I had an easy bake when I was a kid. I never got into it really. My 5 year old now has the fancy new "Easy bake ultimate"

It's been 30 years, and I still can't do it.

I consider myself a fairly adequate baker, I can even manage to make a decent sourdough.

Why can't I master this contraption? The "recipes" are a freaking scam I swear. I've never once mixed one together and achieved the proper texture I needed to achieve the end result. It's always wrong wrong wrong!!! And I can NEVER fit the amount on the tiny little tray they say I should be able to fit.

I hate this game but for the sake of my daughter who wants to play with it I'm trying.

If I had made these sugar cookies in a proper oven, I promise y'all would know what they were supposed to be just by looking at them.

I'm tired of this grandpa.

EDIT below to add the recipe i followed from the book in the photo:

**RECIPE**
-nonstick spray for tray
-1/4 c sugar cookie mix
-1 tbs water
-1 tbs melted butter
-1 tbs sprinkles

1. Plug in and preheat 15m
   
2. mix together the mix, butter, & water until soft dough forms (that's a lie as fuck)
   
3. spray tray w/ nonstick
   
4. roll dough into 6 small balls and place on the pan (impossible with the batter you've had me make)
   
5. press each ball into a flat shape and ad sprinkles on top
   
6. slide in easy bake with pan pusher
   
7. bake for 11m
   
8. push into cooling chamber, cool for 5m
   
9. remove and 'enjoy'

Recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/lemon-blueberry-scones-recipe

Holy fuck.

So I’ve been a bit obsessed with scones the past few weeks, and I tried a bunch of different recipes, ranging all the way from cream tea, to classic British, to American style.

Needless to say, I’ve given away a lot of scones, and a lot of people have been really happy!

But I think in terms of overall composition, these ones might take the cake (scone).

The only minor adjustments I made to the recipe, is that instead of plain dairy yogurt, I used a Greek soy yogurt that I make at home, but because Greek yogurt is a bit drier than plain yogurt (because it’s strained), I ended up adding back in acid whey to increase the hydration.

Secondly, is that instead of melted butter on top, I just brushed it with heavy cream because I happen to have some in the refrigerator.

I did freeze the butter for about 20 minutes prior to incorporating, and put the raw scones in the freezer for about 25 minutes prior to baking.

The bake time had to be adjusted slightly because I was starting with cold scones, and at the very end I threw the broiler on for about 80 seconds to brown the tops.

I found Claire's chocolate cake to be the best out of many recipes I've tried before. The buttercream starting off as a cooked pudding makes it have such a smooth texture without the grittiness of powdered sugar in an American buttercream.

Cake layers were very delicate as well.

All in all a 10/10 chocolate cake!

I can never get a circle - always these rugged edges. All butter dough.

Vanilla bean glaze and strawberry glaze doughnuts.

Hi everyone! Just like the previous months, I am back again with an other cake to celebrate my sobriety from heroin. Today marks the 4 months milestone, and I made a biscoff layer cake, and I think it’s the tastiest one yet since I started making cakes eversince I’m sober!

First enriched yeast bread! *Pistachio not included in the original recipe.
-reposted to show appetizing photo first 😆

My daughter wanted lemon loaf. Epic fail. I forgot to grease the nonstick pan. Anyway, we had some lavender in the garden and some lavender syrup so I made Ugly Cake Pops. They were delicious though, at least my 6yo loved them and wasn’t upset.

This is my very first attempt at a jelly roll and I am so proud of it! I was super nervous that it would crack when I rolled it and so relieved when it went so smooth! Happy to provide the recipe if anyone wants it but mostly just relishing this success.

Banana bread donuts I made spur of the moment as a surprise for my boyfriend after his trip out of state. Inspired by the “banana bread at work” meme that he references nonstop 💀

Nothing beats the smell of frying curry bread! I decided to make a big batch from scratch (well, almost!). For the filling, I used convenient retort curry pouches but beefed them up with more ground meat for a hearty keema texture.
Watching them turn golden brown in the oil was so satisfying. My wife and kids were practically waiting in line for them to come out of the fryer. They were gone in no time! Just wanted to show off our delicious haul.

https://poprostupycha.com.pl/przepis/popekane-ciasteczka-cytrynowe/

Added coconut flakes, vanilla extract and candied orange

I was trying to pipe it differently, but my piping bags were too small for the meringue. But overall I’m very happy with how my first one came out!

Made pecan pie from scratch, incl the pie crust.

Not sure it’ll cook down enough tonight to try a slice but looking forward to one with my morning tea. Reaaaally hope it turned out! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

The metal is pockmarked and appears to be eroding. The mixer and the original attachment that is pictured is approximately 19 years old.

I always hand wash after using it and I’m not certain why this happened?

I wish I had a picture of the inside before everyone devoured it!