I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE decorating cookies with royal icing! I look forward to any Holiday or occasion so I can use my cookie cutters and start baking. I am not an artist, if you give me a canvas and paint, I 100% guarantee a 5 year old could have made a better drawing then me. However, when it comes to decorating cookies, it is a whole different ballgame. Decorating fancy cutout cookies became an new hobby of mine. For royal icing I follow Wilton’s Recipe that uses meringue power. Click here: (I add more water than it asks in the…
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Continue ReadingHello Bakers! Using doctored cake mix vs making a cake from scratch is huge debate and somewhat of a controversial topic. As you all know, cakes mixes can be found at any supermarket in the baking section. There are many different brands with variety of flavors. Each box contains the dry ingredients you just have to add eggs, water, and oil (sometimes butter). I take mine to the next level and “doctor” it up. I add additional ingredients such as sour cream, buttermilk and variety of extracts. These added ingredients elevate the cake batter and takes it to the next…
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Continue ReadingHello Bakers! Am I the only person who constantly forget to add buttermilk to my shopping list? If you are anything like me I have a solution for you! Store-bought buttermilk is typically made from milk with added lactic bacteria, which produce lactic acid. Today, we’re are making acidified buttermilk, or milk with added acid (vinegar or lemon juice) so it acts as buttermilk. This is the perfect substitute for your baking projects when you don’t have buttermilk on hand. I love use this trick because it saves me from buying buttermilk. This procedure is also convenient if you are…
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Continue ReadingHello Bakers! Did you know you can make frosting from Greek yogurt? Yup, you heard me right! To make this pipe-able chocolate frosting you’ll need only a few ingredients. Greek yogurt, cocoa powder instant pudding mix and vanilla bean paste. Trust me it works! If you are on health kick and do not want to add too much sugar into your diet try this frosting recipe! Instructions Add the Greek yogurt, cocoa powder, instant pudding, and vanilla bean paste to a large bowl. Beat for 2 minutes. Cover the top of the bowl with foil, and refrigerate for at least…
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Continue ReadingHealthy – contains no added sugar One of my favorite Fall item is Fresh Cranberries. I love it in muffins, scones, cookies and in cranberry sauce. I went to Trader Joes yesterday and picked up a pre-made cranberry sauce. I looked at the sugar content in the back and quickly placed it back on the shelf. Do not get me wrong! I had it before and it is delicious! I just could not justify eating 25g of sugar in 1 serving. (24g of it all added sugar) I rather eat that much sugar in a cookie or ice cream! Do…
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Continue ReadingSolution: Make Almond Joy – Chocolate Chip Cookies I do not know about yours but my neighborhood does not have many kids and we did not have lot of Trick or Treaters this year. That means I got stuck with a ton of candy! So…….. let the baking begin! Turn your Halloween Candies into delicious cookies. These are GIANT, I mean GIANT, soft, gooey chocolate chip cookies. Once batch makes 8 big cookies that are size of your palm. You could say that 1 cookie is meant to be shared, but who are we fooling! Sharing is NOT caring when…