My son likes to bake, too. He usually doesn't like to eat the stuff he makes, no matter what it tastes like. So, I don't let him do it that often, because I can't eat a whole carrot cake by myself (well, I could, just don't want to.) He is pretty adept in the kitchen, but there are times when I am about to lose patience...well, maybe I DO lose my patience. We have one of those battery operated cookie presses that we usually use to make spritz cookies at Christmastime. Being Christmas time, we decided to whip up a batch. We got out the appliance, the recipe book, etc. Son decided that instead of spritz, maybe we should make cream puffs instead. Cool. He put the machine together while I mixed up the dough (very easy recipe.) We loaded the shooter but it wouldn't work, took it apart, re-read the assembly directions, put it back together. Still not right. Finally it dawns on me that the shaft is moving the wrong way--he put the batteries in backwards! Okay, fix that problem. Load up the dough, shoot it on to the cookie sheet and bake. This is the only reason to bake a recipe with this appliance, getting to shoot the dough onto the sheet. He has now discovered a whole host of other treats we can make and shoot...
But, they turned out GREAT!! We decided to make them into profiteroles, because I didn't feel like making a custard filling. Filled them with vanilla ice cream, topped with chocolate sauce, EXCELLENT! Ours looked just like this, really, they did!
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My favorite things to do are often project work that ends with a discrete cut off and, typically, a product or sense of, "that's done! Onward!" (e.g., puzzles, baking, books). It's also stuff that I can do alone (and often prefer to), allows for a fresh new start with each return to the activity, and makes order out of chaos. That's why I like writing and editing too. I just finished a puzzle and may go to Goodwill today to find a new one...I'll be thinking of you.
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