Posts tagged: baking
Make 90-Second Waffle Cookies.
By ChrisjobFrom dough to dunked in just 90 seconds.
When you've simply got to have a warm cookie right away, look to your waffle iron. The crispy/chewy results will look like waffles, taste like cookies, and last...well, about another 90 seconds. "These cookies, excerpted from the book Dessert Express, look like mini waffles, but they bake up just like oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies, with browned, toasty oats on the outside and gooey, melty chips. Once cooled, they look cute garnishing bowls of ice cream."
Message-in-a-Cookie Holiday Cookie Cutters
By DIY Maven
New from Williams-Sonoma are these Message-in-a-Cookie cookie cutters. The set ($20) includes 3 different cookie shapes (gingerbread man, ornament and snowflake shapes) AND letters and pre-made words, like Happy, Holidays, Seasons & Greetings, that you slip into the underside of the cutters. » READ MORE
Leftover Halloween Candy Conundrum SOLVED!
By DIY Maven
If you find that you over-bought or the trick-or-treaters are scant this year, here's some links that have you covered. First, cdkitchen has no less than 34 recipes that use left over Halloween candy as an ingredient. » READ MORE
How To: Brain Cake.
By Chrisjob
I first saw this digustingly clever how-to over the summer, and thankfully, Instructables is giving it its due featurin' 'round Halloween time. From homemade fondant cranium folds to a tasty corn-syrupy blood accent, this project will provide quite a tasty conversation starter to you Hallow's Eve Bash.
Materials
1. Cake Mix
2. Frosting
3. Mini Marshmallows
4.Powdered Sugar
5. Cake dye, red and green
6. Oil
Vampire Cookies and Cupcakes.
By Chrisjob
The shelves are piled high with plastic pumpkins, and it's time to start baking. Wanna try something other than witch cutouts and sugar-sprinkled jack-o-lanterns?
How To: Roy G. Biv Cake.
By Chrisjob
Kaitlin from WhiskKid has got a few things figured out: 1) cakes should always be created from layers; 2) the more thin layers, the better, as they allow for more frosting; and 3) if you're gonna have crazy layers to support the frosting, you might as well make those substrates amazing.
How To: Pie Pops.
By ChrisjobMy recent visit to the State Fair has taught me two very important new concepts: first, everything is better in mini (mini rabbits, mini cheesecake); and second, all foods are better on a stick.
And, oh buddy, do these Pie Pops capitalize on both. "Scoochmaroo says 'These little beauties can be assembled with pre-made ingredients or from scratch. I used this pie crust recipe and the following filling to utilize fruit in season at the time:
- 2 f » READ MORE
How-To: Sugar Fireworks for July 4!!!
By Chrisjob
These are the best kinds of fireworks: no day long waits, no crummy doo wop cover bands, no traffic jams, and...
they're made of sugar.
Make 'Mall' Pretzels at Home!
By DIY Maven
Aunt Anne's gets me every time. And it's not just because I'm a bit peckish from an afternoon of power-shopping either. Those pretzels just smell so warm and buttery. Mmm. To fill our homes with that same scent would be wonderful and to get a pretzel out of the deal too, well, that would be the icing on the cake. And Christa Rose has the recipe to do just that.
Make Your Own Colored Sugar.
By ChrisjobPrice check: 12.3 ounces of colored sugar = $10.00. 16oz of pure, white granulated sugar = $1.00.
Oh, but it's not colored, you say? Well, not yet.
Instructable-r StarshipMinivan offers an unbearably easy tutorial for creating your own colored sugar. And most likely, you already have everything you need in your pantry.
Supplies:
Sugar
Food coloring
Fork
Bowl
Plate
Just mix the food coloring into the sugar with a fork. Spread it out, allow » READ MORE
The Chocolate Bar Brownie Pan
By DIY Maven
Choclate, good. Brownies, good. A brownie pan shaped like chocolate bars, gooood. New from Williams-Sonoma, this most excellent 13 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 1 1/4" non-stick, 'chocolate' embossed bakeware item can hold your favorite fudge brownie mix or a flourless chocolate cake. Its downside is that it'll set you back about 30 bucks, but its upside is it's made in the USA and it's totally awesome.
Make Your Own Vanilla Extract.
By Chrisjob
I was 19. I was home the summer after my freshman year of college, and I decided I needed to bake...I went to my parent's kitchen, noted all the ingredients I'd need, and found them all...a four year old box of baking soda, a near empty bottle of imitation vanilla, a tin of grated nutmeg from the seventies. I mixed my batter, and baked the cookies...
It was a disaster.
So, I dried my tears, and went to grocery store and bought all new pantry st » READ MORE
How to make a rainbow cake.
By DIY Maven
I've seen swirly, colorful cakes before, but this one takes it....the cake, I mean. To make it even better, it's low-cal. » READ MORE
Create Your Own Custom Cookie Cutters.
By ChrisjobHow's that for alliteration?! And how's this project for awesomeness: easy-to-make DIY cookie cutters!? With just an aluminum baking pan and free clip art, Carolyn from Juggling Frogs created her own camel cookie cutter. And, she provides the how-to here so you can ape her technique and bend some up for yourself. I think my first round will be Eames lounges and atomic ball clocks.
Careful with those sharp edges!
Frosting Pen
By DIY Maven
Yes, you can buy tubes of frosting and decorating gels that have pen-like tips, but everyone knows that homemade frosting is almost always superior than the store-bought stuff. Those pens, are very handy, however.With Cuisipro's Decorating Pen ($10) we can now have the convenience of a writing instrument without sacrificing taste. It can produce fine or thick lines and is top-shelf dishwasher safe.
Spooky Food!
By DIY MavenCraftyCrafty has assembled a gallery of eery edibles. Some cute, some creepy and some downright gross!
Cute:
Creepy:
Gross:
Acorn Cakelet Pan
By DIY Maven
New from Williams-Sonoma is their absolutely darling Acorn Cakelet Pan. The detail in each of the 18 acorns it bakes is remarkable. I'm imagining little acorn corn breads served with jambalya or chilli this fall. Mmmmm. Perfect for cakes as well, just pop the little devils out of the pan and dust them with powdered sugar for a no-fuss yet fancy desert. The pan overall measures 15 1/4" x 11 3/4" x 1" high while the acorns it produces are 2 1/4" » READ MORE
Make Cake Not War
By DIY Maven
Soon to be available from Fred & Friends is the Peace of Cake cake pan made of pure food-grade silicone. Visit Fred’s page to find an on-line retailer.
How to make Vanilla Extract
By kestrelRecently DIY Maven was kind enough to pass along a very yummy recipe for a Mrs Fields cookie with chocolate chips and m&ms. In telling her how fantastic they were I mentioned using my homemade Vanilla. This resulted in her wanting to know how this was done. In a one word answer…easily.
We do a lot of baking in my house and Vanilla Extract is one ingredient that we go through way too fast. Several years back I tried my hand at » READ MORE
GIGANTIC Cupcake Pan
By DIY Maven
Wilton’s giant cupcake pan makes a, well, giant cupcake. The pan itself is divided, so you bake the top part and the bottom part separately. Then, you ‘glue’ them together with icing. It’s available through target.com and Sur la table for 30 bucks. (For more inspiration on decorating ideas, check out the adorable pics at Sur la table.)
