Day 7: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

28 05 2009

This recipe can be found in The New Best Recipe (from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated).

The peanut butter mix, before adding flour

The dough with chocolate and crushed peanuts added

The cookies before being baked

The baked cookies

The remaining dough which was then used for, guess what… more cookies



Day 6: Raspberry Squares

28 05 2009

This recipe can be found in The New Best Recipe (from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated).

Again, I did not do a good job of taking pictures of the process of making them. Oh well…

The oat, floury mix

The finished product

Mr. Slick seemed to enjoy them…



Day 5: Mint Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies

28 05 2009

This recipe can be found at 

 http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1613,1501…

 However, when I made these, I was unable to find mint semi-sweet chocolate morsels, so when the recipe called for the melted mint chocolates, I mixed half semi-sweet chocolate morsels and half Andes Mints.


The rolled out plain dough

The combined, layered then rolled together chocolate and plain doughs

Melting the chocolate morsels and the Andes Mints together.

The entirely melted chocolate

The finished cookies, with a mint chocolate layer on top



Day 4: Lime Sugar Cookies

28 05 2009

This recipe can be found in The New Best Recipe (from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated). As you’ll see, I did a poor job of taking pictures of actually making these. oh well…

These are the cookies baking

These are the cookies after baking

These are the cookies in their container for transportation to being eaten.



Day 3: Flourless Chocolate Cake

28 05 2009

This recipe can be found in The New Best Recipe (from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated)

 

 



 

 



Day 2: Lemon Tarts

28 05 2009

This dessert is a secret family recipe, so I will not give away any details of the recipe.

The dough for the pastry 

Pastries baking

Pastries cooling

Lemon filling cooking

Straining the lemon filling to remove any seeds or cooked egg

Sadly, I didn’t manage to get a picture of the finished product.



Day 1: Herb Roasted Chicken with Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes and Lemon String Beans

28 05 2009

The recipe for each component to this meal can be found in The Joy of Cooking 

Herbs, onions, and celery before adding bread cubes.

Preparing the stuffing before adding the bread

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chopped green beans before boiling

Chopped green beans before boiling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potatoes being mashed…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herb roasted chicken being roasted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The finished product