Cooking and Baking

So far nothing particularly exciting has happened today, well minus me catching a stomach bug but that is more so sad then exciting.

I made a really delicious lunch out of some leftovers. It was Mexican Velveeta style mac and cheese with chopped up pork and green onions. It turned out really good and I was proud of myself for creating the concoction.

I suppose I can talk about my love for cooking and baking.

So, I enjoy doing both. Creating something tasty out of random ingredients does and forever will amaze me. As for the general cooking, I am not as good nor do I take as much enjoyment out of it. But put me in front of some sugar, eggs,  flour, and butter and I see perfection waiting to happen. Its such a chemistry experiment when you are baking something. If you don't get exactly the right amount of something it completely changes the dish (which I have learned isn't always a bad thing).

Cookies are one thing in particular I love making, especially gingerbread and sugar cookies. Rolling out the dough and cutting it into shapes and experimenting with the depth of the cookies is so much fun. I prefer a crisp cookie for these particular types, so I typically cut thinner, but my family likes soft ones so if you cut a bit thicker you get that affect.

But hands down my favorite thing to make is cupcakes. I can decide to make cupcakes and wind up spending an hour looking for a promising recipe. I haven't gotten to the point where I feel comfortable enough yet to just mix stuff together and hope for the best. I love the whole process though. Like, getting out everything, and measuring stuff, scooping into cupcake liners, waiting for them to bake properly, waiting for them to cool, and frosting/decorating. All of it is so much fun. My favorite cupcakes are spice, red velvet, and pound. All three are very different and complex but also very delicious.

I truly love baking, but I don't get to do it as often as I would like.