- White Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Raspberry Jam filling (Jan 5)
- All out of "Baking and Pastry"
- Lemon Blueberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (Jan 13)
- Made for Mike and Meli McNulty's 35th Bday
- https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/lemon-blueberry-layer-cake/
- Croissants (Feb 18)
- "Baking and Pastry"
- I used Kerry brand butter. Made sure to let the dough proof longer. Still didn't rise as much as I'd have liked, but better than last time. Croissants didn't leak near as much butter as last time. Great result. The semi sweet chocolate inside is much better than milk chocolate.
- Chai Spiced Cheesecake Muffins
- Made with Jude. They were his pick. Super yummy! Very very moist. Not sure I would call them chai or even cheesecake really, but they were good regardless.
- Carrot cake and cream cheese frosting
- From baking and pastry book
- Also substituted GF flour in some and they turned out tasty. The cupcakes collapsed though, only in the GF ones.
- Made for Bree's kids birthdays.
- Isomalt
- Just did a simple drip over a silicone mat on a bottle. Turned out awesome! Didn't last for more than a day though.
- S'more cupcakes
- Graham cracker cake, chocolate ganache and swiss meringue. Bruleed the top with torch. So yum!
- For Puzzy's 100th
- Hershey's Chocolate cake and frosting
- For Puzzy's 100th
- Carrot Cake and cream cheese frosting
- Both from baking and pastry book
- For Puzzy's 100th
- Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the Olsons
- https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/old-fashioned-pecan-pie-356072 (A lot of people liked this one, but it was more unique)
- https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9487/pecan-pie/ (I liked this one better. Tasted more like what you would expect a pecan pie to taste like)
- Gluten Free Bread: Made for Kristy and Jordan (Dec 4)
- This one is a little eggy tasting and a little dense. I didn't use dry active yeast though ( I used instant) and I also just used a GF flour mix instead of her breakdown of flours.
- I like the texture and taste of this one better. Not quite as dense, and not near as eggy (even though it's yellower in color). I would use this one again if I was doing another GF loaf. Jordan and Kristy also like this one better.
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies: Made for Rob (Dec 4)
- These do better going in to the oven at room temperature instead of straight from the fridge. They're yummy. Not super oatmealy.
- https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24445/chewy-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies/
- Cut out sugar Christmas cookies (Dec 6)
- Cut out GF sugar Christmas cookies (Dec 6)
- https://www.momables.com/gluten-free-sugar-cookie-recipe/
- I really liked this recipe. Had a nice softness still to the cookie if it wasn't rolled out too thin.
- GF Chocolate Chip Cookies
- https://meaningfuleats.com/the-best-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/
- These maintained a bit of softness which was awesome. I really liked them. I think the addition of browning the butter adds a bit of a caramel taste.
- Eggnog Macarons with Eggnog Buttercream:
- https://livforcake.com/eggnog-macarons/
- https://veenaazmanov.com/eggnog-buttercream-frosting/#wprm-recipe-container-35758
- I think I may have overcooked these a little bit because I overwhipped them and they spread too much (ended up too big). But the flavor was good. It may be nice to add another element of flavor to them. Maybe add rum extract or use rum buttercream? Also to somehow add more eggnog flavor. Maybe by reducing the eggnog first?
- Gingerbread Macarons:
- https://www.bryonycooks.com/gingerbread-macarons/
- I really liked these. They have a great spiced flavor to them. Almost all of them were perfectly smooth with good feet as well. Really happy with how they turned out. May pair well with doing an Orange flavored filling with them? Or something else to break up the spice.
- Eggnog Creme Brulee:
- https://reneenicoleskitchen.com/eggnog-creme-brulee/
- After making the macarons, I had a bunch of left over egg yolks (and eggnog). So I decided to try making eggnog creme brulee.
- Shortbread Cookies
- https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/buttery-vanilla-shortbread
- Mom and Puz were coming over to play cards. Also, I started a 10 day cookie challenge. This was my day one. They were pretty good. I had to add more butter than the recipe called for because they were way too crumbly.
- Lemon Butter Cookies
- https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/lemony-butter-cookies
- Really good cookies! I would probably double the amount of icing the recipe calls for. Nice to have a little extra than not enough, and it really wasn't much. Great lemony flavor. And they were rice and buttery. Good crumb. This recipe made 24 cookies for me (25g each)
- Peppermint Bark
- https://tasty.co/recipe/peppermint-bark
- Really not a fan. I think I made the chocolate layers too thick? I'm not sure. But the white and milk chocolate didn't stick together. How frustrating is that?! I had to rehead more chocolate to try and salvage some pieces. And THEN I bent a knife trying to break it into pieces. Not my favorite experience.
- Gingersnap cookies
- https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10365/grandmas-gingersnap-cookies/
- OMG these are so good. Really really nice ginger flavor. And they stay soft! Maybe that's the shortening instead of butter? This recipe made 28 cookies for me (28g each)
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015819-chocolate-chip-cookies
- These cookies are good, but a little fussy to make. The recipe calls for a TON of chocolate. I feel like that could get toned down just a tad. We shall see how soft they stay.
- Gingerbread Macarons
- Same recipe as above
- Eggnog Macarons
- Same recipe as above
- Peppermint Macarons
- I really really like these! They have peppermint buttercream which is TO DIE FOR.
- https://houseofnasheats.com/peppermint-macarons/
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