Hot Dog Mummies

There are a variety of recipes online available for this seasonal food, and I chose the crescent roll variety. I used one pack of hot dogs (8), and a tube of crescent roll dough. These are lacking eyes, which I hope to add in a bit with mustard. After wrapping the hot dogs with dough, I baked them in the oven (375 degrees) on a greased cookie sheet for 18 minutes.

Enjoy! :)

Hello All :)

It's fall, and that can only mean one thing....

Baking! :)

The Dorie Experience #5

Dorie Recipe Number Five: Perfection Pound Cake
The taste reminds me of: Simplicity embodied by cake.
My favorite part of making this: Watching the butter and sugar cream in my kitchen aid mixer.
Spontaneous rhyme: "Pound" rhymes with "round" as in "you better share this cake with lots of people so you don't become too round."
Would I make this again: Yes, although next time I will watch the baking time a little more closely. This cake was actually a little dry (I've had trouble getting cakes done lately).
Best consumed with: Tons of fresh berries and whipped cream!

The Dorie Experience #4

Dorie Recipe Number Four: Coffee Break Muffins
The taste reminds me of: A cup of coffee contained very happily in a muffin!
My favorite part of making this: Adding the brewed coffee.
Spontaneous rhyme: "Break" rhymes with "Make", as in "These are very quick and easy to make!"
Would I make this again: Yes, I hope many times in the future....they are quick to throw together!
Best consumed while: Drinking coffee!!!!

The Dorie Experience #3

Dorie Recipe Number Three: Cardamom Crumb Cake
This was the most stubborn cake of them all. I baked it for the suggested time, but the middle just refused to get done. After quite a bit of extra time, it finally finished. The cake was probably miffed that I used almonds instead of walnuts, and neglected the orange zest. Perhaps next time....

The taste reminds me of: A fancy schmancy bakery in my own kitchen!
My favorite part of making this: Smelling the cardamom spice.
Spontaneous rhyme: Crumb rhymes with dumb as in, it would be dumb to miss out on this wonderful cake by skipping the recipe in the book.
Would I make this again: YES
Best consumed while: Drinking a stout cup of coffee!

The Dorie Experience #2

Dorie Recipe Number 2: Peanut Butter Crisscrosses

The taste reminds me of: After school cookie time.

My favorite part of making these: I enjoy squishing cookie dough. This time I got to use a fork :)Spontaneous rhyme: Butter rhymes with Shutter, as in you better close your shutters or the whole neighborhood will be at your house craving cookies due to the aroma.

Would I make these again: YES

Best consumed while: Dancing barefoot in the kitchen to the musical stylings of "OK Computer".

Wedding Cakes

Here are photos of the cakes at our wedding:

The bride and groom have snowboards :)

The groom's cake :)