Sweet Things

Today we are going to be making the classic chocolate chip cookie! Two things I always recommend before starting a recipe are measuring out all of the ingredients, and preheating your oven. Measuring out your ingredients makes it easier to make your recipe, and since the ingredients are pre-measured, you are not scrambling around measuring your ingredients while making a recipe. Preheating the oven is a good thing to do because baking is a science. Most recipes need to be baked immediately so that the right chemical reactions can happen. For instance, pancakes need to be cooked immediately. Cakes as well, should usually be baked immediately. So always make sure to preheat your oven beforehand. Another thing (which I really need to do as well) is taking out your butter making the dough a little before you make the cookies. I always forget, so I usually end up softening the butter in the microwave for 10-15 seconds or so. Find the video of me making these cookies bel...

To everyone who likes cinnamon rolls, try this giant cinnamon roll! It is so good, and if you like regular cinnamon rolls, this is a must try. If you want a video tutorial on how to make this check out my YouTube channel here. So these pictures are not from the cinnamon roll video (I made a few), because I forgot to take pictures. Oh well. So the ones you see in the blog post here was from the very first one I made. It turned out a little lopsided, and it overflowed a bit in the oven. The second one I made, which is the one you'll see in the video turned out to be the perfect cinnamon roll. It  was smaller before I did the final rise in the cake pan, so it didn't overflow. My tip is not to roll the dough out too big before putting the filling on. Speaking of pans, for this recipe I used my 9 inch round pan. Depending on how big your roll turns out to be, I would recommend using a 10 inch round pan. 9 inch is the biggest I had, so I had to use it. One ...