Thursday, February 17, 2011

Baking for my fav peeps...



...or at least 9 of them as we are having a SQ lunch tomorrow!  I can not imagine a better way to spend a Friday lunch at school.....for real....I am this geeky.....


After a long thought out process I believe I have finally found my thesis....interestingly enough now that I have figured it out, it seems like it was already there, staring me down....

So, taking the advice from my Dad I had decided to bake some cookies and think about it....well that's exactly what I did and now I would like to introduce you the SuperQuiz Cookie...



First you want to get 2 cups of margarine warmed up to room temperature, then you add the sugar....oh so glorious sugar....1.5 cups of white and 1.5 cups of brown.....these are some serious calorie kicking cookies.....once creamed together add 4 eggs, 2 tsp of vanilla...and because I was making these cookies for my team one twenty-eleven AcDec'ers I used the vanilla in the glass jar.....if that isn't love I don't know what is.....also add in, here it is the secret to chewiness....2 TBSP of molasses...it really is a secret softener...I often use it in muffins when I go for the health nut variety and cut out all eggs and fat.....good thing because it all ends up in these darn cookies.....mix well......a fork will still do a good job for mixing.....then add the dry ingredients (3 cups of white flour, 2 cups of whole wheat flour....didn't see that one coming did you....1 tsp b.powder and 1.5 tsp of b.soda, 1 tsp salt).....keep mixing until the dough reaches a smooth slightly difficult to stir consistency......then add in the chocolate chips....I went for milk chocolate....be creative.....cranberry and white chocolate chips would work well.....or some nuts.....even adding cocoa powder would make some wicked cookies.....

Thanks for reading!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Baking for the AcDec'ers.....



....muffins seemed like a handy little snack for tonight's meeting.  This will be the last class where everyone will be there the entire time.....this marks the transition to mission: get ready for state!

I decided to go with chocolate chip (see pictured above) and some blueberry banana muffins.....we will see how they are rated.....

Should I share these recipes?

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sweet Tooth Satisfied.....with sugar free?!?

....how can that be?


Just came up with another great way to "use" the sugar-free brownies that I bake and freeze.....I use the mini-muffin tin so they are bite size brownies....and this time I added a little bit of coffee for that extra zip!  I think it worked out rather well....what I did was take 3 of the mini-cafe mocha brownies and cut them in half....arranged them like pedals on a flower in one of the creme brulee ramekins and finished it off with a dollop of sugar-free strawberry jam....it is rather decadent and yet not 1/2 of my daily caloric intake.....OK now its time to work....woohoo!