S'Mores Cookies
My team at work is split into two parts, with each part having it's own supervisor. Tomorrow the supervisor over the other half of my team, Matt, is turning 40. A couple of the guys have decided to play pranks on him, since it's the big 4-0 and Matt is for the most part a serious guy. So I decided to go the nice route and bake things for him. His wife also works with us so I IMed her last week and asked what I should bake him. She immediately sad chocolate chip cookies, and red velvet cake. That sounded like a plan to me.
So I made these red velvet cupcakes and while I cannot vouch for how good they are cooked, I can say with conviction that the batter is awesome. I'm not usually a chocolate fan, but this is pretty subtle and very good. I think I might make these cupcakes again without the chocolate and food coloring as I think the buttermilk would make an extremely interesting vanilla cupcake. But I say this as someone who loves buttermilk in most things. I apologize that I did not take a picture of these as my frosting skills are mediocre at best.
I also made s'mores cookies. I'm not a huge fan of plain chocolate chip cookies, so I didn't want to make them for Matt. While perusing Tastespotting I stumbled across this recipe for s'mores cookies. I didn't even look at the ingredients before I decided I had to make them. Because 1) marshmallows are awesome, and 2) s'mores cookies are a step up from my fluff 'n s'mores and those were utterly delicious.
They turned out pretty well if I do say so myself! Mike tested one and heartily approved. Now we have to hope that the birthday boy likes them too.
Happy Birthday Matt!
So I made these red velvet cupcakes and while I cannot vouch for how good they are cooked, I can say with conviction that the batter is awesome. I'm not usually a chocolate fan, but this is pretty subtle and very good. I think I might make these cupcakes again without the chocolate and food coloring as I think the buttermilk would make an extremely interesting vanilla cupcake. But I say this as someone who loves buttermilk in most things. I apologize that I did not take a picture of these as my frosting skills are mediocre at best.
I also made s'mores cookies. I'm not a huge fan of plain chocolate chip cookies, so I didn't want to make them for Matt. While perusing Tastespotting I stumbled across this recipe for s'mores cookies. I didn't even look at the ingredients before I decided I had to make them. Because 1) marshmallows are awesome, and 2) s'mores cookies are a step up from my fluff 'n s'mores and those were utterly delicious.
They turned out pretty well if I do say so myself! Mike tested one and heartily approved. Now we have to hope that the birthday boy likes them too.
Happy Birthday Matt!