Any Home Bakers Here?

[N F C]

I'm trying to decide what to bake today. I have 3 cookie recipes to try, and only have time for 1. So which should it be?

1) Coconut macaroons (thanks @wyoDreamer )
2) Shortbread
3) Sugar cookies (have a new recipe for them)

Decided to go with the sugar cookies, just have to wait for the butter and cream cheese to soften up a bit. Once the dough is made, it has to go in the fridge for a while so might not get them baked until tomorrow.

The directions say to roll the dough out 1/2 "...seems a bit much, don't you think? I'm going to roll it thinner.

 

[R2elk]

Decided to go with the sugar cookies, just have to wait for the butter and cream cheese to soften up a bit. Once the dough is made, it has to go in the fridge for a while so might not get them baked until tomorrow.

The directions say to roll the dough out 1/2 "...seems a bit much, don't you think? I'm going to roll it thinner.

I always recommend following the recipe the first time and then making changes if you decide they are warranted when you make a recipe additional times. I know one woman in particular who wanted to know why her cookies didn't come out the way the original maker's cookies did. When asked what she did different, she started listing multiple ways that she did not follow the recipe.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Decided to go with the sugar cookies, just have to wait for the butter and cream cheese to soften up a bit. Once the dough is made, it has to go in the fridge for a while so might not get them baked until tomorrow.

The directions say to roll the dough out 1/2 "...seems a bit much, don't you think? I'm going to roll it thinner.

Try making a portion of the cookies at 1/2''. If they don't go well, I would go thinner.

 

[Peaches Lee]

I really like the three egg cake I make. It is not super white but is very tasty.

Three Egg Cake

½ C Butter
1 ¾ cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extrac
3 eggs
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
Set rack at the middle level in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

Butter the bottom of two 9-inch round or one 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan. Line bottom with parchment or waxed paper.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Combine eggs milk and vanilla extract. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture then add half the milk mixture. Continue to alternate beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scrape the bowl and beater often.

Pour the batter into prepared pan(s) and smooth top with metal spatula. Bake cake(s) about 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean.

Cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack, remove paper and let cool completely.

Got a good white frosting to go with this by any chance?

 

[ronott1]

Got a good white frosting to go with this by any chance?

Butter cream? Cream cheese? or Marshmallow?

Butter cream is good with it. Filling the middle with lemon curd and then cream cheese frosting on the top and sides is coma causing.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients
4 ounces unsalted butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
In a large bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered
sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Beat in the vanilla extract

Lemon Curd

Ingredents

• 5 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 lemons, zested and juiced
• 1 stick butter, cut into pats and chilled

Directions
Add enough water to a medium saucepan to come about 1-inch up the side. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, combine egg yolks and sugar in a medium size metal bowl and whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Measure citrus juice and if needed, add enough cold water to reach 1/3 cup. Add juice and zest to egg mixture and whisk smooth. Once water reaches a simmer, reduce heat to low and place bowl on top of saucepan. (Bowl should be large enough to fit on top of saucepan without touching the water.) Whisk until thickened, approximately 8 minutes, or until mixture is light yellow and coats the back of a spoon. Remove promptly from heat and stir in butter a piece at a time, allowing each addition to melt before adding the next. Remove to a clean container and cover by laying a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

 

[chickmom3941]

I always recommend following the recipe the first time and then making changes if you decide they are warranted when you make a recipe additional times. I know one woman in particular who wanted to know why her cookies didn't come out the way the original maker's cookies did. When asked what she did different, she started listing multiple ways that she did not follow the recipe.

What I hate is when people review online recipes, and leave a low score for the recipe, then list all the things they changed about it! Not really a fair assessment of the recipe, and misleading to people who want to know how the recipe is AS WRITTEN...

 

[MagpieDucks]

What I hate is when people review online recipes, and leave a low score for the recipe, then list all the things they changed about the recipe! Not really a fair assessment of the recipe, and misleading to people who want to know how the recipe is AS WRITTEN...

Yes! x2

 

[sunflour]

Sunflour, Where is the description box? I would like the Bread
Olive Recipe you made...looks super. Aria

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/rustic-olive-sourdough-bread-recipe

This is a King Arthur Flour Recipe, Mine is a 1/2 recipe to make one big loaf and I do add sliced olives.

 

[sunflour]

What I hate is when people review online recipes, and leave a low score for the recipe, then list all the things they changed about it! Not really a fair assessment of the recipe, and misleading to people who want to know how the recipe is AS WRITTEN...

Or leave a high score and also list numerous changes they made .

I find the ones that most reviewers made no changes to be the better ones.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Decided to go with the sugar cookies, just have to wait for the butter and cream cheese to soften up a bit. Once the dough is made, it has to go in the fridge for a while so might not get them baked until tomorrow.

The directions say to roll the dough out 1/2 "...seems a bit much, don't you think? I'm going to roll it thinner.

leave it at 1/2 inch or they may come out as leather or bricks