hi everyone!
why at the end of the weekend am i just as tired as i was at the start?
and how bout the clocks changing so early! tomorrow is going to be one tough monday morning.
i set my alarm clock to make sure i get my kids to school on time…ugh.
in between hanging with my family, playdates, watching parts of a spooky movie (disturbia!) i did some baking.
i baked jam squares (from a friend’s recipe- very very easy- the same dough is used on the bottom and crumbled on the top. her recipe called for using raspberry and apricot jams…i got creative (never a good thing!) and used strawberry all fruit jam…i think the other would have tasted better.
ingredients jam squares.
adding melted butter to the dry ingredients.
forming the dough.
pressing the dough into the baking sheet.
spread the jam before putting it in the oven.
crumb topping..in the oven.
at least they looked pretty.
side view.
and reject.
i also baked from martha’s new cookie book…chocolate surprise cookies….they were fun to make and came out lovely. oh and they were delicious!
ingredients chocolate surprise cookies!
sifted dry ingredients- which still look lumpy to me!
cut marshmallows.
added milk to the butter/sugar/egg mixture.
before first baking.
added marshmallows…put them back in the oven for an extra 2 minutes of baking.
making the frosting.
finished surprise cookie…(the surprise is the marshmallow)
cross section…this cookie was not hard to make and everyone who had one (or two) loved it.
i also made chocolate pudding for keithy and my dad. (my dad requested it!)
the first batch came out like crap! no kidding…was clumpy and GROSS.
but the second batch came out great!…thanks to a recipe from listener todd…he found it on this blog…scroll down for double chocolate pudding.
and of course my kids forced me to make alexis’ chocolate chip cookies– plus they are what i give parents when my kids go to houses for playdates.
but i have to say i am looking forward to the cantucci alexis made…it’s hard for me to bake stuff on the weekends that has nuts in it because my daughter has peanut/tree nut allergy. so i am somewhat limited when kids are home from school!
xoxo
jennifer
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Hi Jenny,
I looking forward to hearing about your families Matzoh Brei preferences???
Everything looks so good. Great Job!
Whew, that was a lot of work, Jennifer! Those chocolate surprises are good, aren’t they? Martha featured them on one of her shows years ago and I made them. Mmmmm….
I have made the chocolate surprise cookies before (got the recipe from the website). They are awesome.. The cookie itself is so good.. Next time I make it, I am going to make it with homemade marshmallows… I can’t eat the store bought crap anymore.. Thanks to Alexis, I have been making the homemade stuff and it is so much better… Everything you made looks delicious, good job.
I’ve been looking for a recipe for jam squares. May I have the recipe? They look great!
Wowzers you were very busy in the kitchy.
Jennifer, I made Dorie Greenspan’s chocolate pudding recipe this weekend. It’s so easy (you make it all in a food processor, back and forth to the stove) and sooooo good! Link: https://www.doriegreenspan.com/dorie_greenspan/2008/02/puddings-of-the.html
Alexis’ cookies are SUPERB! I’m so glad your kids LOVE them. I need to get the MS Cookie Book! Amazon, here I come! Hi, Ariel! How’s Florida??
everything looks great.
and u wonder YYY u can’t lose weight???
I made jam squares also. I used Martha’s form her baking book, so easy and good. I used peach jam. You can make them with caramel instead of jam….that sounds too good.
You are a mess! Begging for a cookie book? PATHETIC
WOW the nut thingeee thats hard I cant live without peanut butter and Satain my big girl (dog) cant say that loud she thinks she people (dog lovers thingeee) they do talk its just that most people dont listen or dont care cats are not so loud but they talk more than dogs and mostly nobody listens to them so when they find someone WHO dose its love at first listen and talk talk talk they never stop dog just go to sleep and fart love K
Those Jam Squares look sooooo delicious! But I have to ask…How did you do to get the Rejects to look that way? Did you burn them and then drop them on the floor? They don’t even look like the same food group as the pretty ones. Love the show and the blog!
You are jealous! Complaining about someone getting a cookie book? PATHETIC
Jennifer,
May we pleeeeease have the jam squares recipe? They look soooo yummy! I have never made them. Thank you in advance!
You sure do a good job with your baking Jennifer…your goodies are very sweet (no pun intended!). It’s hard enough to produce perfect looking goodies but doubly hard to produce baked goods with the Stewarts nearby!
xkb
Have a wonderful day!
I swear I gain 5 pounds from just looking at these delectables! Melted marshmallows and chocolate?! Oy!!
Do you feel that you can’t be too careful enough about exposing your daughter to nuts…do you keep a separate set of mixing bowls and pans, or just boil everything after baking with any kind of nut?
hi shelley,
i am careful but i don’t use separate bowls/cookie sheets…i wash carefully after making something with nuts…use hot hot water and soap. my son is a peanut butter eater so i am used to using it and watching/washing the area around it (and him). i have benadryl/epi pens everywhere of course too. my daughter is careful at this point as well but i label anything brought in the house containing nuts…”NUTS”
xo