Here's three things I'm thinking about tonight...
I baked those Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies from the Williams-Sonoma blog. They turned out pretty darn good and were so easy to make. I may have gotten a little carried away taking pictures of them:
They were crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside, perfect if you ask me. I'm going to give you the only secret I have about baking cookies: After you bake cookies and they cool just a little, put them on a cutting board (preferably a wooden one) to finish cooling. The cutting board will make them crisp on the outside.
I put the cookies on a tray in the kitchen to stage them for my pictures. The tarnished, silver 'footed' tray in the photo is one I bought for $30 at an antiques mall the other day. Here is a close-up of the tarnished tray before I cleaned it with baking soda.
And here's some pictures after the tray got a quick scrub with a kitchen sponge and a few shakes of baking soda. So easy...
I just love seeing how quickly the tarnish comes off the silver pieces using only baking soda and water. As they say, simple things occupy simple minds!
Did you notice that red floral Christmas pot holder from my last post hanging next to the silver tray? Yeah, still having a love affair with it!
While in the kitchen, I took a picture of an adorable salt and pepper dish made by the Mud Pie brand, which I bought last month. The two separate dishes stack together under the lid, and the little drawer-pull knob on top makes it so sweet.
I had forgotten about the salt and pepper dish until B.J. over at Sweet Nothings posted about some Mud Pie pieces she bought recently to give as gifts. You can see her post, Slinging Mud, here.
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There's just a lot of good stuff on this post. The cookies look delicious. Amazing how that silver tray cleaned up. I'm a real sucker for little odd dishes to use in staging food. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. Those cookies were really easy to make. I highly recommend the Williams-Sonoma website in the last post I wrote.
DeleteYour cookies look amazing! I went to a friend's house for NYE and she had the cutest Mud Pie cookie jar that matches your salt and pepper. It might be in my future. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Stacey, they are so cute. I'm trying hard not to buy anything small because I tend to be a clutter-er, but the Mud Pie dishes are hard to resist. I'll bet that cookie jar was adorable.
DeleteI love a good chocolate chip cookie, and will admit that I'm not that good at baking them. THANKS for sharing a secret that I'll have to try! The tray is also really lovely! I'm like you, I love to see them come to life wit just a little polish!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a good baker either Kim. The W-S recipe is really easy and quick. I didn't use an ice cream scoop as they said to do. I just used a rounded Tablespoon and started watching them at 9 minutes. Good luck.
DeleteI am absolutely amazed that it took only baking soda and water! Thanks for sharing that tip.
ReplyDeleteLaura, it really does work well. I was told if it doesn't take the tarnish off then it is not a good grade of silver. I don't know if that's true, but some small pieces I bought didn't come off with baking soda, so maybe that's why.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cookie cooling tip, I like nice crisp cookies! Wow...that tray looks amazing. You just use plain soda, nothing else?
ReplyDeleteOh, those cookies sound delicious. And, I am going to try the cutting board method. I like crispy cookies.
ReplyDeleteI have a set of measuring cups I purchased at Anthropologie that stack the the salt & pepper shaker. I like the stacking.
A cookie has its own kind of magic.
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xo
HI Sharon! Oh, I so appreciate you visiting me and do hope you'll come back again. Now, those are gorgeous and yummy looking cookies and you did a great job staging them too! I love your pretty silver tray and I learned something from you today. I did not know that baking soda would take off tarnish! That's brilliant! Thanks again for popping in to see me.
ReplyDeleteBe a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Your cookies look even better than the ones that Williams-Sonoma had a picture of. Thanks for the reminder of how to clean the silver, I have a bunch to do today.
ReplyDeleteI have a big silver tray like that, it's in the top of the pantry because I got tired of cleaning it. Maybe I drag it back out.
Rivercrest Cottage,
ReplyDeleteYuMMy!!!
Last week, I made some Oatmeal, chocolate chip and pecan cookies that turned out divinely delicious!!!
Lovin' those Mud Pie salt and peppers!!!
Cleaning silver with baking soda??? That's something I need to try!!!
Fondly,
Pat
Those cookies look DELICIOUS!! I had forgotten about using the baking soda to clean silver. Thank you for reminding me again!
ReplyDeleteyour cookies look delicious.
ReplyDeleteNow I REALLY want some cookies!
ReplyDeleteThey look amazing!
XOXOXO
The cookies look good and I'll have to try the baking soda and water on some of my trays!
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't love pictures of cookies? Not me! lol I had to pin that recipe, so thank you :)
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for your sweet comment.
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I had no idea that baking soda and water would take the tarnish off silver like that!?!?! Crawling back under my rock now.....
ReplyDelete~Des
Oh how delicious the cookies look. WOW baking soda and water makes all the difference. I will be trying this one for sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and your kind comment. Have a great rest of the week. xo
Oh how delicious the cookies look. WOW baking soda and water makes all the difference. I will be trying this one for sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and your kind comment. Have a great rest of the week. xo
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