The girl made these super bomb baked expresso glazed doughnuts this week and they were delicious. She was super nice and made extra ones for me to take to work and let me tell you, they were a hit! I had some early 8 a.m. meetings and they were gone within the hour. I think that the people at work found them to be a pleasant surprise and made an early morning meeting just a little bit sweeter. And to top it all off, they fit perfectly in the container like it was meant to be.
A couple days ago, I tried making these oatmeal cookie pie things. The cookie part of them turned out pretty awesome despite the weird ingredients, but I could not make the filling part work. I tried twice and used up all the milk. My guess is I didn’t beat the butter and sugar enough, but I whipped it up for like 10 minutes. I am still kinda bitter about it, but whatever.
But the universe made it up to me yesterday and gave me these doughnuts. My guy has been working awfully late this week, and I knew he would enjoy a baked espresso glazed doughnut. I switched it up a little bit, and made baked doughnut “holes” (aka I used a whoopie pie pan to make baby doughnuts). I also used gold sprinkles on top since I didn’t have any chocolate ones. The guy loved them, as did all the coworkers who enjoyed them this morning.
I could eat a blueberry muffin every day of my life, and not be mad about it. Who could possibly be mad about that? I bet this little one would be super happy about it.
And even though the muffin cups have dinosaurs, no dinosaurs are in the actual muffin.
I don’t eat a lot of honey. Not that I don’t like it, but it is just very sticky.
I know about the peanut butter and honey combo, but it has never popped into my head to make peanut butter and honey cookies. It is a true revelation. I just replaced half the butter and sugar in the recipe with some honey, and it adds a little something magical. The dough did get progressively slimy, and the cookies got flatter and flatter as I made more batches, but look at those nooks and crannies. Try them!
I am a big dessert/baked treat fan (obvi). So I am looking forward to making a lot of treats for our wedding dessert table. My beautiful sister got me these amazing letterpress cookie cutters, and I tested them out the other day.
I was a little sad when I realized that I only have green and yellow food coloring. My wedding will not be Packers themed.
I think they turned out really fun! I love that each of the letters are different, so they look crazy cool when you group them together. Next time, I am going to try making them a bit thinner (even though I like a fat sugar cookie), and flood them with bright colored icing. A couple more tries, and I think these cookies have some definite potential.
We got the genius idea to make chicken and biscuits for breakfast last weekend. I made the biscuits and honey butter, and the guy took care of the chicken. Do you see the flaky layers of those biscuits? Its like they are welcoming the chicken home. We used this recipe here.
At our house, it is never too cold for ice cream. Especially the homemade kind. This is cinnamon ice cream from this book. I have never made legit ice cream before, and I was very pleased how it turned out. We put it on top of some warm, apple pie so we stayed nice and cozy.
We decided to make pizza entirely from scratch. We made the dough and tossed it around trying to make a circle. We simmered tomatoes and onions and spices on the stove to make sauce. We put the toppings on. And it tasted amazing because we made it with our own 4 hands, and love.
Since these cookies have coconut and oatmeal, they are like mostly healthy… I am honestly trying to limit us to one kind of cookie a week. They just better not run out until the weekend when I can make some more.
My ma gave me a fun mini pie pan (like this kind) for a gift. Because I like pie and tiny things. We made some tiny apple pies to test it out while I was home.
They turned out great! Plus, it was fun to say that we were eating half of a whole pie. But I will definitely make the top crust a little larger than the cutter next time, since I like a more robust pie.
I could see these being a cute dessert choice at the wedding! Who wouldn’t drop dead at the sight of a big plate of tiny pies??!!
guy and his girl 