Thursday, September 30, 2010

Cookies Trio :)

Hey guys! Its Yum Yum's, I made some pretty awesome cookies this time around. So lets get into it.

These cookies were fun to make indeed. Although my idea of using a whisk wasnt very smart.


Since im so special, i wanted to make all my cookies interracial. :) this is before i added the cocoa powder of course



And this is after the cocoa. And now its time to get started.


This was after i baked them. It wasnt finished yet though. It was really easy to make them like this all you had to do was take a little from both the regular, and chocolate dough and press together than proceed to roll into a ball.


And this was the end product, They were very good. I decided to try this cookies with different kisses, and I made these (the better ones) with Hug's and I made some with Kisses that were Cookies and cream.

~~Recipe~~
*1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick),Softened
*1/2 cup shortening
*1 cup sugar
*1 egg
*1 Tsp. vanilla
*2 cups + 2 Tbsp. flour, divided
*1 Tsp. baking powder
*1/4 Tsp salt
*2 Tbsp. Hershey's Cocoa powder
*24 Hershey's HUGS unwrapped

Directions:
1) preheat oven to 350
2) Beat butter ,shortening,and sugar till smooth
than add the egg, and vanilla
3)add the 2 cups of flour , baking soda,and salt gradually to the butter mix.
4) Divide the dough into 2 parts. In one bowl add the remaining 2 Tbs of flour , and to the other add the other dough.
5) pinch together some regular and chocolate dough ( or you can make some with only one kind of dough if you like) and roll into balls and place on a non stick cookie sheet.
6) bake for 9-10 minutes than cool on a wire rack. Cool for 1 minute and than press a piece of the HUG'S in the center. than remove from rack and cool completely. and enjoy :)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Balsamic Vinegar & pepperoni pizza roll :)

So my friend says that I need to update even though she hasn't updated with her cookies that she just made. But I'll show you guys this really simple way to make rolls and yet make your guests/family think you're so talented :)




So basically you just take any type of dough (I prefer french bread dough... a little tougher to roll out for me, but it is worth it), roll it out (which is always a pain in the butt) but your ingredients in and then fold it up. I usually fold one side in, then fold the edges and then the other side so that it is sealed tight. Think of how you'd seal up a soft taco :)
Now go out htere an impress everyone!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Lost?

Hey guys its Yum Yum's! I know Nommie and I have been a little MIA lately but don't worry we are coming back with avengence. We are both real people and have lives so bear with us. We are planing new things to bake so we WILL be updating :D

So now that im done with that sorry, Hey guys i have been meaning to do this next entry for a while now and have finally found the time for it. Ive been planing on making these cookies for a while but no one uses lemons in my house, so you know. So lemon cookies , thats on todays menu

These cookies are very easy to make. From the above picture u can see ,this was with all the ingredients added already.It was a light yummy lemon cookie :)


Some people like to do them in a designer way, but i think the little ball shape is cute and bite size


So heres the outcome. They looked so nice the way they were i didnt add the glaze. Now the back round Nommies dad has been pestering me about making these so i finally did . He said he enjoyed them, but wanted the glaze next time. I believe hes joking but i told him next time i do these ill bring the glaze so he can have it.

~~Recipe~~
*1/2 cup butter, soft
*3/4 sugar
*1 egg
*1 tbs lemon zest
*1 1/2 tsp lemon extract
*a squeeze of lemon juice
*3/4 tsp vanilla extract
*1/4 tsp baking soda
*1/2 tsp baking powder
*1 1/4 cup flour

Directions:
1)Preheat oven to 350
2)In a bowl mix butter and sugar till well combined.
3)Add in the egg and mix. Than ass zest,vanilla,lemon,lemon juice till blended.
4)Add flour,baking soda,and baking powder gradually to the mixture,till forms dough. (better to use dry clean hands)
5) roll into small balls and place on a non stick pan and bake for 10-14 mins.

***add favorite lemon glaze to enhance***