Well crap. Crap crap crappity crap. Three weeks ago, I made the cookie part of the Daring Baker's challenge for July (imitation Milano cookies, I was going to skip the choc-covered marshmallow cookies). Into the tupperware my carefully piped mini cookies went, then that into the freezer for when I'd have time to whip up the filling, sandwich them, and do that photography cha cha cha. And then time passed. I visited home and saw our goats, chickens, and dogs; I went to Boulder and saw mountains and friends getting married; I filled in supervising at work due to a labor situation at a company plant; I worked until 1a last night, got home, and oh shit the Daring Baker challenge is due tomorrow (aka today) shitshitshit. F***.
Um, my bad? You see, I had a filter, a mental vocabulary filter. Well, two of them, one for the office and at home, one for the plant. The office one let maybe 5% of my language through, the plant one around 30%. But the stress from work, and working shifts through weekends when I haven't seen the boyfriend in 3 weeks? Well, that's just sucker punched a frigging hole through both of my filters. I'm letting about 90% through, and that's not okay. Seriously, after spending 12 hr shifts for a week and a half with a bunch of (self-proclaimed) millrats, I basically have no filter and no sense of decency or propriety. Remind me not to call my grandmother and thank her for the birthday card until I get that filter back, mkay?
So getting back to the Daring Baker thing. I made a sixth of a recipe of the milan cookies that were chosen this month (what?! it called for 6 egg whites, and mine were slated for macarons!), piping them into teeny weeny little cookies, picturing the fun innards I'd sandwich them with. Chocolate, chocolate with raspberry, with orange, with mint, with almond, with espresso, buttercream with lemon curd. I'd dip them entirely in chocolate, although I was already planning to ignore the horror that would occur if I tried to dip them in tempered chocolate - eek! I even piped some squiggles, which was hilarious, especially when I realized I'd need to pipe mirror images in order to be able to sandwich them. Yeah, go ahead and revoke my B.S. in engineering right now.
yeah, I r smart, so sue meThe July Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.
24 comments:
Ha! They still look cool! My recommendation is that you get down to fresh and easy and try their egg whites. They are pasteurized but still whip up to a peak for meringues. Then you wont have to pick and choose between your egg-white recipes! That or make a bucket load of custard/ice cream/curd!
Sorry you didn't have time to finish! I like your ideas!
These cookies are so adorable and a dead ringer for PF. Sorry about work/schedule, and your lost filter, haha. Hope you find it, and also find the time to finish these - they will be wonderful!
When you tweeted that you only had 1/2 done, I thought you meant the other cookie not the filling.
And I think letting our filters down now and again is good for us. I was having fun listening to Rage Against the Machine on satellite radio (no filters) this morning on the way to work. Fun times.
Considering all you had going on, I'm impressed you even got to the cookies. Very cute, btw. Hope things simmer down for you so you can enjoy the rest of your summer!
When you return to normalcy, fill the cookies, send some to Grandma, and call her and chat about how delightful they are...you'll feel better about it all. The little cookie part looks very impressive. Now, would that buttercream with lemon curd be vanilla or chocolate? I'm voting for vanilla...and oh, so pretty and tasty!
Stupid work getting in the way of good food and fun.
I was going to suggest cutting the squiggles in half to salvage until i realized...oh yeah...that doesn't work either... But they are too cute not to use - maybe you will just have to dip them in chocolate which sounds fantastic! ;)
I think sometimes it's all about priorities and I have a feeling you got your priorities right this month, even if you may disagree! The nearly-there cookies still look delicious.
I occasionally misplace my filter too, then Monkey Boy walks around the house repeating what I've said. "S--- s--- s---. Mommy bad word." Then I find my filter again.
Your cookies look good and I'm sure they'll taste delicious when you finish them!
hahaha I feel your pain. I did that a while ago after about 3 weeks of 16 hour night shift days. It ended with a 22 hour day, which the last 4 hours was a business team meeting. Who knows what kind of words came out of my mouth. With assorted levels of management and people who do not work in the plant and appreciate colorful language. Oops. They shoulda waited a couple more weeks until I was back on day shift and had slept more than 30 hours a week.
Your cookies look very cute. Even without the filling they might be a good snack.
You're still doing better than me. I skipped out entirely on this month's challenge. I had to laugh at your description of your filters (or lack thereof). I find the same thing happening when I get really stressed out, and I really need to watch it if the girls are around. I hope things settle down soon. =)
I hope everything turns out better at work for you. It really sucks that you are working those shifts. Hey even engineers have off days in baking.
Those squiggles just made my day :) Hope your days get better, and a little swearing ain't never hurt nobody!
you should try the mallows -they were fabulous!
Busy, busy, busy! At least you got the cookie part done, right? Love the squiggles! ;)
Funny, I only made mine last night, too. For some reason I managed to completely forget. Funny your comment re: egg whites. I always feel like I'm being unfaithful when I use egg whites for something NOT a macaron!
You've managed pretty well, I think. I loved those squiggles. :)
Haha I love your description of filters! So true! And the squiggles look cute! Fill them with a few of the amazing choices you've listed out, and you'll feel better!
We can wait!
My filter works MOST of the time, but then I still have a child (he's 18). We'll let it go - for now - LOL.
Mine looked like little amoebas. Try matching them. Let us know how they turn out - eventually.
hahaha - i totally would not have foreseen the need to pipe out mirror image swiggles until AFTER the cookies were baked, too!
WT*!?! Hee hee. I sound like a sailor half the time. :) I love the squiggley cookies.
Haha, I basically have no filter. I hope you get a chance to finish them someday. They're pretty good.
You poor thing! Sure, filling can wait. The cookies look lovely even without any!
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