So I'm just past five years as a dad robot, and just when I think things are coming together, things dramatically change. Kindergarten, for example, is upon us. It brings a new schedule, new relationships for kids and adults, homework, PTA meetings and a non-stop request for volunteers for various events and positions and of course, for cashola.
I'm waiting for the day that I can win the bake sale.
Ideally I can get access to the school's kitchen and thereby have lots of room to work, several industrial-sized kitchen appliances and big fuckin' ovens. I'm going to make pies, cupcakes (and not those stupid frosted TV-show cupcakes) and cookies. I got a killer recipe for cookies.
It's based on the - gulp - Martha Stewart chocolate chip cookie. The thing I really like about her recipe is she calls for the sugar and fat to be beaten in a stand mixer for 10 minutes. This obviously adds lots of air and makes for a cookie with a soft center. 20 minutes in the oven gives them a crispy crust. Super.
My mod to the recipe is fondue. I add fondue. We had some leftover chocolate fondue and it would be unacceptable to chuck it, so I melted it, poured it on a sheet pan and froze it. Then I removed it from the pan, chopped it into morsel-sized chunks and use them in the cookies. It melts fast and gives the cookies a cool-looking and tasty marbling.
This is the cookie that will bring home the prize. That bake sale is MINE!
Tonight - Homestead.
Birthday shout-out to Heather Lake. Come on out and buy her a drink!
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
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