hi everyone!
tomorrow morning i have to be at alexis’ apartment super early to get ready for our fox5 am tv appearance on good day ny (we are showing our packages!) then we have another appearance on foxbusiness in the afternoon (in between the two appearances i have a pedicure and a teethcleaning!) then we have our show…it’s going to be a busy day!
i did my valentine’s day baking for alexis today because this week is too insane for me to have time to bake.
i decided to make her three types of biscotti (alexis doesn’t love chocolate so no candy for her!)
ginger raisin (spicy) from a book called biscotti, granola from another (different) book called biscotti, and hazelnut from this recipe.
and i made chocolate chip cookies for my kids from alexis’ recipe.
and i made a pound cake for my parents from alton brown’s book.
ginger raisin biscotti:
here are the ingredients.
wet ingredients (eggs and vanilla and grated ginger) mixed with the dry.
added raisins and crystallized ginger.
logs before baking.
second bake.
of course i’m challenged and don’t have an adequate “after shot!”…
but here are the granola biscotti…
granola:
ingredients.
making syrup to pour over oats to make granola.
cool spatula alexis got me that won’t melt!
pouring over oats.
oops…i burned the oats!
trying again…
success! better granola this time.
butter (not much alexis), sugar, and eggs.
dry ingredients into the wet.
added almonds and granola.
logs before baking… (why when i say logs do i think of poop!)
after baking.
second bake. (and again no after picture! but they look the same just darker.)
and hazelnut biscotti.
ingredients.
ground toasted hazelnuts and sugar.
forming the dough.
dough is ready for the logs (hahaha).
here ya go…before baking.
out of the oven ready for second bake.
second bake.
and finished.
and packaged (in martha stewart boxes!)
on saturday i baked cookies for my kids and their friends.
and the pound cake…made today for my mom and dad.
ingredients.
eggs and vanilla into the butter and sugar.
dry ingredients and buttermilk alternated.
ready for baking.
and finished! yummy.
of course, i figure you’d want to see a picture of me too!
you can make one of yourself on m&m’s site too.
xxx
jennifer
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Everything looks so delicious! I’m hungry!
Man… Those cookies look GOOD! Are those brown eggs from Martha’s farm?
Wow Jennifer, you can bake up a storm. Do you like cleaning up the kitchen when your done with all that? No offense! That’s my downfall — love to make the mess while creating but the cleaning up is a pain in the axx.
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You’re a cute mom to bake for your kids and their friends. I recently contacted a friend from my childhood and she still remembers the “cool snacks” my mom used to make when she came over to play.
hey jennifer i noticed you use enova oil. do you find it to work well? any subtle differences? and heres the big question…does it give you the symptoms advertised in the warning label?
your biscotti looks so yummy… there is a brand of biscotti down here in philadelphia that i adore but alas i cannot remember the name!!!
Jenny…you’re stuff looks scrumptuous. I also love the MM…lol.
can you let us know alitte more in advance when you’re going to be on television?
Thanks for the M&M site, my kids liked the games, and so did I.
Those biscotti look great. I would love to make them but I know I would eat them all. thanks for sharing, Amy
Hi Jennifer, you are so adorable with all this baking. Everyday I read yours and Alexi’x blogs and want to go right home and bake, but for the most part I don’t. But I have gotten a little more confortable with baking, I used to hate it.
Thank you!
jennifer you are getting a lot better
with your baking.
Which Fox business show were you on this afternoon? I found the link on the bulletin board to the morning show.
the last time i made biscotti i ate the whole batch while studying for finals in college…haven’t made it since, but i do love it (obviously) 🙂 that’s my downfall with baking…i can’t stop eating it!
jennifer, can you please show and share the cookies recipe. looks really delicous
AMAZING!
the M&M its you see ya K
hi uln,
the recipes for the stuff i made on this post are all linked- one you can get from a website the others are from books. we cannot post the actual recipe from books because there are copyright issues…you can also google everything i baked and maybe you’ll find some similar recipes online.
good luck!
xxoo
So Cool! Love the show and love the stuff you talk about love that you cook! just love it all!!!
Jen, you’re getting really good at the food styling and step by step shots. Nice, and thanks!
Those cookies look frikin fantastic…are they chewy or crisp? How did you get them to come out so perfectly?…on the website it sounds like people srtuggle with them.
hi sali,
when i make alexis’ cookies they are a little chewy. i put the temperature in the oven on 350 instead of 375. and i watch them. they bake for about 12 minutes but really i watch them and when they just get golden and flat i take them out of the oven. the longer you cook them the crispier they become…great both ways.
xoxo
Thanks for the tips! And thanks to you and Alexis for making me laugh everyday during my commute!(Paulie and Chrissy too) P.S. You guys should post a picture of Micah from Ino…he sounded cute
so get busy new pics and places to go and hug your kids and pleae your love he surly love you look what he puts up with you TWO are crazy tell the world you love him for iam sure it is body and soul end to end of time that is so neat I KNOW THE FEELING i have a soul mate also she is wonderful& naught also love ya K
hi Jen wellll your the only one that wants to talk to me so ill talk to you those other 2 just want to play some lind of game that is not so fun some times anyway you all need something NNNEW this has been here forever well it seems that way dont you carry a cramea with you? alexis can eat all cheeze she wants its better tan toefood that stuff is grose or maybe i dont know how to fix it anyway you are the only one that normal whatever that is anyway did you hug your kids&your old man? indians were funny this time had a good time K