i'm planning to make a fabulous peanut butter sandwich cookie- even better than my memory of the girl scout tagalong cookie- which i see is now the name of their chocolate covered peanut butter cookie....weird. a cookie seems like a good way to feed so many people...

justjoan wrote:i'm planning to make a fabulous peanut butter sandwich cookie- even better than my memory of the girl scout tagalong cookie- which i see is now the name of their chocolate covered peanut butter cookie....weird. a cookie seems like a good way to feed so many people...

OK Joan... now I will also be ready to serve glasses of milk to go with these cookies! Those sound delicious!

Justjoan, those cookies sound amazing! I'm planning on cookies, too, with milk chocolate, toffee, pecans, and pretzel pieces (and some without pecans for Ava )

kalamazoogal wrote:

justjoan wrote:i'm planning to make a fabulous peanut butter sandwich cookie- even better than my memory of the girl scout tagalong cookie- which i see is now the name of their chocolate covered peanut butter cookie....weird. a cookie seems like a good way to feed so many people...

OK Joan... now I will also be ready to serve glasses of milk to go with these cookies! Those sound delicious!

no milk for me thank you very much! i stopped drinking milk when i was about 4...except for hot chocolate and hot ovaltine...

LauraS wrote:Justjoan, those cookies sound amazing! I'm planning on cookies, too, with milk chocolate, toffee, pecans, and pretzel pieces (and some without pecans for Ava :wink: )

those sound pretty amazing, too. can't wait to see you.

I am making Mrs. Buershaper's Molasses Crinkles.

I woke up feeling pretty lousy this morning, so I am going to forego the dessert exchange today. I hope everyone has a lovely time!

Melinda

Ugh, I'm down for the count with a fever. So sad because I already made my cookies yesterday. Hoping I get to another exchange soon! Sorry to miss it!

ParumMorsus wrote:I woke up feeling pretty lousy this morning, so I am going to forego the dessert exchange today. I hope everyone has a lovely time!

Melinda

Sorry that hear Melinda. We will make as you! Feel better...

LauraS wrote:Ugh, I'm down for the count with a fever. So sad because I already made my cookies yesterday. Hoping I get to another exchange soon! Sorry to miss it!

Sorry to miss you Laura! Feel better!

Bringing flan. My first. Didn't come out from the pan too nicely.

izaglu wrote:Bringing flan. My first. Didn't come out from the pan too nicely.

But I'll bet it tastes heavenly!

Thank you Celia and Peter for opening your lovely home for today's dessert exchange. The dinner was delicious and you were so accommodating to everyone's various aversions. I wish I was able to sample all of the desserts, as they all looked especially dreamy. My better half will enjoy what I brought home.

Thank you Dear Sweet Celia & Peter. I was so comfortable and truly appreciate your hospitality.

Here's the link for the Grapefruit and Black Pepper Meringue Pie. http://www.lottieanddoof.com/2015/03/gr ... ingue-pie/

The Milk Chocolate Malt Ball Cake recipe is in Baked: New Frontiers in Baking by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. It is their first cookbook, published in 2008. The recipe requires malted milk powder. I bought my malt powder from King Arthur and made my own malted milk powder by combining 6 tablespoons non-diastatic malt powder with 2 cups instant dried milk.

Thank you so much!! Everything was exquisite!! The food and desserts were wonderful.

Hi,

It seemed like we were in France rather than the Western suburbs. Everyone's dessert looked fine walking in, but they look magnificent when presented on KalamazooGal's collection of pedestals and platters. Food4Life's picture captured the elegant arrangement.

Our hosts Peter and Ceil provided a lovely table with individual pot pies: chicken for the ominvores, vegetable for the vegetarian and another to accommodate food allergies. Nobody felt the need to make-do, because it was all done in advance.

What a wide range of desserts were presented. I was not alone in eating what would not travel well and save the rest for the next day.

It was a great event, thanks to Peter and Ceil.

Regards,
Cathy2

pairs4life wrote:Thank you Dear Sweet Celia & Peter. I was so comfortable and truly appreciate your hospitality.

