Baking, Christmas, and Aging... Yay?
I'm making cookie boxes/baskets/whatever for my coworkers this year. Seems simple right? WRONG.
I'm weird when it comes to cooking and baking. I don't like to cook in general - it takes too much time/effort, and I end up spending more money than I would if I just bought premade. 99.5% of all the food I make is from the microwave or unheated. It's just how I roll. That doesn't mean I cant cook though. I can. And I'm good at it. Especially baking.
But when the time comes to actually make shit, I go ALL OUT. Literally. I don't want to make anything unless it is gourmet, unique, fancy, and possibly the best thing people have tasted. This past summer when my group at work had a cookout, they gave me one thing to bring - a chocolate cake. Not only did I bring that cake (super fancy chocolate cake from scratch with marshmallow frosting), but I brought veggie Chinese baozi, and peanut sesame soba noodles. Just for the hell of it. A few years ago, for Christmas, I made cupcake bites for my coworkers. And I didn't even like them. Hell, I actively disliked most of them.
Which brings me to now. I went all out this year:
- Tiny Decorated Gingerbread Houses
- Nutella Chevre Brownies (Yes. Goat Cheese.)
- Molasses Cookies
- Sesame Lace Cookies
- Pfeffernüsse
- Rosemary Butter Cookies
- Earl Grey Tea Cookies
- Green Tea Christmas Trees
Conspicuously missing - Lemon Drops (my signature cookie - ran out of time/energy), and any sort of candy (I would like to make candy, I really would. But I don't have a candy thermometer, and I kinda don't want to buy one). If by chance, I find a random candy thermometer in my house, I might make sugar plums (not actually made using plums). Or maybe a fudge/chocolate thing. The brownies are honestly the only chocolate I have in the batch.
Anyway. I would take pictures, but my camera battery is dead, and I haven't thought to recharge it.
We're expecting a snow storm this Sunday/Monday. Which sucks, because I have to work both days. But yay! It's the last week before Christmas.
And if you couldn't tell, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. SO MUCH.
Not as exciting - My birthday is in 11 days. Fuck that shit. I mentally prepare myself though. About 1-2 months before my birthday, I start thinking of myself as my new age. It helps the transition. And fuck it, not long ago my friend told me I looked like I was in my early 20's, which made me feel better about myself, and my skin. Because I'm insane about my skin aging. Like, INSANE. I use four different skin creams daily, and you know what? The shit works. So whatever.
I'm weird when it comes to cooking and baking. I don't like to cook in general - it takes too much time/effort, and I end up spending more money than I would if I just bought premade. 99.5% of all the food I make is from the microwave or unheated. It's just how I roll. That doesn't mean I cant cook though. I can. And I'm good at it. Especially baking.
But when the time comes to actually make shit, I go ALL OUT. Literally. I don't want to make anything unless it is gourmet, unique, fancy, and possibly the best thing people have tasted. This past summer when my group at work had a cookout, they gave me one thing to bring - a chocolate cake. Not only did I bring that cake (super fancy chocolate cake from scratch with marshmallow frosting), but I brought veggie Chinese baozi, and peanut sesame soba noodles. Just for the hell of it. A few years ago, for Christmas, I made cupcake bites for my coworkers. And I didn't even like them. Hell, I actively disliked most of them.
Which brings me to now. I went all out this year:
- Tiny Decorated Gingerbread Houses
- Nutella Chevre Brownies (Yes. Goat Cheese.)
- Molasses Cookies
- Sesame Lace Cookies
- Pfeffernüsse
- Rosemary Butter Cookies
- Earl Grey Tea Cookies
- Green Tea Christmas Trees
Conspicuously missing - Lemon Drops (my signature cookie - ran out of time/energy), and any sort of candy (I would like to make candy, I really would. But I don't have a candy thermometer, and I kinda don't want to buy one). If by chance, I find a random candy thermometer in my house, I might make sugar plums (not actually made using plums). Or maybe a fudge/chocolate thing. The brownies are honestly the only chocolate I have in the batch.
Anyway. I would take pictures, but my camera battery is dead, and I haven't thought to recharge it.
We're expecting a snow storm this Sunday/Monday. Which sucks, because I have to work both days. But yay! It's the last week before Christmas.
And if you couldn't tell, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. SO MUCH.
Not as exciting - My birthday is in 11 days. Fuck that shit. I mentally prepare myself though. About 1-2 months before my birthday, I start thinking of myself as my new age. It helps the transition. And fuck it, not long ago my friend told me I looked like I was in my early 20's, which made me feel better about myself, and my skin. Because I'm insane about my skin aging. Like, INSANE. I use four different skin creams daily, and you know what? The shit works. So whatever.