Thumbprint Jam Cookies

First Timer: Jam Cookies!

I've made hamentaschen (I'll post the recipe later) so now I'm trying something similar. There's two steps: Making the Jam and then making the cookies.

Team Baking!

Hello everyone!

So I've been really busy with summer and getting back to school but I'm now ready to start baking some more! This is a list of different (big) recipes for my Cross Country Team

Quiche Lorraine

Long time no see!

I've been busy vacationing in beautiful Barbados with most of my family. I was given a daunting task, though: quiche lorraine. It's my cousin's favorite quiche and also mine too.  The recipe I used is here : http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/quiche-lorraine-recipe/index.html. Pictures will be coming soon!

Honey mustard sauce

Hey all,

At my cousins house we decided to cook a ham. We wanted a really sweet and delicious sauce to go with it. We mixed honey, mustard(could be frenchs or grey poupon) and brown sugar. You can also mix a little pineapple juice to give it more flavor

Mayo?

So I was looking at a few different websites about how to get perfectly moist cake, and one website said put in mayo. Really strange to me, but I tried it this morning when making my friend Mixie's cake. Right now it's in the oven so we'll see!

Day 3-Assembling the Cake

Now it's time to complete the cake!

1. Take the first layer of the cake and place it in a plate.



2. using a flat spatula, put one layer of whip cream on the cake



3. with a slotted spoon (a spoon with holes in it, similar to a colinder), drain the strawberries and put ontop of the whip cream.



4. put another layer of whip cream onto of the strawberries



5. add another layer of cake, so it looks like a sandwich. if it looks like there are open spots underneath the cake, put more whip cream



6. put the strawberries on top (either in the center or spread them out)



7. use the left over whip cream to put on the sides of the cake, the same way you would use normal frosting for a cake.



8. if you have piping, you can use it to decorate your cake!



9. when serving your cake, use the left over juices from the strawberries and pour over the cake. This makes it moist and gives it a great flavor

enjoy

Day 2-Strawberry Compote

First, you need to hull the strawberries:

http://localfoods.about.com/od/preparationtips/ss/HullStrawberry.htm

**make sure that you get the end of the stem (a long fleshy part in the center of the strawberry) out of the strawberry.

Ingredients

• 2 containers of strawberries, hulled and quartered (2 pints)


• 1/4 a cup of grand mariner liquer


• 1/2 cup of sugar


• a pinch of salt


• 2 tablespoons of lemon or orange juice(optional)

In a medium sized mixing bowl, pour in strawberries with sugar. por Grand Mariner Liquer in the mixing bowl, and stir. Let it sit for about 25 minutes so that the juices are formed.

Cooked Compote

Most fruit compotes are cooked. In order to cook your compote, first add a little bit of water a pot at low heat. Add in the orange juice, liquer and sugar. Then add in the strawberries until all are evenly coated and the juices start to flow.

Then, follow the recipe for whip cream to make the ceram for the shortcake, but use 2 pints of heavy cream, and add sugar to flavor