Lunchtime Links for October 11th, 2011

• The Pioneer Woman: Sausage, potato, and kale soup.
• Kirbie's Cravings: Mini pumpkin doughnuts with chocolate glaze. 
• The Kitchn: 10 uses for your microwave.
• Jersey Shore: Recap from TVGasm.
• Cupcakes and Cashmere: Pain au chocolat.

Golden Oreos

 

These Golden Oreos aren't really new to the scene, but I hadn't thought to try them until recently so they're new to me!  According to Wikipedia, the "Golden Oreo series have vanilla wafers with other fillings like vanilla and chocolate as Uh-Oh Oreo until its rebranding in 2007".  Anyone remember when they were called Uh-Oh Oreos??  Yeah, me neither.

Taste-wise, they were basically like a more textural Nilla wafer, obviously with filling in the middle.  I didn't mind these as cookies, but compared to a regular Oreo, I think I still prefer the original.  I could see these being useful in a setting where you want some color differences - like say a game night party where you could use both the Golden and the Regular Oreos as checkers pieces or something, haha.  Overall, a perfectly good taste but can't beat the original!

Lunchtime Links for October 10th, 2011

• Serious Eats: 15 pumpkin recipes.
• Top Chef Just Desserts: Recap from TVGasm.
• Two Peas and Their Pod: Pumpkin chocolate chip bars.
• Real Housewives of NJ: Recap from Jay Mohr.  
• Gossip Girl: Recap from NYMag.

Baked Mini Doughnuts

After months and months of resisting, I finally gave in and bought this Wilton mini doughnut pan!  It helped that I had won a Sur La Table gift card that I could use for this, haha.  But to be honest, I was debating on how practical it was- but then, at a certain point, you realize that the whole point is that it's NOT practical, but super cute and fun :o)

I made my first batch of mini doughnuts using a Japanese hotcake mix which I had heard before makes tasty doughnuts as well.  These turned out really cute and were a snap to bake.  One issue I had is that they were done almost too quickly- and having only one doughnut pan, it took a while to carefully spoon in the mix into each cavity so I could get the pan back into the oven.  But I think this is one of those things where repeated use will make the process go faster.

 

To make the hotcake doughnuts a little more interesting, I added some toppings I had on hand - cookies n' cream peanut butter on the left; Nutella on the right.  These were really delicious, and a great one-bite dessert or snack!

I'm looking forward to using this pan again to make other flavors of doughnuts very soon!

Lunchtime Links for October 7th, 2011

• Bon Appetit: Cooking and baking with matcha powder. 
• Most Eligible Dallas: Recap from TVGasm.
• Kirbie's Cravings: Pumpkin cakes with Nutella filling.
• Tokyo Terrace: Apple spice syrup.
• Picky Palate: Double chocolate Snickers chunk cookies.

Wedding Weekend!

This weekend my lovely friends S and D will be getting married in DC!!!!

It should be a super fun weekend of celebrating and seeing lots of fun people that are coming in for the wedding.  Also, FOOD, lots of amazing FOOD during this weekend as well, haha! I'm definitely looking forward to all of the desserts the most, of course.  Let's hope I still fit into the bridesmaid dress after the rehearsal dinner tonight ;o) 

Lunchtime Links for October 6th, 2011

• Elle Decor: Liberty of London + Hello Kitty.
• Serious Eats: Dan dan noodles.
• Whole Foods: Cream cheese cookies.
• In Good Taste: Baked pumpkin donuts.
• La Fuji Mama: Roasted parsnip fries with curry salt.