Christmas Treats!

Oh my gosh hey everyone!! It's been so long since I last posted! I finished my first semester of college with all high Bs and As! I'm so happy! I haven't really been able to post because pictures take forever to upload back home, but now I am back at college where the internet is speedy!

Did you guys have a good Christmas? I had a great time spending time with family and friends, and making and eating a ton of yummy treats! We made a lot of treats to share with the neighbors and just ourselves! Haha!

Some foodie Christmas gifts I received were some cupcake ornaments, a cupcake calender, a recipe organizer, a iced coffee cup, candy, and I also got an amazing Dooney and Bourke purse with different colored Mickey Mouses on it! I love you mom and dad, thank you so much! < 3

On Christmas we had french toast casserole for dinner, lasagna and garlic bread for dinner, and chocolate cheesecake for dessert! Amazing! : )

So now here are all the treats we made!


Sugar Cookies!


Different Holiday themed Rice Crispy Treats!


Frosted Flake Wreaths!


Reindeer Cookies!


Mint Brownies!


Peppermint Rice Crispy Treats!


Chocolate Covered Pretzels!


Plates of treats for the neighbors!


My friend M licking up the Marshmallow goo! x0


Yay for baking!!

I love the holidays, and break but it's so good to be back and running the blog! I have many more updates to do!

Love you All!

Lizzie! : )

Oreo Brownies and Cookies!

Happy November!

I was bored the first day of the month, so I decided to bake! I wanted oreos, and peanut butter, and chocolate, so I made peanut butter chocolate oreo brownies and giant chocolate oreo cookies! : )

I found the brownie recipe here: http://www.cookiemadness.net/2008/09/outrageous-oreo-brownies/


Brownie Ingredients!


Hmmm chocolate and butter! : )


Yay for brownie batter! ^_^


Oooh baked brownies! : )


Look how awesome it looks! : P

I also made cookies and I got the recipe from here!: http://sugarcooking.blogspot.com/2009/07/oreo-cookie-cookies.html



Oooh giant, tasty cookies!


Yay for giant cookies!! ^_^

I made so much stuff and it smelled so good that I had about twenty random people coming in asking if they could have some! : ) Baking is awesome!!

Love,

Lizzie!

Moose Antlers?

Hey everyone! Today's Pastry Tube art class went a lot better then last week! This week we pipped chocolate into moose antlers to go on the top of some cupcakes our school is going to try and sell for the holiday bazzar that is coming up! The chef needed it to get done, and aha since we are in pastry tube art, and they get pipped out, we got the task of getting the job done! x0







Yay for moose antlers!!

We went through so many pastry bags made with parchment paper, and the chocolate was so hot I'm sure none of us have fingertips anymore!!





The chef had to break done about three giant slabs of chocolate to get the job done!

Finally after two hours of pipping, the chef got out some cookies from the freezer, dipped them in the leftover chocolate, and sent us on our way! : )



^_^

Lizzie!

Gingersnap Cookies!

Woo gingersnaps! In Pastry Tube Art today we broke into groups and each made a recipe. Two groups made butter cookies, one made lemon drops, and my partner and I made gingersnaps!





Yay so pretty! : )

Oooh and I got my whole chef uniform in! We got two jackets, three pairs of pants, two aprons, and two floppy hats!



FLOPPY HAT! : P

Haha so overall it was a fun pastry tube art class!

So to end this random gingersnap post... here's me in a floppy hat eating a gingersnap, yay! : P

Eggs, eggs, oh and did I mention eggs? : )

Hey everyone! Woo it's been a busy, busy, busy ten days since I last posted!

First, I moved out of my old dorm room, and into a new one with a Subway in it AND an ICE CREAM VENDING MACHINE! Hecccck yeah. ; )

Then, I got a job at COLDSTONE'S! Yay! I'm surrounded by lovely ice cream a few days a week now, it's great! I have gone in a few days and I just LOVE it so far! It is fun making all those creations, and shakes/smoothies! I also love making the ice cream cakes! I don't even mind doing the dishes since I do them so much in my Culinary classes, it's like psh easy! : P

On Tuesday my morning classes were canceled but I went in anyway to help make about 230 sandwiches for an event that was going on later that day! I never want to see turkey or American cheese ever again! Haha! On Tuesday night I had another Pastry Tube art class where we pipped butter using a star tip to be used for a function that is coming up! We also learned how to make carnations, I have to sing "down up twist, down up twist!" to make them, haha no one seemed to mind though! x0

Eggs! Ahh! Haha I actually took pictures of Wednesday! We had to make eggs six different ways and show our chef! Here's my finished tray!


