Fun Find: French Macarons

Look what I found!! ... a few days ago I went to Staples for a few supplies, next door there's a brand new Trader Joe's store, and it caught my eye because it was super busy...at dinner time? so I went in...and I found lots and lots of goodies, but the one that impressed me the most were these cute French Macarons in the frozen department.

Believe me I'm not a frozen food gal, but

the fact that I have French Macarons right in front of me ready to be eaten! I couldn't resist it  :D

This is how the box looks like, flat and small. Comes with 12 French Macarons (6 vanilla // 6 chocolate). Follow the instructions and your done. I eat the whole box by myself (that's right!) they were incredibly addictive LOL - my favorite flavor was vanilla, it tasted like ice cream while still coldish!

This is a great find for those of you that are afraid of getting into the macaron world, don't need to bake!...only bad news is that you won't find them in any other colors :(

So if you have a dinner with friends, this is def a treat!

Enjoy!!

xoxo

Maple Pecan Oatmeal

Hello my dear bakers out there!

Today we have a recipe that will be perfect for this vicious winter...here in the East Coast!! If you live in this area you know exactly what I am talking about, if not just check the news we just have snow after snow over us :(

So for these cold days let's bake some Maple Pecan Oatmeal Cookies...YUM!

Prep Time: 20 min

Baking Time: 20 min

Ingredients

1 cup old-fashioned oats

3/4 cup flaked coconut

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

9 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon)

4 tablespoons pure maple syrup

2 tablespoons light corn syrup

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoon boiling water

1 teaspoon maple extract

1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped (optional)

Method

1. Heat oven to 300F. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper and set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the oats, coconut, flour, sea salt, sugar and set aside.

3. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter, maple syrup and corn syrup. Heat until the butter has melted. Remove pan from heat and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the baking soda with the boiling water. Immediately stir this mixture into the melted butter until combined. Add the maple extract; stir all ingredients into the oat mixture. Fold in (optional) pecans.

4. Form dough into balls, about 3 tablespoons each and place the balls about 3 inches apart on prepared baking pans. Slightly flatten each of the balls.

5. Bake cookies until golden brown (about 20 minutes). Transfer to wire rack to cool. Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.

These are delicious!! ...Try them today

Enjoy!!

xoxo

Meeting Bakerella!

Last Saturday I woke up so excited because I was going to Bakerella's Book signing... I even baked some cupcakes for her the night before...

 With cute mini cake pops made out of fondant on top :) her signature pop!

So we arrived to Williams-Sonoma and they were baking pumpkin treats for the people coming to the signing, she was on time!. We met her mom first...can I tell you...she was soooo much fun (really people around me will not let me lie) she was talking to us about how was the last city they visited and the things that she liked...just very sweet!

Then...there she was...and we were all excited :)   she was so warm and excited to see us all, how cool is that...you can tell she was genuinely touched seeing people calling her name.

She took time to answer some of the questions we all had...for example, did you know why she named her blog Bakerella?  She said that she was looking for something short and easy to remember when she first opened her Flicker account, back in the day when she was trying to caught "Cupcakes Take the Cake blog" attention (and oh boy she did!)...at first she thought about Jane Fondant! and almost picked that one... but then "Barbarella" the movie came to her mind and came up with Bakerella...genius! I love it...sounds so much fun...I must confess that I used to think is was related to "Cinderella" LOL silly me.

The Signing...

This part was the best part for me... I was so thrilled that she loved the cupcakes I made for her, then the unexpected happened...she started tearing up, then I started...then some big tears came from my eyes...what was wrong with me (LOL) then she was like, don't cry I'm going to cry!...then I was like "I'm so happy for you!!"...and blah blah blah...'til this moment I don't know why, but I think it was just out of happiness?? that someone with such creative mind and skills will be appreciating my work!

Love you Bakerella!

Here I'm trying to cover up :( so no one can see my red teary face!

This was my first book signing experience and don't think I will be able to top it! Angie was the best :) 

I became a fan forever!!

Can't wait to see what she comes up with next...stay tuned to her lovely blog Bakerella

XOXO