It could probably use a little less flour next time, but I'm glad the holes aren't too big to hold a little butter.
I had to bring cookies to a church function. My husband recommended the Sierpinski Carpet fractal cookies shown on evilmadscientist.com. I thought the square shapes might be a little boring and decided to do Sierpinski triangle cookies instead.
I made them green and added peppermint extract. The recipes I used were:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
for the chocolate part and
It's been awhile since I've baked bread... I'm baking some today and it's rising right now.
I haven't been a complete slacker... I made brownies recently. They were more than half gone before I could take a picture (we had company over - I swear I didn't eat them all myself)
I decided to add some whole wheat flour to the italian bread this time.
I wasn't paying attention and left the oven high for a little too long... oops. They're a little dark.
The dark crust didn't adversely affect the flavor, though.
I made another of the "favorite recipes" from this site.
for the pain aux raisins, I added lots of raisins (my husband loves them).
I've been lurking on this site for awhile and decided to register so I can start keeping a log of what I make. My husband loves when I make the Italian bread listed under the Favorite Recipes, so here's how my first batch came out. I melted a little butter on the top after removing it from the oven.