Haha that darn poached egg took me about five tries! I burned it the first time, and then I kept breaking the yolk when I flipped it, but I finally did it! : )


Here's my omelet in the process of being made!

After we 'mastered' the art of egg making, we moved onto breakfast foods! My group made pancakes! Plain, blueberry, chocolate, and chocolate blueberry! Yummy!


Our batter!

We had a feast of pancakes, waffles, quiche, and french toast! Oh, and of course EGGS! x0

Now today (Thursday) was my baking class! We made cookies, yum! My group made peanut butter and twiles! Other groups made two different chocolate chips, shortbreads, sugar cookies, lady fingers, macaroons, and more! I had so many cookies today, but they were all so good!

So tired now! I worked at Coldstone's and came home to do homework and am now finally done! Going to go internet around before heading to bed! See you all in Dreamland!!

Love,

Lizzie!

PS aren't I cute in a hair net? x0

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies... oh my! : )

Hey everyone! I FINALLY found dark chocolate cocoa powder! I was so excited I came right back to my dorm and whipped up these amazing dark chocolate peanut butter cookies! I literally ate ten of them by myself, they are that good!

(Recipe found at: http://jennymacslipsmack.blogspot.com/2009/07/marriage-made-in-heaven.html ) : )



You'll need:

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder)
2 tsps. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 cup lightly salted peanuts

NOW!:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and get a cookie sheet that is non stick (or use parchment paper like I did!)

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until well combined.



3. In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Slowly add to wet ingredients then stir (with all your might!) in the two different chips, and the peanuts. Then form into desired scoops and place about two inches apart on the cookie sheet. (I did two batched with six large cookies, and one batch with 12 smaller cookies)



4. Bake for 12-15 minutes (original said 9-11 but my oven must suck because it took about 12 to 15 minutes for mine!) , should still be soft in center (and gooey!). Let the cookies rest in the fridge for about five to seven minutes or else they will go everywhere! (I cleaned, and cleaned, and cleaned that kitchen. x0)



Now ENJOY!! : )



(Yummm sugar!) ^_^

Love you all!

Lizzie!

Foodie Shirts!

Hey everyone!

So I was looking for cupcake shirts, and I moseyed over to http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/ and found these amazing t-shirts that me, and every other food lover should want and own!


Haha I agree with this 100 percent! And I'm sure my friend M would too! : )


I love how there is a bite out of the corner of the cookie, so cute!


I don't enjoy eating sushi ('Le gasp!) But this is just too cute!


They are my favorite thing to decorate! ^_^


For a cookie, sure! ; )


Squee, I love this one! So cute!


Mustaches AND cupcakes! This shirt is a winner! x0


Awww, poor little un-organic tomatoe in the corner! X0

So there any shirts you all are wanting? Share with me!

Love you,

Lizzie!

Culinary School

Hey everyone, wow it's almost been a month since I last posted, but I've been so busy!

I've been at college for a week now, and I'm loving it so far! I am taking Introduction to the Culinary Arts, Sanitation, Pastry Tube Art, Cooking 1, and Baking 1! I had my first class this past Thursday, which was Baking 1. It was so amazing! I met all my fellow classmates, and my amazing teacher. She seems like a great person, and a great chef! We then toured the bakery, and learned that bakers always need to weigh ingredients instead of just measuring certain amounts to be spot on when making things in bulk. We also broke into groups and made cookies, and the chef really like our groups! I have been doing homework and battling a cold these past few days, but I'm so excited for Tuesday to start some of my other classes!

I can't wait to take pictures and learn even more!

Love you all,

Lizzie! ^_^

New York Recap! Part 2

More New York pictures! : )


Teehee sign in Central Park!


Yep, he has his own water. x0


All peanut butter place! We got dark chocolate peanut butter! It's soooo good! ^_^


Cream Cheese, Peanut Butter, and Chocolate chip sandwich! : P


We went to see the Cake Boss! (He was in Italy though) : (


Tasty treats!


I got my picture taken with Madeline, Buddy's sister! : )


All the loot we got from the Cake Boss! ^_^


Levain Bakery cookies! Sooo good! I want some now! : )


The Mac Bar, so cute! All Mac and Cheese dishes!

New York was greeeeeat! : )

Love,

Lizzie