smooth after each addition.
Note: Be sure to wash and thoroughly dry raspberries before adding to frosting.
Soooooooooo Delicious!
2/17/11: A Baking Adventure
This is what happens when you have a functional oven and a captive audience.
After going our for breakfast screwdrivers, I transported my tools and baked at my friend Gary’s place. He and three other of my male buddies sat on the couches and drank beer while I played Betty Crocker in the kitchen. Whilst I did NOT wear my cute little apron for fear of ridicule, I DID produce some awesome food.
Dish 1: Chocolate Buttermilk cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream
Dish 2: Oatmeal Chocolate chip Cookies
Experiment #3: Crepes!
Threw these together real quick last night. They came out pretty good, not my favorite recipe though. These are a lil rubbery and the recipe only produced about 4 of them. I’ll dig up the makeshift recipe I have in my own recipe book and post that. These have raspberry and chocolate on the inside. The look pretty, right?
Fail Again!
Tried to toss together some chocolate chip muffins for V-Day. My oven sabotaged me once gain. Looked great on top….burned on the bottom. Not gonna post the recipe until I get it right….
