Holiday Baking

AlexMack · #1 12-11-2006, 06:09 PM

I just made them and holy hell...what a mess. My tips-let the cool whip come up to room temperature, add a little bit of oil to the mix and use a spoon to drop the mixture into the powdered sugar and then roll it around with your hands. I ruined the strawberry ones but the chocolate ones should come out nicely.

Oh, they're supposed to be gooey and look like they didn't set, right? So hard trying to use a recipe from teh intarwebs...

Drolefille · #2 12-11-2006, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

I just made them and holy hell...what a mess. My tips-let the cool whip come up to room temperature, add a little bit of oil to the mix and use a spoon to drop the mixture into the powdered sugar and then roll it around with your hands. I ruined the strawberry ones but the chocolate ones should come out nicely.

Oh, they're supposed to be gooey and look like they didn't set, right? So hard trying to use a recipe from teh intarwebs...

I think that the recipe said gooey... but how did you ruin a batch? I'm the type who will mess things up so better to know ahead of time...

SapphireSphinx9 · #3 12-12-2006, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

I just made them and holy hell...what a mess. My tips-let the cool whip come up to room temperature, add a little bit of oil to the mix and use a spoon to drop the mixture into the powdered sugar and then roll it around with your hands. I ruined the strawberry ones but the chocolate ones should come out nicely.

Oh, they're supposed to be gooey and look like they didn't set, right? So hard trying to use a recipe from teh intarwebs...

yes, they look like they're not "done" & they come out a lil gooey.

sorry that i didn't warn about the messy aspect!!!!

how did the strawberry ones get ruined??

AlexMack · #4 12-12-2006, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSphinx9

yes, they look like they're not "done" & they come out a lil gooey.

sorry that i didn't warn about the messy aspect!!!!

how did the strawberry ones get ruined??

Made them too big, but funnily enough, the boys in my boyf's apartment have eaten all but two of the strawberry ones and the plate of chocolate ones (perfect I might add) has barely been touched. Oh well, more for me!

Drolefille · #5 12-12-2006, 06:51 PM

Does anyone else get Food Network's 12 days of cookies?

AGDee · #6 12-12-2006, 11:49 PM

I tried a new cheesecake recipe for my work potluck tomorrow. Since they made a dessert contest for anybody wanting to bring desserts, I had to do something new and fun. So, it's S'mores cheesecake. Chocolate crust, chocolate cheesecake with a layer of graham cracker crumbs on top, with mini marshmallows on top of that, which I broiled just long enough to brown... I hope it tastes ok!

honeychile · #7 12-12-2006, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Does anyone else get Food Network's 12 days of cookies?

Yes, but this year's disappointed me. I look for one new recipe a year, and haven't found one yet. Of course, I'm dealing with a family full of allergies.

Drolefille · #8 12-13-2006, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Yes, but this year's disappointed me. I look for one new recipe a year, and haven't found one yet. Of course, I'm dealing with a family full of allergies.

Have you tried Martha Stewart's website? My roommie makes cookies from there every year. Also, Topsecretrecipes.com has a cookie recipe now, they're recreations of commercial recipes.

SapphireSphinx9 · #9 12-13-2006, 12:36 AM

foodnetwork's cookies this year are poop!

i like realistic recipes... that are semi easy.

so i've decided to make the following this week:
gingerbread houses & men
cinnamon sugar cookies
cinnamon swirl bars
and those gooey cookies i mentioned earlier - in strawberry (with reg. cool whip) and chocolate (with chocolate cool whip)

donno if i'll do more next week - prolly will since the bf will be outta town.