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I make cookies at work!! I have a trainee job at the local highschool café, and it's so much fun! So I thought I'd share my love for baking with you guys. I'll post pictures whenever I bake something new, and if people are interested, I'll share the recepies. They're measured in the metric system though, so you people in the US might have to do some math if you wanna try them out.


These are... what to call them in English... Chocolate cuts?? They're crunchy and taste like chocolate anyways. Doesn't sell all that good, but they're easy to make, and dirt cheap.

I hit the subscribe button so hard it almost broke.

I'd LOVE the recipes for every single thing you post on here.

@Sanne: Sure thing! I don't have them at hand right now, but I'll make hard copies and post them on... wednesday when I get back home from work. But beware, sometimes the recepies make pretty big batches, lol

Chocolate biscotti! Biscotti is a type of Italian cookie originally. It's my favorite of all time, no matter the flavoring, period. We're gonna try them with saffron around christmas...

Don't worry, I'm pretty good at reducing recipes to smaller batches. Do it all the time.

Also if I don't gain 20lbs by Christmas, it's gonna be a god damn miracle.

These taste like ginger and cinnamon. They're pretty spicy, and egg-free for you allergics!

I HATE THESE STUPID MUDCAKES, IT'S THE ONLY THING THESE DAMN HIGHSCHOOLERS EVER BUY, AND MY BOSS SAYS I HAVE TO MAKE THEM

I should make them as salty as I am, so people stop buying them

Carrot cake! It's a type of sponge cake with carrot and cinnamon. One of my favorites.

Classic chocolate chip! I want to put chopped hazelnuts in them in everything really bad, but we decided against it so everyone can enjoy them.

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Get on the Recipe Guild!

@Jay: Said and done! Thanks for the link, I didn't know that group even existed.

Oh my god! Are you able to give recipes or are they a business secret?

My boss said it's totally fine if I give them away. I don't have them at hand right now, but I'll make copies on wedneday and bring home after work, so I can upload them. Which one is it you're interested in?

I'd love to try the chocolate biscotti!

Actually, my boss was kind enough to send it to me, so here's the Biscotti! I'm the one translating, so I hope it makes sense....

Chocolate Biscotti

150 g of sweet almond
75 g of butter
3 ½ dl granulated sugar
3 eggs
6 dl flour
½ dl cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking soda
2 tbsp vanilla sugar
75 g chocolate, dark or milk

Heat the oven to 200 C, or 392 F

Roast the almond in a dry pan. Chop the chocolate meanwhile, not too finely, or it will disappear when you bake the biscotti.

Whip the sugar and butter together, then add one egg at a time, while still whipping.

Mix the flour, cocoa, vanilla sugar and baking powder together thoroughly in a separate bowl. Add it to the batter, along with the almond and the chocolate, and knead it together. Add some more flour if it sticks to the bowl or your hands a lot, but it shouldn't be crumbly or otherwise dry.

Part the dough in four, and roll each piece into even lengths about 4-5 centimeters thick; it's not that inportant, as long as they're evenly rolled out. However, be aware that they will more than double in size.

Put two on a baking sheet with greaseproof paper, plenty of space inbetween. Stick it in the oven and keep an eye on it; if things are going well they should rise and flow out, while also getting a sort of crust, which cracks as they grow.

Take it out after 20 - 25 minutes or so depending on their size, then turn the oven down to 100 C (or 212 F). Let the loaf-like bicotti cool a little before cutting them up with an angle, in about 3-4 centimeter pieces. Turn them over with the cut side up, then stick them in the oven again and dry them for about 40 - 50 minutes, depending on their size. Nobody likes doughey bicotti!

Turn the oven up to 200 C again and take them out, then put the remaining two lengths in, and repeat the cooking process.

Oooh it looks a bit challenging! But I'll give it a shot this weekend!

The Caro cake looks yummy, too bad is has carrot in it though. X.X

The ones that taste like ginger and cinnamon and the carrot cake. I so want the recipe, 'cause they look good enough to bite my phone over.

(Also, I have never tried hazelnut in chocolate chip. Is it any good?)

I'll upload them tomorrow when I get home from work! And yeah, carrot cake is the best. It's a fairly common cake in my parts... It's like brownies for the US, everybody's had it at least once.

About the nuts in chocolate chip... It might be a question of taste, but I put hazelnuts or almonds in pretty much any cake if I can get away with it, either chopped or ground. (chocolate chip, mudcake, sponge cake, muffins, you name it). It adds some more texture and crunch to it, and flavor.

These little buggers are a christmas classic around my parts. I... don't know how to translate the name to English, but they're super easy to make! They're a sort of fudge, I think? And taste like butterscotch mmmmaybe??? About as common in Sweden around christmas as candy canes are anywhere.

Combine equal parts of sugar, syrup and double cream, then boil in a deep pot (it boils like crazy) until 257 - 266 F, or 125 - 130 C. Temperature is super inportant here! The longer it boils, the harder they get. If you think it boiled for too long, add a big nub of butter. It's not like it isn't unhealthy already, so what difference does it make? And yeah, keep the kids away, the batter is super hot and I burn myself every time, because I'm an idiot.

Add chopped almonds at the very end before puting the batter in the... moulds?? Candy wraps? IDEK what the paper thingies are called in English. And oh, I guess you can just make squares too if you want to lol

Mmmmmm I'm gonna sub to this thread! All of this stuff looks so delicious and I love baking too!!! ;u;