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alienator Oh Perfect One
Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 4228 Location: Buckinghamshire
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject: Baking Cookies |
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Hey all
I have been spending a couple of days baking Chocolate Chip Cookies which have come out really well (but to be honest Cookies are not that hard to bake...hehe).
I am just wondering if any of you guys likes baking & what you love or would love to try & make?
My next project will be some sort of cake...not decided what type yet though _________________ Some people are like Slinkies .....Not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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Lamiaceae Site Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: To the right of my computer
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Helen once sent me pictures of some cakes she had baked herself on her phone.
As at the time I had a crappy Nokia 7250i phone the pictures were never clear on it, however now i've got something slightly better I can actually see pictures sent to me now.
I like making fairy cakes, with chocolate, lemon or anything else that appeals to me at the time.
Though if i'm making them at a friends house, it's usually me who then gets asked to ice them as she doesn't have the patience to do it and always ends up getting it wrong.
I appear to of found my calling in life
I could make a bigger version of fairy cakes, or a big chocolate cake and discover how they get that cream in the middle.
Another one is that chequerboard type effect you get in uhh... forgotten it's name... but it's got like a chequered appearance inside it.
I've wondered if it's anything to do with pi, but then decided it was more to do with cake...
Sorry _________________ I should update my sig. What to put here for $CurrentYear ? |
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Specter Forum Champion
Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1698
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: |
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I quite like to cook and I did food tech throughout my highschool years. Im not as fond of baking sweets as I am of cooking meals though. _________________
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Vagilik Veteran Contributer
Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Posts: 494 Location: Las Vegas, NV United States
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Garlic Bread!! Yummm....thats about the only thing I throw in the oven (with the exception of the occasional thanksgiving turkey, of course).
I'm with Specter; not much into the sweets, but I love to cook meals. I just made the Awesomest chili on Superbowl Sunday _________________ Keyboard not connected, press F1 to continue. |
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aalpha Nicest Guy In The Universe/Site Admin
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 8399 Location: Where ever you need me I'll be there. Whatever you need done I'll do it. Made in the USA.
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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The only reason I don't try my hand at stuff like fudge brownies and chocolate chips is I'm diabetic.
Me Mum makes a plain old sugar cookie and doesn't cook them all the way done.
Not sure at which point she takes them out of the oven but you can't look at them and tell they aren't 100% done, but they stay soft and never get hard crunchy. Try that with your Choco chips. I'm guessing but if they take 12 minutes cook for 8 or 10, maybe 9.
If you under cook too much you can put them back in for a minute or 2. _________________
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area51newmexico Goddess
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 10598 Location: East Yorkshire, England
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | The only reason I don't try my hand at stuff like fudge brownies and chocolate chips is I'm diabetic. |
What about using fake sugar? (by fake sugar I mean the sugar-free sugar stuff) _________________ Helen, the Administratrix of www.area51newmexico.com
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alienator Oh Perfect One
Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 4228 Location: Buckinghamshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Specter wrote: | I quite like to cook and I did food tech throughout my highschool years. Im not as fond of baking sweets as I am of cooking meals though. |
I am the opposite, I prefer baking sweets then cooking meals. _________________ Some people are like Slinkies .....Not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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aalpha Nicest Guy In The Universe/Site Admin
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 8399 Location: Where ever you need me I'll be there. Whatever you need done I'll do it. Made in the USA.
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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area51newmexico wrote: | Quote: | The only reason I don't try my hand at stuff like fudge brownies and chocolate chips is I'm diabetic. |
What about using fake sugar? (by fake sugar I mean the sugar-free sugar stuff) |
It does OK, some artificial sweetener cooks away so you may as well leave it out from the start. Splenda doesn't so if any of you chefs care to go that route, use Splenda. _________________
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TheBozzy Regular Contributer
Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 74 Location: Morganton, NC (USA)
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:05 am Post subject: |
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I'm awesome at working the microwave. _________________ I don't really know what this world is coming to, I think the world would be so much easier if we all were high, had long hair and beards, and lived in vans. That would be the life.
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aalpha Nicest Guy In The Universe/Site Admin
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 8399 Location: Where ever you need me I'll be there. Whatever you need done I'll do it. Made in the USA.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:52 am Post subject: |
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TheBozzy wrote: | . . .I think the world would be so much easier if we all were high, had long hair and beards, and lived in vans. That would be the life. |
Some people tried that back in the late 60's thru the mid 70's. It didn't work. _________________
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TheBozzy Regular Contributer
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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I think it did. Much better than things are today. _________________ I don't really know what this world is coming to, I think the world would be so much easier if we all were high, had long hair and beards, and lived in vans. That would be the life.
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Rach Site Administrator
Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 1056 Location: Middle of nowhere in England
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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One of my friends and I love making brownies and we have done this a few times now. We always base them on this recipe http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1223/bestever-brownies but we have begun to experiment a bit by adding different chocolate pieces (now adding Aero Bubbles once, and Aero Bubbles, M&Ms and Marshmallows another time. They always come out well _________________ ~~~I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minuite of it!~~~
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