A Cookie Scoop

OK, so I am not really a baker, really.  
It is too precise for me.
Too exact, I am not exact with anything! 

So when I find tools that make me a better baker I get REALLY excited.

A few birthdays ago this arrived on my doorstep

from my mom & sister

I had been talking about one for years
and they totally surprised me with it!

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I love my kitchen aid mixer
It makes me smile when I walk into my pantry to see it!

I love it so much that it has motivated me

to bake more
(don't get me wrong, I have always baked, it just hasn't always been as fun for me)

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I have recently discovered a brand new (to me) product that has changed cookie baking for me


It's the Oneida Trigger cookie scoop  

And it can be found at your nearest 
Walmart 
on the kitchen aisle

It has enables me to make perfectly even cookies that are all the same size
Hello, my cookies are never even, they are total misfits & not pretty like this!

In my previous life this never happened!

It makes it so easy to scoop cookies out

Even my girls can do it

So if you are a Mama who only bakes for holidays or if you are forced 
Head over to your local Wally World, 
go directly to the kitchen aisle & buy yourself one of these
The cool thing about being at Walmart is that while you are there 
you can: 
 1)buy all the ingredients you need to make these delish toll house cookies  
2)  pick up all the hardware supplies you need to rewire your house
3) pick up barbie underpants for your kids!


Everyone wins!

Cinnamon roll pancakes=heaven!

I found this recipe for Cinnamon Roll Pancakes on a blog called bigredkitchen a while ago & stashed it away in a file called recipes for someday,
Really i have a file for
Recipes For Someday
(& Projects For Someday....that's how much of a geek I am.)


Anyway, since my mom &n my sister gave me this

gorgeously delightful birthday present

Can you believe it?
I was shocked!!

(she is so pretty, like a little black dress but she is red..
HAWT, right???)

I have been waiting to break her in,
but secretly didn't want to get her dirty.
Had to let that go!
Today seemed like the perfect reason to make these pancakes,
not that you need a mixer to make pancakes.....
I did make banana bread too!
More about that later!

Back to the pancakes,
Can I just tell you, they are a piece of heaven!!
I wish I took pictures, of my face when i took a bite!

They are cute, they are fun & they are absolutely delish
Would be a great treat for Holiday breakfast or a brunch.
You have to try this out!
I didn't make the cream cheese icing but I am sure that would be fun,
the kids would be all about swirling some on!

On a organized cooking note,
I do make a lot of breakfast food ahead & freeze them.
I started doing that to get away from feeding the kids so much processed crap
especially breakfast foods.
All I do is make french toast and pancakes ahead of time from scratch, allow them time to cool and then
freeze them in a huge zip-lock bag
They defrost quickly in the microwave or toaster
They taste great
I probably wouldn't serve them to guests for brunch
but for the kids they are just fine!!!



Using a recipe from Everyday Food Magazine,
cant find it on the web but I did find a link to it on this blog.
Foodhero.

It is super simple & have made them in mini muffin tins as well.
I should start taking pics of my food, it is a lot of fun to see the finished product!

Have fun & let me know if you try them!