Any Home Bakers Here?

[pennyJo1960]

Penny, Thanks again for posting my photo. Are you going to try the Gingerbread again?
Debby, The Emile Henry is a FIND. We visit Estate Sales in the Summer around here
and we do find. I will try the Artisan Bread again. The recipe is EASY and DIFFERENT>
I MUST remember NOT to handle the dough. That I think is the secret of this recipe. Aria

no problem at all glad to help

The last time I was in Fort Collins and stopped in the kitchen store, I picked up a cookie stamp with a rooster on it. Just got done making the shortbread cookie recipe that came with the stamp. I hadn't used a stamp before so this was a learning process (and kind of a painful one, lol).

The next time I buy one of those, I'll look for one with a longer handle! The one I got only has a little nubbin about 1/2" long and that makes it tricky to use. You have to heat the stamp up in the oven so when you want to stamp the dough, that thing is 325* and doesn't have much to hold on to. Ouch!

Anyway, the shortbread cookies were good with a nice sandy texture. The design wasn't showing up as well as I would have liked so I took a little paintbrush and 'painted' a bit of powdered cocoa over some of them (that was a long slow process so only did a few).

Here's a photo:
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Here's the recipe:
SHORTBREAD
1 1/2 Cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 Cup sugar
3 1/2 Cups AP flour
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
Add flour gradually, one cup at a time. Mix until well blended but don't overmix.
Roll into 1" balls and place on parchment paper covered baking tray.
Stamp the dough with the warm cookie stamp.
Bake at 325* for 15-20 minutes.

I saw no such stamps at our kitchen store We actually have two ov gloves they are wonderful by the way grabbed your short bread recipe thank you

 

[pennyJo1960]

bought metal stainless cookie cutters off e-bay rooster and a hen

 

[N F C]

bought metal stainless cookie cutters off e-bay rooster and a hen

Those will be perfect for the HAL baking contest Penny!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Those will be perfect for the HAL baking contest Penny!

may do you shortbread when I get them
did have a interesting find at the kitchen store yesterday

 

[sunflour]

bought metal stainless cookie cutters off e-bay rooster and a hen

So, you gonna do another entry

 

[N F C]

So, you gonna do another entry

I think @penny1960 HAS to now that she has those cookie cutters

 

[sunflour]

I think @penny1960 HAS to now that she has those cookie cutters

 

[chickadoodles]

The last time I was in Fort Collins and stopped in the kitchen store, I picked up a cookie stamp with a rooster on it. Just got done making the shortbread cookie recipe that came with the stamp. I hadn't used a stamp before so this was a learning process (and kind of a painful one, lol).

The next time I buy one of those, I'll look for one with a longer handle! The one I got only has a little nubbin about 1/2" long and that makes it tricky to use. You have to heat the stamp up in the oven so when you want to stamp the dough, that thing is 325* and doesn't have much to hold on to. Ouch!

Anyway, the shortbread cookies were good with a nice sandy texture. The design wasn't showing up as well as I would have liked so I took a little paintbrush and 'painted' a bit of powdered cocoa over some of them (that was a long slow process so only did a few).

Here's a photo:
View attachment 1200769

Here's the recipe:
SHORTBREAD
1 1/2 Cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 Cup sugar
3 1/2 Cups AP flour
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
Add flour gradually, one cup at a time. Mix until well blended but don't overmix.
Roll into 1" balls and place on parchment paper covered baking tray.
Stamp the dough with the warm cookie stamp.
Bake at 325* for 15-20 minutes.

Your cookies are so pretty! I love them! I have not heard of a cookie stamp and finding a rooster is wonderful! Thank you for sharing the recipe.

 

[N F C]

Your cookies are so pretty! I love them! I have not heard of a cookie stamp and finding a rooster is wonderful! Thank you for sharing the recipe.

In case anyone is interested...The company that made my cookie stamp is called Rycraft and they have a boatload of different stamps.
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[Aria]

What is the HAL contest? And how do the Stamps work? Uninformed here, Thanks Aria