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    Baking Project "Scope Creep"

    Dave the Cookie Man is at it again.....

    We set up Valentine's Day gift bags in the break room at my store. Originally, I hadn't planned on participating, mainly because I'm still slightly bummed that things went to hell with Angelica (well, sort of. We're still good friends). But I decided I'd make a small amount of cookies for everyone, and took a quick poll to see what kind everyone wanted. THe result was my Original Famous (chocolate & butterscotch chip), but there was also a strong desire for oatmeal-raisin-cranberry-almond, so I decided to make those as well.

    Additionally, I'd already decided to do a surprise batch of heart-shaped sugar cookies, frosted with buttercream icing.

    So my project went from 1 batch of cookies to 3.....

    Then I discovered that I made WAY too much frosting. I frosted the sugar cookies generously, and I still had a lot left over; easily twice as much as I really needed. And as the frosting (which I dyed pink with food coloring) came out REALLY good, it seemed a shame to let it go to waste.....

    So.....I whipped up some yellow cake batter using the recipe my mother used when she used to bake our birthday cakes and made cupcakes. And I found a heart-shaped mini cake tin that makes six cakes buried in the deepest recess of of the kitchen cabinets, so of course i had to use that as well. One batch of cake batter netted me 16 cupcakes and 6 mini heart cakes, and I should have plenty of frosting for those.

    Yeah, this took ALL DAY. And on top of that I also made dinner for the family.

    So this has become a very indulgent and rich day of baking (rich because my mother insisted I use real butter instead of butter flavored Crisco in the cake batter).
    "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

    RIP Plaidman.
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    I love you and want to have your kids...

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    • #3
      No way, Dave is MINE!

      *hoards away Dave1982*
      Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

      Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

      Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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      • #4
        *awww's and looks all pitiful*

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        • #5
          Don't you look at me like that! The puppy dog look never works when it comes to boys.
          Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

          Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

          Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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          • #6
            Sounds like a typical day at my house!
            Don't wanna; not gonna.

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            • #7
              So....after generously frosting 16 cupcakes and 6 heart cakes....there was STILL frosting left over. Enough to frost at least two more cupcakes!

              Definitely cutting the recipe in half next time......

              Check THIS out....that cookie is 5 inches across!! I made only 5 of them. One for my mother, one for each of the neighbor's two kids, and one for each of my two favorite co-workers. (though only one of them has this message on it)

              (1.3 MB, NSF56K)



              And there's plenty of me to go around; no need to fight!
              "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

              RIP Plaidman.

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              • #8
                Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                Don't you look at me like that! The puppy dog look never works when it comes to boys.
                Thought you were working on Rap's and his flagged nature?

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                • #9
                  Is now a good time to mention I bake too?
                  I am the nocturnal echo-locating flying mammal man.

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                  • #10
                    *hums softly and head tilts* Decisions...

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Aethian View Post
                      I love you and want to have your kids...
                      Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                      No way, Dave is MINE!

                      *hoards away Dave1982*
                      Come to Utah and share...
                      I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
                      Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
                      Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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                      • #12
                        Oh, almost forgot my Culinary Tip of the Day that I learned while making my Original Famous Cookies.

                        I always crack my eggs into a separate bowl before putting them into whatever I'm making, just in case the egg turns out to be bad, or if any shell fragments get in there. Usually, I use a small pyrex dish - like the ones you see on cooking shows all the time - that we have about 20 of.

                        Anyway, the tip is turn the mixer OFF before adding the eggs, just in case you somehow manage to drop the DISH as well as the egg into the damn thing. This happened on the second egg, when my fingers were slippery with egg white. The mixer was running, and the beater just SHATTERED the bowl before I could shut it off, filling my cookie dough with glass shards. Had to throw the entire batch into the trash and wash the mixing bowl and beaters (thoroughly rinsing both to ensure no fragments of glass were left on them).

                        Luckily I also make sure to have extra ingredients on hand just in case there's a problem, so this was mostly just an inconvenient delay, but it could have been worse, I guess.
                        "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

                        RIP Plaidman.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Aethian View Post
                          Thought you were working on Rap's and his flagged nature?
                          Well, as much as I adore Raps and his furry man boobs, I do have to stick to someone closer to my age.

                          Dave, now him I've seen pictures of him. Hubba hubba, gimme gimme. I could just lick the frosting off of him.
                          Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

                          Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

                          Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                            Dave, now him I've seen pictures of him. Hubba hubba, gimme gimme. I could just lick the frosting off of him.


                            EQ, planning a trip to the Northeast any time soon?

                            Oh, and I don't think it's fair that you've seen pictures of me, but I've never seen a picture of you. How come you aren't in the CS Photo Album??
                            "We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural

                            RIP Plaidman.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Dave1982 View Post
                              How come you aren't in the CS Photo Album??
                              She's evil. Duh.
                              Ba'al: I'm a god. Gods are all-knowing.

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