I am a baking machine!
Nov. 24th, 2010 05:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
switch842(And how is it that this is the only icon I have of Dean eating? That just doesn't seem right...)
Anyway, I asked my folks if they could stay a little late today (they watch Martouf when I go into the office on Wednesday) as I wanted to get as much of the baking done for Thanksgiving as I could and that's kind of hard to do with a baby. So they said they would and ever since I got home, I've been baking almost non-stop. I had to the little guy down for a nap, so I got started about 2:00, it's now 5:15 and the second to last batch of cookies are in the oven.
I have made: Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (best cookies ever!!), Whoopie Pies and Red Velvet cupcakes. I was a little nervous about the Whoopie Pies as I've never made them before, but they turned out soo good!! And they're not 100% done. I'm going to make the filling in the morning, since I'm not sure what that'll do overnight. The recipe though makes an INSANE amount of batter. I ended up maybe using 1/3 of it and easily have 15 or 16 pies. But looking at the picture that's on the recipe, they're supposed to be huge! Honestly, they're probably the size of a small paper plate. Here's the recipe if you want to take a look.
I'm doing the same with the cupcakes - frosting in the morning. Those were all made from a mix & canned frosting, but considering everything else is from scratch, I figure that's fine. :-)
So, in the morning I have to:
And I think that's it....
Anyway, I asked my folks if they could stay a little late today (they watch Martouf when I go into the office on Wednesday) as I wanted to get as much of the baking done for Thanksgiving as I could and that's kind of hard to do with a baby. So they said they would and ever since I got home, I've been baking almost non-stop. I had to the little guy down for a nap, so I got started about 2:00, it's now 5:15 and the second to last batch of cookies are in the oven.
I have made: Alton Brown's Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (best cookies ever!!), Whoopie Pies and Red Velvet cupcakes. I was a little nervous about the Whoopie Pies as I've never made them before, but they turned out soo good!! And they're not 100% done. I'm going to make the filling in the morning, since I'm not sure what that'll do overnight. The recipe though makes an INSANE amount of batter. I ended up maybe using 1/3 of it and easily have 15 or 16 pies. But looking at the picture that's on the recipe, they're supposed to be huge! Honestly, they're probably the size of a small paper plate. Here's the recipe if you want to take a look.
I'm doing the same with the cupcakes - frosting in the morning. Those were all made from a mix & canned frosting, but considering everything else is from scratch, I figure that's fine. :-)
So, in the morning I have to:
- Make the filling and assemble whoopie pies
- Frost cupcakes
- Make meatballs for appetizer
- Make deviled eggs (maybe tonight?)
- Make cornbread muffins
- Make mashed potatoes (from 10 pounds of potatoes)
- Make sweet potato gratin
- Send husband to store to get ice and veggie tray
And I think that's it....
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Date: 2010-11-25 12:22 am (UTC)Where did you get the mix for the cupcakes and frosting? I've been looking for one forever and can't seem to find it...
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Date: 2010-11-25 01:11 am (UTC)You're making me hungry!
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Date: 2010-11-26 02:03 am (UTC)I made cranberry muffins (my mom usually does that every year, but she was sick so I took over for her) and they actually turned out better than I thought they would.
Hope you guys had a great one!
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Date: 2010-11-26 04:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-11-26 09:50 am (UTC)