What are you baking today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DH's favorite pecan tassies. I always do a batch just for him that we don't put on plates and deliver to neighbors. One more batch of chocolate bark, this amazingly ridiculously easy receipt from Better Homes and Gardens. I have the ingredients for cranberry-pistachio chocolate brownies but think I'm going to run out of time since I WOH.

Love pecan tassies but I'm the only one in my family that does - so will not be making them. How do you make the chocolate bark? That sounds like something that my family would love.

I'm at work so doing this from memory but it's crazy easy...

Line cookie sheet with tin foil

Break 2c of bittersweet chocolate (basically two baking-size bars) into pieces and melt in microwave for 1min on medium. Stir and continue to add 20second intervals until fully melted.

Mix half of toppings (see below) into melted chocolate and pour on the foil in a roughly 9in square.

Sprinkle remaining toppings on the chocolate, pressing in any large pieces.
Refrigerate for 1/2hr and break into pieces.


As for toppings, the recipe offered four or five different variants. We tried:
1. Break up 3/4c of baby pretzels and mix with 3/4c of chopped dry roasted peanuts (our favorite)
2. Mix together 1/2c chopped cashews, 1/4c sunflower seeds, 1TB toasted sesame seeds, dash of sea salt (also good)
3. I didn't do it but there were also options for peppermint/mocha bark (crushed peppermint candies and chopped chocolate-espresso beans) and salted caramel-sea salt

Thanks that does sound really good and super easy! I'm going to try this.

[Anonymous]

I made these cookies yesterday. They are delicious. I recommend doubling the recipe, though.

http://minimalistbaker.com/chewy-double-chocolate-peppermint-cookies/

[Anonymous]

Yesterday we made gingerbread cake. It is almost gone already.

[Anonymous]

This weekend, I made:

Gingerbread men
Oatmeal cherry chocolate chip cookies
Raspberry crumb bars

I think I am done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm dreading baking cookies with the kids this week because, while I limit their intake, I am apparently unable to limit my own.

I hear ya

[Anonymous]

Peanut Butter and Jelly thumbprints
Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Grean Tea/ Poppy Seed Shortbread
Sour Cream pound-cake loaves

[Anonymous]

Pizzelles

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Made buckeyes over the weekend. Awesome as always.
Today made 100% Whole wheat maple oatmeal bread. It's ok.

[Anonymous]

I don't bake but I housed some Ghirardelli peppermint bark today!

[Anonymous]

Nothing, the oven that was supposed to be delivered last week won't be here until Friday

[Anonymous]

Gluten and dairy free biscotti - double batch. One lot fig, anise and almond and the other cranberry, ginger and orange.

Gingerbread using a new recipe from the Nordic Bakery book. My son's sampling a gingerbread tree ice cream sandwich right now and says it's yummy.

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Tomorrow's agenda...
Biscuits for ham
Buche de Noel
Tiramisu
Cookies
Mental breakdown