Any Home Bakers Here?

[sunflour]

@tjo804

Love the photos, thanks for sharing. Your grand daughter is so pretty and it's easy to see the joy of discovery in her expression.

So refreshing to contrast with the more common imagery of a child sitting with a smart phone or tablet watching movies or playing tech games and missing out on those great life moments.


Congrats on the hatch, so glad that chick joined the world without any glitches.

 

[Alice28]

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

We had are cookie decorating party today. Unfortunately two kids are sick, so we only had three kids, but still fun!

 

[3goodeggs]

fantastic!
Those are some lucky kids. These experiences will carry through to their adult lives, you never know where they will lead them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

@Alice28 looks like a great New Year's Eve!

 

[Alice28]

My son is sampling a cookie to make sure they taste ok. How nice of him

 

[Alice28]

Thanks @Wyorp Rock and @3goodeggs. We had a lot of fun!

 

[sunflour]

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

We had are cookie decorating party today. Unfortunately two kids are sick, so we only had three kids, but still fun!

That looks like some great fun and tasty cookies, wish I could have participated

 

[sunflour]

Finally, the best "Cheese Straws"

I want to remove the recipe from post #566 and replace it with this one.

For those of you not here last year, I have been on an annual adventure (for too many years to count) to recapture my Mom's recipe.

But found My Old One at Christmas and today baked the second batch, and IMO better than hers and so much better than traditional cheese straws.

So the quest is over

and all others are removed from my recipe books.

There's a different texture and taste when made with a cookie press - which is what I would recommend. They have a little "bite" with the Cayenne Pepper and the fresher, the better.





Sunflour's Cheese "Straws" Recipe:

• 8 oz extra sharp shredded cheese - shredded while cold.
• 1 stick = 1/2 # butter - shredded while cold.
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper.
• 1 and 3/4 cups all purpose flour - KA unbleached weighs 7.44 oz = 210 gm.

Directions:

1. Shred cheese and butter and let sit in mixing bowl to warm to room temp - 30 min is adequate.
2. Place cheese and butter in heavy duty mixer. Cream together. Slowly add in the flour mixed with pepper.
3. Once all together, knead with your hands to form a soft dough.
4. Load into a cookie press and place on an ungreased, regular (not a non-stick) baking pan.
5. Bake 16-17 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool on wire racks covered with paper towels.

They are best the day after baked, but last quite a while. Last batch lasted nearly a month - may have been good longer, but DH ate the last two.

 

[N F C]

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!

We had are cookie decorating party today. Unfortunately two kids are sick, so we only had three kids, but still fun!

Looks like the NYE party was a hit! The kids did a nice job decorating the cookies!

 

[N F C]

Finally, the best "Cheese Straws"

I want to remove the recipe from post #566 and replace it with this one.

For those of you not here last year, I have been on an annual adventure (for too many years to count) to recapture my Mom's recipe.

But found My Old One at Christmas and today baked the second batch, and IMO better than hers and so much better than traditional cheese straws.

So the quest is over

and all others are removed from my recipe books.

There's a different texture and taste when made with a cookie press - which is what I would recommend. They have a little "bite" with the Cayenne Pepper and the fresher, the better.





Sunflour's Cheese "Straws" Recipe:

• 8 oz extra sharp shredded cheese - shredded while cold.
• 1 stick = 1/2 # butter - shredded while cold.
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper.
• 1 and 3/4 cups all purpose flour - KA unbleached weighs 7.44 oz = 210 gm.

Directions:

1. Shred cheese and butter and let sit in mixing bowl to warm to room temp - 30 min is adequate.
2. Place cheese and butter in heavy duty mixer. Cream together. Slowly add in the flour mixed with pepper.
3. Once all together, knead with your hands to form a soft dough.
4. Load into a cookie press and place on an ungreased, regular (not a non-stick) baking pan.
5. Bake 16-17 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool on wire racks covered with paper towels.

They are best the day after baked, but last quite a while. Last batch lasted nearly a month - may have been good longer, but DH ate the last two.

Those look good sunflour! I'm glad your quest is over

When I send the recipe index updates to sumi, I'll ask her to remove the previous recipe and add this one.