Wednesday, 2 September 2009

2nd September - Thoughts of the Day

I'm afraid I have no pictures of any of the food I've eaten today as it was a very busy day indeed. I had a pitch for a new client this morning followed by a lunch meeting at Lena our Italian client. I had my favourite dish of sea bass ravioli which was delicious and a side of herb roasted potatoes and green beans. For dinner I wanted something stodgy so I made a fish finger sandwich but as we don't have any white bread in I had to use some of Suelings healthy seeded loaf and it just didn't taste the same. :-(

I tried out another sugar cookie recipe last night. It was the one that Peggy Porschen (who makes gorgeous cakes) uses and I was happy with the way the dough held it's shape and the fact that I only had to chill the dough for 30 mins. They tasted fine but not delicious, which is the whole point of a cookie. They are also too soft for my liking, I much prefer a crisp cookie. I think if I were to ice these, they would be make the cookie even softer. I gave one to my quality control officer (Kenny!) to try and he said that they didn't taste as good as the recipe I made on Friday by Miss Truly. The only downside to Miss Trulys recipe is that I had to chill the dough overnight and they didn't hold their shape perfectly whilst baking.

I also found another blog I love. The Hungry Housewife, Lesley is a fab cook and she made some gorgeous apple shaped cookies so I'm going to try that recipe next. I will keep you posted.

:-)
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  1. Jessica - The Novice Chef2 September 2009 at 22:35

    You could always send the loser cookies my way! :-) Not sure how fresh they would be by the time they got here though! lol

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  2. Pickled Polkadot3 September 2009 at 02:43

    Ha ha where are you again? Florida?! I'm not sure they'd make it in one piece! :-)

    I'm so jealous you have a big red. I want a big green so badly but ot's £340!! I have to do everything by hand.

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  3. Leslie3 September 2009 at 13:00

    Thanks for the shout out on my blog!!!

    Here is some info on your questions.

    Make the dough ahead of time and store in the fridge. This can be done a few days ahead to save you some time.
    I would bake the cookies in the morning/mid afternoon so they have time to completely cool before piping.
    Do not..I repeat DO NOT stack on top of one another until they have dried overnight on the counter. And when you do stack them use wax paper in between each cookie.
    Because there are no preservatives in the cookies, I would bake them as close to icing time as possible.
    When I make them, I glaze them, store on the counter or in a cold oven overnight and then the next morning, I wrap them individually in cookie bags and tie them with ribbon. They seem to be fine after 3 days of being wrapped. I dont know beyond the 3 days, because that is as long as they last. lol
    Let me know if you have any more questions

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Wednesday, 2 September 2009

2nd September - Thoughts of the Day

I'm afraid I have no pictures of any of the food I've eaten today as it was a very busy day indeed. I had a pitch for a new client this morning followed by a lunch meeting at Lena our Italian client. I had my favourite dish of sea bass ravioli which was delicious and a side of herb roasted potatoes and green beans. For dinner I wanted something stodgy so I made a fish finger sandwich but as we don't have any white bread in I had to use some of Suelings healthy seeded loaf and it just didn't taste the same. :-(

I tried out another sugar cookie recipe last night. It was the one that Peggy Porschen (who makes gorgeous cakes) uses and I was happy with the way the dough held it's shape and the fact that I only had to chill the dough for 30 mins. They tasted fine but not delicious, which is the whole point of a cookie. They are also too soft for my liking, I much prefer a crisp cookie. I think if I were to ice these, they would be make the cookie even softer. I gave one to my quality control officer (Kenny!) to try and he said that they didn't taste as good as the recipe I made on Friday by Miss Truly. The only downside to Miss Trulys recipe is that I had to chill the dough overnight and they didn't hold their shape perfectly whilst baking.

I also found another blog I love. The Hungry Housewife, Lesley is a fab cook and she made some gorgeous apple shaped cookies so I'm going to try that recipe next. I will keep you posted.

:-)
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3 comments:

  1. Jessica - The Novice Chef2 September 2009 at 22:35

    You could always send the loser cookies my way! :-) Not sure how fresh they would be by the time they got here though! lol

    ReplyDelete
  2. Pickled Polkadot3 September 2009 at 02:43

    Ha ha where are you again? Florida?! I'm not sure they'd make it in one piece! :-)

    I'm so jealous you have a big red. I want a big green so badly but ot's £340!! I have to do everything by hand.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Leslie3 September 2009 at 13:00

    Thanks for the shout out on my blog!!!

    Here is some info on your questions.

    Make the dough ahead of time and store in the fridge. This can be done a few days ahead to save you some time.
    I would bake the cookies in the morning/mid afternoon so they have time to completely cool before piping.
    Do not..I repeat DO NOT stack on top of one another until they have dried overnight on the counter. And when you do stack them use wax paper in between each cookie.
    Because there are no preservatives in the cookies, I would bake them as close to icing time as possible.
    When I make them, I glaze them, store on the counter or in a cold oven overnight and then the next morning, I wrap them individually in cookie bags and tie them with ribbon. They seem to be fine after 3 days of being wrapped. I dont know beyond the 3 days, because that is as long as they last. lol
    Let me know if you have any more questions

    ReplyDelete

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