Right before December, I’m grateful Mr. Piggy found a way to fix our oven. I took a week off from work in hopes to bake cookies (and sell them). Unfortunately, I had other agendas which didn’t give me enough time to market and sell these cookies. I ended up sharing them with our families. According to the poll, the chocolate chips and the butter cookies are a huge hit. Decorated sugar cookies take the most time, but always fun to play with. Hope to get these out next year.
My first batch of cookies came out and they turned out pretty good, don’t you think? I make these once a year, so I get rusty. Different type of pans yield different results? Who knew?! Decorating these guys and gals are always fun!
I’ve been baking my own birthday cakes for a while now. I didn’t think I had time this year but happy I managed to squeeze a simple sponge cake with mango filling. The sponge cake was smaller than I wanted so I cheated by making more frosting!(￢‿￢ )
I was having a hard time to find fresh fruits, so I was forced to get some tart mangoes (best I could find even though they were kinda pricey). Again, I cheated by adding more sugar (than I normally do) to balance out the tartness.
Hope everyone had a s-boo-tacular Halloween!
Right before we left, we went back to his dorm. I noticed these envelopes I gave him were stuffed in the desk drawer which I had the feeling he’s never going to open/read it. I took the liberty to tape them on the wall so he’ll see them. This turns out nicely, adding some colors to boring white wall.
I made these for my niece when she went off to college a few years ago. She totally loved it and thought I should do the same for Dai Bee. Most of the same stuff and I added a few.
This is my 2nd batch of cookies that I’m getting paid for! Mr. Piggy’s cousin texted me a couple of weeks ago and told me she was shopping for cookies for a friend’s baby shower (neutral gender). She was surprised how much these cookies costs. I didn’t think much of it. Half hour later, she texted me again to see if I was interested in making them and that she’d ordered from me. Given the time frame, I was able to deliver. I was excited to use these cookies cutters!
I spent the bulk of the weeknights in the kitchen baking cookies in our semi-working oven. Our oven is hanging on the thread these days (with temperature not going any higher than 300 degrees). Every night I’d baked a small batch and keep adding to the pile. Today I’m excited to box these up because I’m donating these to front line healthcare workers in our neighborhood! My sister shared her tray of Mexican wedding cookies (snow balls).
Once I posted this on FB page, these were claimed within minutes! I got 7 boxes total and with the high demand for them, looks like I will be baking more next week.
🎶 It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go…🎶 especially in the kitchen! I am planning to spread some holiday joy this year and share some of these cookies. Starting with this batch…
Spent the morning decorating my cake! We are going to my sister’s tonight, just the same usual suspects. Unlike previous years, we won’t have a party, no trick-or-treating, we would gather for dinner.
After some fun decorating the cake, here’s the final product!
No tricks this year, just all treats.
We’re counting down the days to CNY. It’s a tradition that the boys practice their brush calligraphy with Chinese New Year greetings. The boys bring some of these written greetings to their grandparents when they’re done. Most are hung on the wall in our house.
Great they are still around (and willing) to help out with the decorations. I’m going to milk it as long as possible. (￣ー￣)ｂ
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