My Adventures in Macarons!, : The History part 1

Just Blogging today...Ok, so here is how I got started in macarons.

So one day in August i was looking at an Hedgehog Blog (rhyme!) and I saw a little ad that said something about the best deals in my city. Amazingly it showed these cute dainty little sandwich cookie. I thought they were Whoopie pies. So I left-hand clicked on it and it said the name: MACARONS. So automatically I did search query, and up came so many sites about them. i decided that first I should go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron. So began my journey. I learned as much as I could about them.

Once I finished learning I decided to find a recipe. A chocolate one. I did and I had to rush to the store with my shopping list:

Cocoa Powder, Piping Bag, Piping tip, Almond Powder (this stuff is pretty darn expensive), Parchment Paper and Dark Chocolate. I was so excited to go home and get baking. I didn't have my blog then, so I just got to baking. Now I had never worked with meringue before. Well, I had but not using the method my recipe called for... so I began to make the meringue and I have had no experiance with this type so this definetly messed it up... But, I did not know that. Then I sifted and shook and folded my ingredents in. Piped and let them set...
Once I put them in the oven and began to wait for the yummy deliciousness that was soon to come. Little did I know that would not happen. Once I took them out they looked nothing like what I had seen and learned about. The result: a flat sticky cakelike mess all over my pans. I decided since they were unuseable so I broke them into pices and ate them as cereal. They were pretty good. I just wished that they were PRETTY and GOOD. And that became my quest to make the perfect one.

To Make Candy-ish Soap

Hello my food friends! Today i am Kat the Crafsy "Confectionist".........Yesterday, the 26th I made soap with my grandma and I think that making soap is a great passtime, and I have come to like it. I love how they look like candy every time I look at them I just want to eat them....... so tempting to eat....... Okay so this is what each one is:
(left to right) Pink and White turtle, Pink, White, and Blue Bar, Green and Yellow Turtle, Green and Yellow Frog and I am currently using a Yellow frog. Which all are scented Peppermint. Making soap is basiclly easy to make and all that you need is:

• The Soap mold
• Glycerin soap clear and white.( I prefer clear because it looks soo much like candy, TIP: If you use a 3-layer using white, white, clear.)
• A spray bottle of rubbing alchohol
• Microwave-safe bowl
• Fragrance and dye

What you need to do is melt the glycerin for about 10- 20 seconds per 2x3 in bar. As soon as you take it out of the microwave add the fragrance and color. Stir them pour into molds. Spray rubbing alchohol over the top, and let it sit. To take it out turn the mold upside-down and tap the mold and it sould pop out. Wrap the soap in plastic wrap to preserve it. I heard that you can take the scrap of soap that you end up throwing away , melt it in a pot with water and pour into mold do the same as above. I tried it (sorry I don't have pictures...) and it worked I just had to freeze it to get it out of the mold. It worked though.

Well farewell, my crafty creators! Untill next time....................

Mai Adventures In Macarons! Part 1

Hello my food friends!, this is Kat the injured Confectionist. Yes, injured. Today I burned my left index finger an I prefer not to tell how, because I fear it is too embarrassing. So I am typing single-handedly and I am having a hard time with it.........Rats! I am also embarrassed about this batch too, because as you see this was a bad batch as the foot oozed out.......and here is why: I wanted to see how my Macarons were doing, and they had risen perfectly and had perfect 'feet'. So then I closed my oven and apparently I colsed it too hard that it 'disrupted' the baking and no sooner that I did I took them out and as seen in the picture above the feet oozed out. I am still yet to make an exact batch. Although this time it was my fault for 'disrupting them........ but if I wouldn't of done that the macarons would of been perfect, because as seen in online tutorials and tasting a pro's the batter was perfect, and they had the exact texture. So I will try again....and again. ( Sorry I have no pic of the stiffness of the meringue it wouldn't upload)

The Dry Will Soon Combine!!!

Making the Meringue

Making the Meringue

Combine the Dry with the meringue

Oatmeal Rasin Cookies! Part 2

Ahhhhhh...........I am fully-rested and ready for cookies. So as you may remember I was falling asleep at my computer. ( Is that the right term?) Anyway, here is what I did:

To make the batter I creamed the butter and sugar well, then I added the egg and mix well. Then add flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Make sure the ingredients are fully incorporated. Add the oats and raisins. The cookie dough should be very sticky. Then use a tablespoons onto the baking sheets and bake for 15 min. at 375 take out and let cool. This recipe Makes about 24 cookies ( 2 dozen cookies.)

Batter in the bowl

The texture of the oatyness

Measuring the cookie

The sizing of the oatyness

Risking the expolsion of my camera to view inside the oven. (just kidding)

The finished product!

Well my food friends happy baking!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! ( My first post!) Part 1

Today I decided to make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies for my dad because he has been asking me to make some since I got a stand mixer, so I finally did. I got the recpie out of one of my mom's old recpie books but it was a basic oat mix, so I added what I wanted to. I kat-ified it so this is NOT the original recpie from the book.

Okay, so let's get to baking!

What you Will Need:

• A stand mixer or hand mixer.
• 2 baking sheets not lined with parchment or greased

Oatmeal Cookies!:

• 1 cup of butter


• 1 cup of granulated sugar


• 2 eggs


• 4 tablespoons milk


• 2 cups flour1 teaspoon baking soda


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 2 cups oats


• 2-3 teaspoons cinnamon


• Raisins

It's nighttime and it's raining, and I am getting tired.......Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I will continue this tomorrow...........See you later my food friends!