Lovin' From the Oven

Everything Cookies

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I came home early today and surprise, surprise.. I was in a baking mood. I decided to make my dad’s favorite cookies for him when he comes home from work. This is an old family recipe handed down to me from my aunt. When I say that they are “everything” cookies, they really are everything cookies! They have coconut, nuts, corn flakes, & oatmeal. I normally don’t like nut or coconut cookies, but these are an exception. I think these are more of a “sophisticated” cookie.. meaning that these are aimed to please the adults rather than kids. All the parents on my cul-da-sac LOVE these! But the kids.. not so much.

P.S. My one year blog anniversary was yesterday! Too bad I didn’t bake then.

Pistachio Cake

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It was my mom’s birthday today (lots of birthdays this month, I know) and I made her mini pistachio cakes to celebrate. The cake was delicious! Probably the moistest cake I’ve ever had. It was sweet enough by itself and could be eaten without the frosting (which is the way I prefer to eat it). I threw in some white chocolate chips into the batter for good measure as well, but again, the cake would have held fine by itself.

Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies

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So I accidentally left a batch of these in the oven (not the ones pictured, obviously) while I was helping my dad configure the internet connection at home. There was a problem and we were on the phone with linksys for FOREVER (if you’ve set up your own internet connection before, then you know how that is). Since I was on the phone talking to a linksys representative, I didn’t hear the oven go off. My mom turned off the oven but never took the batch of cookies out, leaving them to cook some more until I was done helping my dad. When I finally took the cookies out of the oven, they were done for… hard cookies. OH NO! I hate hard cookies! I always like them to be perfectly soft and dense. Good thing I’m dating a boy who enjoys eating hard cookies just as much as he enjoys eating the soft ones.

I actually tried the hard ones and believe it or not, I thought they tasted better than the ones that came out of the oven on time! Maybe the combination of chocolate chip, finely chopped walnuts, and vietnamese coffee is perfect for burnt cookies. I ended up using a Vietnamese instant coffee packet in this rather than regular Folger’s instant coffee granules because that’s all I had on hand.

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