Baking Lately

Recently I have been craving cinnamon rolls! I never crave cinnimon things, but I had a really gooey, lovely, soft caramelly brown sugary one recently from my friend, Brandy, and it was deligthful! I have been imaging bakeries early in the morning with a comforting warm cinnimon roll through a glass window for about a week now. Finally I thought it would be cozy to make some. So this morning I woke up, and it was like the first thing I thought about besides what time is it? I slept in...

All things yum include a yummy sleep in every now and then. Anywho... I looked up a simple, no yeast recipe since I have no yeast. It was fun.

I had a dream a few minutes ago, during a lazy afternoon nap, that I was making cherry cream ice cream. And it tasted delightful, but it wasn't the consistancy i wanted. I tried to fake like it was better than it was... oh dear! It was a bit icey. I haven't the remotest idea how to make ice cream. Weird!I have been proud of my concoctions lately.

I made these cherry almond cookies half-dipped in ganache. I neglected to take a photo. They were a unique concept, but I think there must be a way to get the cherry flavor to come out more distinctly. They had an overall mild flavor with dark, dark chocolate to cover. I would have liked them less fluffy and crumbly with more density and chewyness.

One afternoon I went to do laundry at my parents, and I said I would bake something when I do that. So I found an eggless muffin recipe, which was great!! I made some eggless banana muffins baked with chocolate chips and brown sugar on top. My parents happened to have caramel, so I filled a few with that before baking, then topped them with a little drizzle after baking. That was fun.

So the next morning I decided to bake the remainder of the dough, but I didn't have caramel at my house. Oh well! They were moist, which was important to me.

My roommate and I enjoyed! :)

On the topic of muffins, I recently tried another eggless muffin recipe. I looked in my baking book, and found a recipe that inspired me with what we had: blue berries, carrots, and almonds. Turned out great! :)

There's this bakery I like to to go to nearby, and it has blueberry chocolate cookies. I have been interested in trying, so I bought some organic blueberries and grabbed my favorite chocolate chip recipe.

I used a technique I read about in my baking book, and after rinsing the blueberries, I rolled them in flour, then added to my chocolate chip dough. In addition, I remembered chocolate and spiceyness go well together. So grabbed some cayanne, and put a good few pinches inside.

Once the cookies were baked, they were big, chewy, blue spotted, and had a nice little kick after swallowing.

One night, Bekah taught me how to make a simple baked brie. She had some extra pastry dough frozen, and simply rolled it out on a floured countertop, placed the entire brie whole inside, covered it with boysenberry jam (fruit filling changeable, be creative), wrapped it up,

and put an egg wash on top. I think we baked it for somewhere around 10 to 15 min.

It was so so delicious, warm, and melty! :)