Here's the link for the Grapefruit and Black Pepper Meringue Pie. http://www.lottieanddoof.com/2015/03/gr ... ingue-pie/

great pic; the only thing missing was peter's intensely strawberry ice cream. celia and peter are great hosts- thanks for welcoming so many of us, so graciously!

justjoan wrote:

pairs4life wrote:Thank you Dear Sweet Celia & Peter. I was so comfortable and truly appreciate your hospitality.

Here's the link for the Grapefruit and Black Pepper Meringue Pie. http://www.lottieanddoof.com/2015/03/gr ... ingue-pie/

great pic; the only thing missing was peter's intensely strawberry ice cream. celia and peter are great hosts- thanks for welcoming so many of us, so graciously!

Thank you Joan and all for your kind words. I will post pics of all the desserts and requested recipes either tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned...

justjoan wrote:

pairs4life wrote:Thank you Dear Sweet Celia & Peter. I was so comfortable and truly appreciate your hospitality.

Here's the link for the Grapefruit and Black Pepper Meringue Pie. http://www.lottieanddoof.com/2015/03/gr ... ingue-pie/

great pic; the only thing missing was peter's intensely strawberry ice cream. celia and peter are great hosts- thanks for welcoming so many of us, so graciously!

Yep. I have had an awful time trying to post pics from my phone. Just awful.

I wanted to thank our hosts Celia and Peter. That was one of the most wonderful dessert exchanges I have been to, the display was gorgeous and the dinner delightful. The desserts people made were amazing and I am enjoying them every single meal for the last two days. Thank you so much for an amazing evening out.

Yep. I have had an awful time trying to post pics from my phone. Just awful.

well, the one pic you posted was awfully gorgeous....

Here's the strawberry ice cream. I finally went to laptop to download image from instagram so that I could put it up here. #waytoomanysteps

Calling Uncle, no one can see pics but me so I am eliminating this one and the next by editing. I can't seem to delete either.

I am able to see the strawberry ice cream but none of the images in the subsequent three posts (using a Chrome browser on a Windows 10 computer).

Katie wrote:I am able to see the strawberry ice cream but none of the images in the subsequent three posts (using a Chrome browser on a Windows 10 computer).

I have a feeling there are settings permissions involved, because I see circle with a line drawn through it European style.

Regards,
CAthy2

Katie wrote:I am able to see the strawberry ice cream but none of the images in the subsequent three posts (using a Chrome browser on a Windows 10 computer).

if only you could smell and taste that lovely strawberry ice cream, I'm just sayin...

Cathy2 wrote:

Katie wrote:I am able to see the strawberry ice cream but none of the images in the subsequent three posts (using a Chrome browser on a Windows 10 computer).

I have a feeling there are settings permissions involved, because I see circle with a line drawn through it European style.

Regards,
CAthy2

ditto. On both iphone and PC (accessed via Chrome).

I must say that we had a particularly delightful time on Sunday. Thanks to all who made to trek out to the Glen (which is not as far as Kingston I am told) and to those who took ill, please know that we missed you! Extra credit points to ParnumMorses (Melinda) who sent those killer Key Lime Bars even though she herself could not make it.

As promised, here are the recipes for our supper before the sweets:
CHICKEN POT PIE (adapted from the Silver Palate) : (Celia's changes - homemade chicken stock, bone IN chicken breasts (more flavor), added potatoes and leeks but no zucchini. I used a half butter/half lard patee brisee and I blind baked the bottom crust in the little ball jars http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/membe ... e-51590201
VEGGIE POT PIE: (Celia's changes - Saveur's recipe for Homemade Veggie Stock and Pate Brisse either all butter or all lard crust) http://www.vegkitchen.com/recipes/heart ... e-pot-pie/
FARRO & ROASTED LEEK SALAD: (Celia's changes - subbed Cannellini beans instead of chickpeas and added chopped pistachios) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/101 ... d-currants
FETA, SCALLION and BASIL MUFFINS recipe to be posted separately.

Clueless then because I can see them on an iphone, screencaptured and sent to boudreaulicious and on a pc in chrome.

I have not had this level of difficulty before in posting pics. And I still can't post them from my iphone 6 directly to the site.