melting banana memories?

Thursday May 27th

yea, yeah. i'm just getting around to putting these up. i've been busy!!

anyway.

we decided to go back to DOUBLE RECIPE mode this week. just for fun. the first one i made was the "banana cookies"...and i don't know WHY it uploaded it tilted to the right. agshfgfhhhhh.

as you see, i adjusted it a bit. adding some spices, and since dates are still difficult to find, i used dried mango again, like i did in the wheat and fruit cookies.

while those baked up, chad fixed the machine...

laura and cassandra did...stuff...oh and cassandra brought a savory pie again! blueberry with bleu cheese...

mmm brussel sprouts!

mandolinnn

the other recipe...i was excited about these...

my makeshift pastry tool...a ziplock bag with the corner cut off. fancy!!

laura cut her finger :(

perfect!! 

cream cheese frosting ready to go... 

are you drooling yet?
both recipes were excellent.
friends enjoying cookies, beer and tea. and each other, because let's face it laura and i know awesome people.

poor chad. we harassed him. this is laura making him take a picture with her.

hey shelvy. hey pip. hey emily.

i'm learnin th' banjo!! thanks to my friend phill for such a fantastic barter!

the evening ended with a viewing of arrested development.

definite success. both cookies got rave reviews. some people actually said the banana cookies were their favorite so far. victory!

attendees: 13
us, amy, cassandra, chad, emily, ian, meghan, pip, shelvy, shannon, red, zach

love, colleen

take the mallow, put it on the chocolate...

...and then, you stuff.

as i said, in the post below, thursday may 20th was chocolate marshmallow nutty goodness bar night. mostly these pictures are just of the baking process...it was a busy night and i didn't really get a chance to photograph the lovely guests! 
anyway, here is the recipe...i could NOT get it rotated right (or left?) to save my life. so...sorry :[

anyway...melting chocolate is really fun kinda. 

and stirring it into cookie dough is even funner. (or more fun, for you grammar nazis out there)

it baked up REAL happily...i set the oven a tad below 325 instead of 350...that seemed to do it!

well, this time around, anyway. stupid oven.

now, to pour on the sugary mallowy awesomeness...

ready to roast

a few minutes later...

golden toasty perfection!!

and laura made peanut butter cookies again.

they were so. yummy.

and rich. lots of people went home with marshmallow fudge brownie-bars that night.

aaaand cassandra's amazing 3D photos. 

i thought the results were excellent. so i'm proclaiming a victory. anyone want to argue? i THOUGHT not!!

attendees: 9...?

us, cassandra, chad, emily, zach, my parents, and 2 of laura's friends who i can't remember

love, colleen

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thursday may 6th

ice cream sandwich cookies OMG

i will be the first to say that i was super excited when we flipped to this recipe the previous week. with summer in the air, awesome people coming every week, i was ready for a real crowd-pleaser! and i think both of us were fine with another excuse to eat ice cream and nutella.

 

the glorious schmorgasbord of goodies. (i know i spelled shmorgispard wrong)

 

chad, shelvy and ian chat it up while we apply the finishing touches...

i promised one-who-shall-remain-nameless-but-you-know-who-you-are that i would put this on the internet in exchange for my taking a picture of him...er...them...

 (once again, laura, i apologize you had to be caught in the crossfire)

WE LOVE ICE CREAM YEAAAAH

  

yum

  

this picture was a total accident and we couldn't stop laughing for about 3 minutes after i took it.

 

yikes

 

 

happiness is ice cream sandwich cookies :)

are those gorgeous or what??

trust me, they tasted as good as they look.

 "sugar coma"

 

"still life with lights and beer glass"

"friends in the kitchen--and hi there ian!"

good night.

good cookies.

victory.

attendees: 7

us, cassandra, chad, ian, meghan, shelvy

love, colleen!

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sandwiches--not always about tuna

Thursday April 8, 2010

modeling our new hand-made aprons by a lovely friend of laura's.

 

 the cookies are all cut and pretty and ready to go in the oven!

and they bake perfectly!! cassandra is stoked...

 

and understandably so. remember the results of last week? 

  

and WHAT ELSE to you use to sandwich cookies...but nutella? i mean, we used strawberry preserves too, but come on. let's be real here...if there's nutella in the house and you're making sandwich cookies, you're going to do something about that.

 

it was pip's birthday, and we had people bring bags of granola in celebration. and then his roommate brad took a...weird video of him. i think it's out there somewhere. if i ever come across it i'll put it up.

 

beer.

 

amaris, laura b and amy showed up...but where was everyone?? certainly not in the kitchen. i think we were in my room watching youtube.

chillin

 

hangin

 

i kind of adore this picture of evan playing the autoharp.

 

good cookies, good friends. happy times.

  

VERY successful night. in every way :)

attendees: 10

us, amaris, amy, brad, cassandra, chad, evan, laura b, pip,

love, colleen

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