Cookie testus
Sep. 1st, 2021 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisYesterday, I rolled, cutout and baked half the cookie dough.
Today I rolled out the second half and am trying out stuff.
1. Yesterday I rolled after an hour of chilling. 24 hours is WAY better.
2. I made them uniformly thicker.
3. I iced some.
Yesterday, after they cooled, I put them in an air tight container. They turned to limp like yesterday's lettuce in about an hour. I put them all back in the oven for 4 more minutes It helped. But, yikes.
So today, I'm testing storage. And icing. This is a dirt simple icing. Powdered sugar with a small hit of milk, smaller hit of vanilla and, blue. I was too lazy do anything but brush the icing on, not carefully. But the point was the tests.
The shamrocks were first roll. The rainbows were from the left over dough after the shamrocks - balled back up and re-rolled. I'm going to store a sampling of each:
1. in air tight glass
2. in air tight hard plastic
3. on a plate in the air
I'm getting better and, more importantly to me, I'm getting tidier. My messes are way smaller and easier to clean up. Plus, COOKIES!!
I might do a cake tomorrow.
Today I rolled out the second half and am trying out stuff.
1. Yesterday I rolled after an hour of chilling. 24 hours is WAY better.
2. I made them uniformly thicker.
3. I iced some.
Yesterday, after they cooled, I put them in an air tight container. They turned to limp like yesterday's lettuce in about an hour. I put them all back in the oven for 4 more minutes It helped. But, yikes.
So today, I'm testing storage. And icing. This is a dirt simple icing. Powdered sugar with a small hit of milk, smaller hit of vanilla and, blue. I was too lazy do anything but brush the icing on, not carefully. But the point was the tests.
The shamrocks were first roll. The rainbows were from the left over dough after the shamrocks - balled back up and re-rolled. I'm going to store a sampling of each:
1. in air tight glass
2. in air tight hard plastic
3. on a plate in the air
I'm getting better and, more importantly to me, I'm getting tidier. My messes are way smaller and easier to clean up. Plus, COOKIES!!
I might do a cake tomorrow.
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Date: 2021-09-01 11:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-09-01 11:33 pm (UTC)do you make your cakes air tight or just cover with bowl or cake cover?
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Date: 2021-09-01 11:35 pm (UTC)Cake cover kind of thing. I remember mom's aluminum one with the wooden knob on top. Perfect.
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Date: 2021-09-01 11:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2021-09-02 01:59 am (UTC)Nice!!! I like the blue. It's just fun.
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Date: 2021-09-02 02:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-09-02 02:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-09-02 04:16 pm (UTC)please add a number 4 to the storing test: Here in Germany everybody ( I think really, really everybody) is storing cookies in tin cans to keep them crispy. We collect the (empty 😉 ) tin cans of purchased cookies or buy empty ones for a few Euros.
Stay safe!
Greetings from Germany and happy baking,
Sussie
BTW: found you at ravelry
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Date: 2021-09-02 04:20 pm (UTC)That's so fun that you came over here from Ravelry!
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Date: 2021-09-02 08:55 pm (UTC)Ah, you already tried the tin. Maybe the icing wasn't dry through and through? As your brother said: let them stand out over night before you put them into a tin or whatever...
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Date: 2021-09-02 08:57 pm (UTC)STAY tuned!!!