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Ingredients
Monday
1 lb unsalted butter
Generous pinch of sea salt
Superfine sugar (usually sold as "Baker's sugar"), about 2 1/2 cups
All-purpose flour, 3 cups
Cake flour, 3 cups
Vanilla extract
Powdered sugar, 2 cups
Citrus Juice or fruit puree with strong flavor for making a glaze.
4 oz chocolate chips
Tuesday
All-purpose flour, 4 cups
Baking soda
Baking powder
Salt
1 lb unsalted butter
Granulated sugar, 2 cups
Brown sugar, 1 1/2 cups
Eggs, 2
Vanilla extract
2 lemons
Rolled oats, old fashioned (NOT quick or instant), 1 1/4 cups
Pecan pieces, 1 cup (optional, or can sub in a different nut)
Dried tart cherries (140g) (optional)
4 ounces chocolate chips
Wednesday
All-purpose flour, 2 1/4 cups
Whole wheat flour, 2 1/2 cups (NOT the stone ground kind)
Granulated sugar, 2 1/2 cups
Baking soda
Salt
Ground cinnamon
Vanilla extract
Lyle's Golden Syrup OR Honey, 1/4 cup
Unsalted butter, 1 lb
Cornstarch, 1/4 cup
Eggs, 4
8 oz. chocolate (any kind)
Heavy cream, 8 oz
Flavoring, if desired for flavoring a chocolate filling (extract, pureed fruit)
Thursday
Cocoa powder, 1/2 cup (dutch processed preferred)
Unsweetened chocolate, 2 oz (bakers is the most popular store brand)
Vegetable oil, 2/3 cup
Unsalted butter, 1 cup
Eggs, 3
Vanilla extract
Granulated sugar, 3 cups
All-purpose flour, 3 cups
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Salt
Old-fashioned rolled oats, 1/4 cup
Pecan pieces, 1/4 cup (optional)
Brown sugar, 1/4 cup
Jar of jam (for fruit bars)
1/2 cup juicy type fruit that works with jam*
Lemon juice
Friday
1 package frozen puff pastry
All-purpose flour, 1 cup
Cornstarch, 1 tbsp
Salt
Unsalted butter, 2 tbsp
Granulated sugar, 1 1/2 cups
Eggs, 3
Vanilla
Equipment
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2 or more cookie sheets or half sheet pans (18x13)
Rolling pin
Ample parchment paper
Optional silpat or silicon mats (you can use parchment instead, but you need parchment in addition to silicon mats)
Plastic wrap
Aluminum foil
Baking spray
Electric mixer, handheld or stand
Whisk
Rubber spatula
Offset spatula (the small kind, useful, but not required)
Bench scraper (useful but not required)
Microwave safe bowl
Piping bags, reusable or disposable. We’ll use at least 2. (For Tuesday)
1/2 inch plain round piping tip (or something close to that size) (recommended but not required)(For Tuesday)
Liquid measuring cup
Wire cooling racks (I like the size that nests into a half sheet pan) useful, but not required
Sharp knife
Kitchen scale (recommended but not required)
Containers for storing cookies
