The Dorie Experience #1

Well, I'm not entirely sure, but it appears that I have been dropped from "Tuesdays with Dorie". I took a couple of months off due to wedding plans (a two month engagement dictated that I focus on things other then baking), and when I checked the TWD site, I found that my name was no longer listed as a member.

I love baking from the book, so I have decided to continue baking, and post what I discover.

Dorie Recipe Number 1: Sugar-Topped Molasses Spice Cookies
The taste reminds me of: Christmas, only without the cute shapes.
My favorite part of making these: Rolling the dough balls in sugar and squishing with a glass.
Spontaneous rhyme: Spice rhymes with Nice....which these cookies are most definitely.
Would I make these again: YES
Best consumed while: Working on class assignments in front of the computer.

A Brief Note....

Hello all :)

Craziness continues. In the last 4 weeks:

1. I've become engaged.
2. I've had a horrible stomach flu.
3. I've worked on college classes.
4. I've worked.
5. I've moved.

Yikes.

A Small Break

Hello All :)

I'm taking a short break from regular blogging due to recent events.
1) I've recently become engaged.
2) I'm taking a college class.
3) I'm working full time.

Once things settle down soon I will be back full swing.

Tuesdays with Dorie Number 27: Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins

Greetings all :) What a last few weeks it has been! I'm finally back to Tuesdays with Dorie after a longer then expected absence. Between snowboarding in Colorado, the Holidays with family and more snowboarding in Colorado.....I haven't had a chance to get to my regular baking. That, and the amount of food I've eaten over the holidays....I didn't think I could look at any more baked goods.
This week's recipe is the Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins chosen by Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake, and they are an easy, delicious muffin. I ate mine plain, but I think they would be wonderful with soup or chili.

Tuesdays with Dorie Number 26: Buttery Jam Cookies

This week's recipe was chosen by Heather of Randomosity and the Girl and is the Buttery Jam Cookie. Once again, another wonderful cookie recipe perfect for the holidays!
I used blueberry preserves in mine, and topped each cookie with a whole almond. The dough came together very nicely, and the cookies maintained there shape (there was no interesting "falling" with these little guys). All in all, a wonderful recipe.

Tuesdays with Dorie Number 24: Linzer Sables and Post Number 100!!

Greetings all! Technically this is the recipe to be posted December 2, but with all the Thanksgiving stuff going on, I didn't get to it when I should have. So, here are the Linzer Sables, a recipe chosen by Dennis of Living the Life.

I ground almonds in my food processor, and I was a little worried that perhaps they were not fine enough. The end result held together fine, and tasted wonderful!In order to make them more festive, I used Christmas cookie cutters on some of the cookies. I'm hoping to fill them soon, but I think for now I'm going to store the cookies in the freezer for Holiday Happiness later in the month :)

On a side note, this is my 100th post for Butterbur's Bistro. Hooray!

Tuesdays with Dorie Number 25: Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies

This week's recipe was chosen by Ulrike of Küchenlatein, and is Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar cookies. I was very excited to see the recipe pick, as it goes along perfectly with holiday baking!
I made mine into slice and bake cookies, but to make them more festive I rolled some in sprinkles, and on others used pecan halves. Of course, I had Christmas music going full tilt while I was working on these delicious morsels! Happy baking!