Our weather is so changing. We had snow at the first of this week, then some warm sunshiny days and today has been cold and rainy.
Today was a good day to do some baking.
I tried a new to me cookie recipe, for those famous New York City
Black and Whites. I've never been to NYC and have no plans to go so I figured I should just bake some myself.
I baked them exactly as the recipe was written, I used my large Pampered Chef scoop and ended up with 10 big cookies.
They are really good, the cookie is soft like cake but is still sturdy enough to eat with your hand like a regular cookie. We liked them a lot and I will make them again but will probably make them smaller. They really do taste like something from a fancy bakery but they are easy to make with basic kitchen ingredients.
Have any of you had a real Black and White cookie in New York City? I am wondering how much they sell for there. I estimate the ingredients in my recipe cost about $1.50 for all 10 big cookies.
I used the bread machine to mix up the dough for our
everyday sandwich buns.
one of my goals for 2014 is to make all our bread and so far, I have. It tastes better and cost so much less.
Then I mixed up a second batch of dough but increased the sugar to 1/2 cup and added chopped raisins and pecans. When the dough had risen, I rolled it out like cinnamon rolls and spread it with soft butter and cinnamon sugar. It was enough dough to make a standard size loaf and a small loaf of cinnamon raisin bread.
my husband is shelling more pecans, on the thirds. From this current batch, he has cleaned 8 gallons.
I guess I should be looking for more pecan recipes :)
what are you baking?
The old bedding, kind of eww, right? But I am glad I had the old bedding to use as a pattern.
