Baking Workshop 7/17, Monday Morning

[absolutesnark]

"Good morning," Piper greeted with a smile. "You're going to make oatmeal cookies today. With raisins! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make samples for you. Sorry. I did bring muffins, though."

She pointed out muffins she had purchased earlier at J,GOB. Then she handed the students a list of instructions. "As always, if you have questions, do not hesitate to ask."


Equipment Needed

Mixer

2 Cookie Sheet Pans

Measuring Cups

Measuring Spoons

Spatula


Ingredients

1 1/2 Cup Shortening

2 Cups Brown Sugar

1 Cup White Sugar

2 eggs

1/2 Cup Water

2 Teaspoons Vanilla

2 1/3 Cups Flour

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon

2 Teaspoons Salt

2 Cups Raisins

2 Cups Pecans (optional)

6 Cups Oatmeal

Cooking Spray


Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 F.

In a mixer set on medium high combine and mix shortening, brown sugar and white sugar thoroughly.

Add eggs, water and vanilla on medium speed.

Add flour, cinnamon and salt on low speed.

Make sure that all these ingredients have been thoroughly combined.

While your mixer is still on low speed, add raisins and pecans.

Mix in the oatmeal.

Spray a cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

Use a teaspoon to shape the cookie dough into clumps.

Put the cookies on the middle rack and bake for 12-15 minutes.

Make sure not to bake them over 15 minutes.

Remove them from the oven and let them cool for at least 5 minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet.



[ooc: ingredients and instructions from here.]

Comments

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[absolutesnark]

Sign in. Take a muffin.

Re: Bake

[demonbelthazor]

Bel signed in. He may have glared at Piper as he took a blueberry muffin.

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[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie signed in. She could handle cookies. She grabbed a banana nut muffin.

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[likethegun]

Sam signed in and took a muffin.

Bake

[absolutesnark]

Make cookies and chat amongst yourselves.

Re: Bake

[demonbelthazor]

Bel with a mixer. This wouldn't end well.

Re: Bake

[untouchableskin.livejournal.com]

Marie grinned. "Good morning," she greeted cheerfully, exceptionally glad to have her voice back.

Re: Bake

[demonbelthazor]

"Morning," Bel said grumpily, much as he was glad to have his voice back, too.

Re: Bake

[likethegun]

Sam stared at the mixer, with all of its different buttons and settings. This could only end in tears.

Re: Bake

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly turned on her oven and began to measure out all of her ingredients.

She glanced over at Sam. "Have a bad experience with a mixer before?" she asked teasingly.

Re: Bake

[likethegun]

"Um. It's more like I've never had any experience with a mixer before. Do you think we really have to mix everything at specific speeds?" he asked, looking through the instructions again.

Re: Bake

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally set about measuring her ingredients, possibly reading the instructions out loud because she can.

[ooc: Disclaimer of SP due to work. Totally open for interaction, it just may be slow]

Re: Bake

[chasingangela]

Angela began to carefully measure and mix the ingredients for the recipe.

She was humming as she worked. Having a voice back was nice.

Re: Bake

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Sakurazaki seems particularly particular about setting out all her ingredients in an orderly and distinctive manner today. It might come off as a little obsessive, actually, but she's really just trying to put off the moment of actually having to make the cookies.

And she's doing it all while wearing her pretty pink sundress. The one she vowed never to wear again. So her obsessiveness is also partially to take her mind off that, too.

Frowning, chewing on her lip a bit, she regards the instructions again, switches a few things around, nudges the measuring cup handle a little more to the left. Looks at the mixer and empty bowl, rearranges things again.

Re: Bake

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Alphonse greeted cheerily. "Mind if I lend a hand again?"

Re: Bake

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna glared at the mixer. The mixer didn't budge. This couldn't end well.

Re: Bake

[chasingangela]

Angela watched Alanna glare. "Is it not working?"

[OOC: Heading to work momentarily, SP=good?]

Re: Bake

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg peered at his mixer before carefully - almost methodically - doling out the sugar.

Talk to Piper

[absolutesnark]

She's here if you need her.

Present

[absolutesnark]

If you want.

Re: Present

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Some of Molly's cookies were a bit burnt and some were undercooked just a little, but the majority were good. No pecans in the cookies though. Only raisins.

Re: Present

[absolutesnark]

The majority of the cookies were good? That was impressive. "Nice work, Molly."

Re: Present

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna's cookies were kind of more doughy than you would expect cookies to be. And they were glistening. But they were cookie shaped!

OOC

[absolutesnark]

I kind of want muffins now.

Re: OOC

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

*ponders going to buy a muffin downstairs*