#procratibaking

Based off of THIS pin!

Today was my week for Cookie Friday. Every Friday two or three people in our department make cookies, a delicious tradition. My Friday just happened to coincide with finals week, not ideal, but I wanted to take my cookies to the next level.

These cookies aren't too different from a regular cookie. A lesson I learned the hard way as a child, cocoa powder for hot chocolate is NOT cocoa powder for baking. I finally put that lesson to use purchasing baking cocoa powder for this recipe. 

Unwrapping all of my caramels was sort of a hassle, but not a deal breaker. My biggest struggle was one I didn't even know about until they were out of the oven. My caramels had all sunk to the bottom of the cookie. This doesn't change how they taste, but it was frustrating. Next time a thicker base of dough may be required. 

Also the recipe suggested dipping them in powdered sugar before and after baking. Personally the covered in powdered sugar look doesn't add anything, but go with your gut on that one.

It remains to be seen whether these will be as delicious tomorrow as they were today just out of the oven with the gooey caramel.

Final Rating:

Difficulty: 2/5 (the caramels were trickier than anticipated)

Tastiness: 4/5 (delicious out of the oven)

PinWorthy: YES!

Based off of THIS pin!

As an inaugural post on this blog these Nutella cinnamon rolls are everything you could ever want. You see them on Pinterest and think, "YES! I want these in my tummy now!", but somehow they drift further and further down your pin board full of recipes you want to eat but aren't willing to make. The point of this blog is to start tackling this daunting (and not so daunting) pins and share my story because often what looks good on your pin board looks not so yummy in your garbage burned.

I will rate the recipe on three categories:

Difficulty, Tastiness, Would Make Again

The dough of this recipe is Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough. This seems like such an easy thing. It literally comes out of the can in a perfect rectangle. Don't be fooled as I was and haphazardly mush the scored triangles together. Take the time to really make it one sheet so that when you roll the dough up they don't come splitting apart.

My only other pro-tip is don't over fill your dough. My was seeping out of all my poorly stuck seams. Though the clean up is delicious.

Final rating:

Difficulty: 1/5 (you don't even have to make the dough)

Tastiness: 4/5 (the name really speaks for itself)