Cookie Dough and the Monkey Princess
10 years ago
I'm not a big fan of raw cookie dough, but all the kids are, including Ashley, the biggest kid in the group. Makayla has a Pinterest account (go figure), and she and Ashley found a recipe meant to be eaten raw and never baked. It contains no raw eggs, so I guess that's safe.
She told me she had to make it at my house, since their stove is broken and Amanda has been cooking with a griddle, an electric skillet, the Nesco roaster and a toaster. Now, this doesn't have to be baked, LOL, so I wasn't buying it, but let her have the kitchen anyway. I think it was more about space and ingredients. (grin)
So, she beat butter and brown sugar, flour and water, chocolate chips and vanilla, I don't know what all else, and scooped them out. She loves my cookie scoops, those life-time warranty Jenaluca scoops, I highly recommend them to anyone who has gone through five or six Wilton/etc, types.
They went into my freezer and after the kids had eaten a couple, Makayla took them home. And now I'm down to four half sheet pans. I just don't know what happened, at one point I had ten! (grin)
Annie
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Comments (22)Eileen, that was the ever-present "veggie pizza", my daughters love the stuff. Bake a crust out of crescent roll dough. Yeah, the stuff in the can, LOL. Mix a brick of cream cheese with a cup of mayo and some dry ranch dressing mix. I don't measure, just dump the dressing mix in, stir and taste until it's good. Top with fresh vegetables of your choice, chopped into pieces small enough to eat easily. Mine usually has cauliflower, broccoli, some green onions, carrots, red peppers. Even the kids gobble it down, go figure. I made it once with homemade pizza dough and no one wanted it. Back to the canned crescent rolls. (grin) Annie...See MoreEaster Cookies with help from San and Doucanoe
Comments (15)RR, they grow so quickly, I want to have pictures so I can remember when I was still the center of the universe for The Princess, and when Bruvver would still climb on my lap and kiss me. I want to remember that "Alfalfa" cowlick Bruvver always has, and Makayla's curls. Gotta take pictures, Maggie will be in college before you can blink! Linda, that cookie cutter is the only thing that will ever get Makayla to eat a carrot, I swear. (grin) Or a rabbit either, for that matter, LOL. Jim, Makayla rides Copenhagen every chance she gets but Bruvver is happiest on a tractor. Or a loader. Or the bulldozer. LOL He loves to go "two tracking" with the Jeep and his sister is happier on horseback. I'm also happier on horseback but when I sold that little old Allis Chalmers C model that Dad and I put together from parts in boxes, I cried. I loved that tractor, even if it did need a new throw-out bearing (which cost $20 for the part cut you had to crack the tractor in half to replace, LOL). Yup, definitely had to make a tractor cookie, even if I didn't have Allis Chalmers orange cookie dough.... Annie...See MoreMonkey Princess makes pretzels
Comments (10)Sleevendog, I think she's decided that the dough was still a bit wet from the soaking, and so made the paper soggy, and when they hit the hot oven they stuck. I don't know, but I do think we would be better off just using a greased baking sheet. I told her that's why people try recipes first, so if something unexpected happens, you figure it out and fix it. Sometimes it takes more than once. She was fine with that, and happy to make more pretzels, and her brother enthusiastically agreed, as his job is eating them! We'll be trying gluten free soon, I think, since her mother is celiac and we're working on adapting favorite recipes. Dcarch, who is that second girl, she does resemble the Princess (or perhaps the Princess resembles her). Cathy, I think she's pretty amazing too, but she doesn't smile enough. She has one crooked front tooth and will need braces and she's starting to be self conscious about it. It's the age, I guess. party-music, when we're baking for "home", we don't really care if the results are pretty as long as they taste good, so it was still fine. It's just an excuse to bake some more, but I like it better when they come out perfect for her. I'm usually more disappointed than she is, she just sets about figuring out why it happened and how to keep it from happening again. Lars, pumpernickel pretzels sound really good, we'll have to try them too, thanks for the idea. It's way more fun baking with someone than baking by yourself, although somehow I always get the clean up duty. Hmmm..... Annie...See MoreThe Monkey Princess makes pasta and pies
Comments (13)Here is the recipe I used, Ellen. It came from Taste of Home and I used King Arthur Flour Baking Mix, not the flour, but the biscuit/baking kind of mix. Gluten Free Apple Pie Donuts Taste of Home 2 cups gluten-free biscuit/baking mix 3/4 cup sugar 1 package (1/4 ounce) quick-rise yeast 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup warm water (110° to 115°) 6 tablespoons butter, melted 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, room temperature 1 tablespoon vanilla extract GLAZE: 1 cup apple cider or juice 1 tablespoon butter, softened 2/3 to 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar Directions 1. In a large bowl, mix the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the water, butter, applesauce and vanilla until blended. Add to the dry ingredients; stir until blended. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. 2. Cut a small hole in the corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with batter. Pipe into a 6-cavity doughnut pan coated with cooking spray, filling cavities three-fourths full. 3. Bake at 325° for 11-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter. 4. For glaze, in a small saucepan, bring apple cider to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 3 tablespoons. Transfer to a small bowl; stir in butter until melted. Stir in enough confectioners' sugar to reach glaze consistency. Dip each doughnut halfway, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire rack; let stand until set. Yield: 10 doughnuts. Annie...See More- 10 years ago
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