Of Tour de Fleece and Daring Bakers
So yesterday was the last day of the Tour de France (congrats Alberto Contador) and thus the last day of the Tour de Fleece. Of course, as could have easily been predicted from last year, I didn’t spin nearly as much as I thought I would. I ended up spinning one skein of sock yarn and one skein of lace weight singles. That being said, those lace weight singles – 1,123 yards all spun in one day!
Now, on to the food. The 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. (For my non DB readers, we’re required to copy and paste that line, that’s why you’ll always see a version of it in my DB posts) I didn’t do the milan (think Milano) cookies because really, mallowmar cookies and milanos – that’s a joke in this house. With that said, on to the pictures.
Despite the fact that we don’t do massive amounts of sugar in this household – I added caramel
Then piped on the marshmallow (which kept trying to slide off of the caramel as it set up)
After the setting of the marshmallow came dunking in chocolate
And then eating
Those are beautiful! Nicely done. I’m assuming they’re as delicious as they look, too!
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July 28th, 2009 at 12:17 amWow, those look great! Thanks to you, I joined Daring Cooks and this is my first month. Of course, the recipe this month is something I can’t possibly eat or make so I don’t know what to do!
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knitguy Reply:
July 29th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hey Loopykd – go look in the alternative cooks portion of the DC forum. I just took a look and they have some very good ideas :)
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Oh yum! I am sure the caramel filling made them even better! Great job on the challenge.
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July 28th, 2009 at 4:54 pmYou can never, ever go wrong with dulce de leche. They turned out lovely..nicely done :)
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July 28th, 2009 at 6:04 pmLove that caramel layer, perfect with the mallows.
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August 6th, 2009 at 10:39 pmSounds yummy, I like Italian food but this one would be a real feast.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 6:57 amOh, I love you!
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August 26th, 2010 at 9:53 am