Who likes to bake?

junebug

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Me me me! though i don't do it a whole lot, i prefer baking goodies over cooking meals, lol. take today for instance. i have the ingredients waiting to make some homemade oatmeal cranberry cookies. YUM! and if no one likes them, then more for me!:thumbup: i have this big cookbook full of nothing but cookie recipes. i want to try them all, lol!
 
I have to make at least 96 cookies for a cookie x-change I am going to on Saturday and am so excited to get baking!!! I am making like 4 different kinds too!!!
 
I don't do cookie exchanges because the truth is I just love the cookies I make SO much that I don't want to part with them - and usually find I don't like others cookies nearly as much! Yup. I'm a cookie snob. :) (Although the oatmeal cranberry ones sounds delish!!)
So far this year I've made
Springerle
Candy Cane Bark
Gingerbread
Shortbread
and today is sugar cookie day, and cranberry pistachio biscotti if I get around to it. :)
I LOVE COOKIES!
 
I love baking too, the mess it makes not so much lol! The night before Thanksgiving I made 2dz pumpkin chip cookies and 3dz pumpkin chip muffins, they were SO good! I just ate the last of the cookies a few days ago and I'm ready to make another batch or two!
 
I like to bake but rarely do it because my kitchen is tiny and it makes such a mess (even putting one thing on my tiny counter makes a mess, lol). But I want to do more of it, for sure. I just need to learn some self-control so I don't eat the entire pan of brownies again next time. ;)
 
I like it, but I never think to do it. *lol* You have to eat dinner, but you don't have to eat cookies or brownies, kwim?

I think I'm going to make some cake balls this weekend, though, since it'll just be Jeff & me and there's not a lot going on. It will be fun and yummy, and I will get to have a nice Daily December page for the day, too. :)
 
I am on such a baking kick right now! I think I have gained 10 pounds last month...I think I need to bake for other people...LOL
 
i can share, though there are alot of different version i found online. i'm thinking of adding chocolate chips to it too. can't go wrong there!

these are called Lacy Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Cranberries

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon milk
1 cup dried cranberries

preheat oven to 350. lightly grease or spray cookie sheets
cream butter on medium speed until light. add sugars and cream together until smooth and light, about 2 minutes. add egg and combine. mix in flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and enough milk to make a lumpy batter. fold in dried cranberries.

drop cookies by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake in the center of the oven for 5-8 minutes. cookies will be golden brown on the bottom and firm on the top. remove to a wire rack to cool.



this is straight from a cookbook i have. i kept wanting to just copy and paste instead of typing it all out, lmao!!
 
I loooove cookies too! I love baking in general! But this is cookie "season" so cookies are on the brain, lol. I always go overboard when making cookies and make like a zillion varities, but I just love it!

And LOL, Lindy, I'm the same way about cookie exchanges. Cookie snobs unite!!
 
I love to bake too.

Last night I made some White Choc. Mac. Nut Cookies & Oatmeal Scotchies.

I have Martha Stewarts Cookie Cookbook and its awesome, and last year I bought a ton of those holiday cookie magazines.
 
I prefer baking over cooking, definitely! I have been craving cinnamon buns like crazy lately, have everything I need to make them, but haven't found a recipe I like (almost all have a cream cheese frosting - ew - me and cheese are a no-go).
 
I like to bake but I would need about 5 more hours added to each day just to find time to fit it in my schedule. Lately, when I make something it is out of a box or premade dough cuz it is so much faster.
 
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