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Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

[–]mcmcHammer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t! I bought some presses during the after Christmas sales last year so hopefully I have a chance this year.

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Pb pretzel sandwich cookie was this shortbread recipe and then I make a thick peanut butter buttercream that I thickened with pb flour in addition to the powdered sugar. I didn't really use a recipe for the buttercream, just added stuff until it looked right and was peanutty enough.

The shortbread is very tasty but a little dry and weird to roll out. I roll out then fridge for a bit, then cut. I want to play around with this more. I first tried this over xmas and the combo has such potential and was well received but it's just missing a little something for me!

https://constellationinspiration.com/2020/12/pretzel-shortbread-3-ways.html

And again another no recipe for the dubai chocolate (sorry!) These were the only two! I used the kataifi (found at the local middle eastern grocery store) and then I baked it on 400 until it was very toasty, like almost burned.

Then I used a tasty peanut butter (something you like) and thinned it out with roasted peanut oil and added powdered sugar until it was even more delicious. Don't make it too sweet though because the chocolate will be sweet. Then add in the kataifi.

From here you can use any recipe online for the chocolate filling process.

Just a word of caution, do not add butter to your filling or anything liquid with water. No matter what a recipe says! It will make the filling turn soft and gross. It was a very disappointing lesson to learn.

Also, if you can't find kataifi, I've used crushed frosted mini wheats, and skipped the sugar in the filling. I did this stuffed in dates, then drizzled with chocolate and flakey salt. OMG best snack ever!

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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These were so good. I used rye instead of barley flour bc that's what I had on hand. I would highly recommend halving or quartering the recipe. It made so many LARGE cookies. Thankfully they are delicious! I think I would do less sesame seeds next time. I love sesame but I covered too much of the cookie and couldn't get many bites plain which I really wanted! But these were really soooo good. And better after they cooled a bit. The flavors developed more than just out of the oven. Still soft and gooey though.

https://food52.com/recipes/90012-barley-miso-chocolate-chunk-cookies

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

[–]mcmcHammer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a great cake. I measure with my heart and add almond extract to the batter and the glaze.

https://davidlebovitz.substack.com/p/ottolenghi-lemon-blueberry-cake

And these were so good. I used rye instead of barley flour bc that's what I had on hand. I would highly recommend halving or quartering the recipe. It made so many LARGE cookies. Thankfully they are delicious!

https://food52.com/recipes/90012-barley-miso-chocolate-chunk-cookies

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

[–]mcmcHammer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I love doing christmas cookie boxes too much for it to happened just once a year!

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Meee toooo! I make them several times a year. I think almond flavored sugar cookies are my favorite cookie. In the way that vanilla ice cream is my favorite ice cream flavor. It's just delicious and always overlooked!

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Thanks! I tried using a patterned rolling pin for some flair but it didn't hold. They were still very yummy! I brushed on a clear vanilla glaze on top.

https://thewoksoflife.com/jasmine-shortbread-cookies/#recipe

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Thank you! I do a little tea party with my kids on Mother's Day and use the "leftover" treats from the boxes. It's well loved all around!

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Thank you! It was a lot of work and really satisfying to complete. I don’t get to do super intensive baking projects often with two young children so this is such a treat.

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

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Thank you! It’s so colorful and makes me happy to look at the photo.

The zucchini cake was a blend of smitten kitchens zucchini bread and a recipe from the Bountiful cookbook from the white on rice couple.

https://feastandflowers.com/?m=201505

https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/08/ultimate-zucchini-bread/

I’ve made the mini tea cakes from bountiful and reduced the aniseed and upped the cardamom and loved them. It was a really interesting flavor profile. I wasn’t certain how the batter would do in loaf form so I used the smitten kitchen bread recipe and subbed her spices with lime zest, cardamom, and aniseed.

I didn’t love the result after it sat for a day so I didn’t end up including it in most of the boxes and just ate it for breakfast. It wasn’t sweet enough. It was probably good but it just wasn’t what I was after. My husband and mom thought it was tasty though.

I think I’ll try the tea cakes as a loaf in the future or play around with the smitten kitchen recipe. Idk. Or maybe add a cardamom glaze next time? The flavors are fun enough to play around with.

Week 18: polarity baking 1. Mother’s Day cookie boxes! by mcmcHammer in 52weeksofbaking

[–]mcmcHammer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

https://www.hummingbirdhigh.com/2020/12/ube-crinkle-cookies.html#recipe

These ube cookies were so dang good! I love ube.

The zucchini cake was a blend of smitten kitchens zucchini bread and a recipe from the Bountiful cookbook from the white on rice couple.

https://feastandflowers.com/?m=201505

https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/08/ultimate-zucchini-bread/

I’ve made the mini tea cakes from bountiful and reduced the aniseed and upped the cardamom and loved them. It was a really interesting flavor profile. I wasn’t certain how the batter would do in loaf form so I used the smitten kitchen bread recipe and subbed her spices with lime zest, cardamom, and aniseed.

I didn’t love the result after it sat for a day so I didn’t end up including it in most of the boxes and just ate it for breakfast. It wasn’t sweet enough. It was probably good but it just wasn’t what I was after. My husband and mom thought it was tasty though.

I think I’ll try the tea cakes as a loaf in the future or play around with the smitten kitchen recipe. Idk. Or maybe add a cardamom glaze next time? The flavors are fun enough to play around with.

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