Baking becomes a breeze

Having a gorgeous KitchenAid at my disposable has made baking on a whim an absolute breeze. Well as long as I have the required ingredients on hand then I am able to quickly turn my baking wish into a reality. Since her first use whipping up a batch of cupcakes, as documented in this post, Kambie has been used twice including making scones using a recipe I found here. I used a coffee mug to make the scones round, as this was my preference over a wedge shape. As soon as they were fresh out of the oven I had to sample one of them with a lashing of margarine and a dollop of homemade raspberry jam, which I told you all about back in July.

I wouldn't have minded if the scones had risen a bit more, but practice will make perfect and they did taste delicious. I should know seeing as I ate five of them. For our third adventure together, Kambie and I whipped up a batch of peanut butter chocolate chip oatmeal cookies or, as the chosen recipe calls them, outrageous chocolate chip cookies. A friend had requested the key ingredients be combined as part of a cookie creation. He used to be my best guinea pig until he went all healthy on me. However, I had promised to make a big cookie for him after his wedding and so here is me following through on this promise, maybe slightly later than planned.

As I mentioned, baking on a whim is now a breeze and the cookies turned out perfectly. I baked the smaller ones for fifteen minutes and the large one for twenty-two minutes, but I recommend keeping an eye on them to ensure none are overcooked.

I had to perform some quality control on the cookies and can confidently say they meet the mark. Nice job Kambie!