winter break = lazy

bakin' in the kitchen. i miss that island.

Yes, winter break was very lazy in terms of blogging...but not baking! I have photos somewhere of all of my baking adventures, but to sum them up in a few words:

baking cupcakes (with amazing chocolate frosting) and white chocolate peppermint bark with Mom, Wendy, and Lauren. So much fun!

skeleton gingerbread men with Molly and our moms. A tradition! Not only did we make gingerbread, but lemon kiss cookies as well! inspired by this site, although we didn't use their recipe.

an attempt at making black and white cookies. The actual cookie was pretty tasty...the glaze not so much. These will be attempted again some day. The edges are slightly burned but you could never taste it. Our oven is a strange beast.

mmm, lemony black and white cookie dough.

Martha Stewart Tiramisu cupcakes on New Years! Not bad...definitely have to try it again

lots of chocolate chip cookies.

As for my return to baking on campus...I made the best cookies last week! They're cappuccino fudge crinkles, which are deliciously chewy cookies rolled in sugar. The recipe was simple and produced great cookies that didn't last long. Find it here. My cookies didn't look quite like that but it was probably because I didn't have cocoa powder like I thought I did. Instead, I used some mocha powder Casey had and they turned out great.

I also made banana oat muffins two nights ago with this recipe. I really like their site; the photography is gorgeous. And the muffins turned out well! although I realized I used half a cup of banana instead of the whole cup. Still taste great, but with that full cup they'll have a richer banana taste. Breakfast just got better.

It's good to be back on campus! Classes are off to a good start and are going well. I've signed up for a Co-Op shift and will hopefully have a radio show with Claire, so extracurriculars will be exciting! And I plan on some more exciting baking...as soon as I pick up vanilla extract.

love.