I baked Kringlas in the morning and should have left the oven on and baked something else. When I turned the oven on later in the afternoon....nothing....no heat.
Since I already had chocolate spritz dough made, I had to go to plan B. My main oven is gas, but I have a countertop electric oven. I know things bake differently in the 2 kinds because my mother had electric and her cookies always turned out different than mine. It took many trays to bake since the oven is small but I got the job done.
After I figured out the adjustments I needed to make, I mixed up the ginger cookie dough. The first tray came out a little dark so I get to eat them. The rest came out OK.
Now it is the orange/peach cactus turn to bloom. It always blooms in sections even though it is all one plant.
I always need my closeup shot. There are several more buds so it should bloom for almost 2 weeks. I saw a bud on another one on the shelf below this one and I don't have it marked for color. I think it is the orangey red.
We got another 3 or 4" of snow very early yesterday morning. Today is going to be cold and then mid 30s for 2 days with rain possible. That should clean off the last bit on the driveway but then there is more snow predicted.
The cookies look delicious! I grew up with had electric ranges/ovens. I didn't cook with gas until I moved to Texas. Electric in Kansas, Maine, and North Dakota. Back in Illinois I've had gas in both houses.
ReplyDeletesounds like this is a snowy December for you. Hope you can get your oven working or will you need to get a new one? The cactus are still looking good.
ReplyDeleteYour blog has gotten blocked on my computer and I don’t know why so I am using the phone. Is there a problem with your stove? At least you have the countertop oven. I got a piece of Christmas cactus. How do I propagated it?
ReplyDeleteLovely Christmas cookies you've baked, Wanda!! Tom got us an apple-peeler-corer gadget as an early Christmas present for the kitichen; we plan to try it out today and I will make us an apple pie...hope it works ok...
ReplyDeleteCold here at 25 degrees but nice and sunny, if a bit on the windy side...no snow as yet...
My cacti got moved as we re-arranged the tv back room yesterday so they are in a bit of a sulk I think...I read that they don't like to be moved when in bud or bloom--sigh--we'll see how they fare...hugs, Julierose
I seriously miss our gas oven (Indiana house). The electric is slower to heat and I agree that the two power sources bake very differently. DH didn't make cookies yesterday - he made homemade pizza instead (YUMMY). Both of my cacti are now shedding the earliest blooms but there are lots more buds developing.
ReplyDeleteDo you heat with gas? I hope your house stays warm. The cookies look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDelicious looking cookies and pretty cactus blossoms ~ doesn’t get much better than that to start off my day today. My Mom always had a Gas oven and felt they were are better than electric.
ReplyDeleteWhat delicious cookies in your photos!
ReplyDeleteWe prefer a gas cooktop but have an electric oven.
Today is another snow day for us after the 4" we got on Friday mostly melted. In the last several years we've had only a couple of dustings of snow, so this is certainly a change! Our high is to be 34*F and the low tonight, 18*F. Brrrr!
Hugs!
Your cookies look delicious! I grew up with electric (lots of dams in TN) but had gas in one place I lived. It's definitely an adjustment.
ReplyDeleteThat happened to us, luckily it was also cookies and not a turkey that needed to be cooked. I used to always have gas, but with the glass countertop electric ones, I am convinced on the electric. I don't think anyone will ever say yuck, I won't eat a cookie baked in this or that kind of oven. We also had our gas burner get stuck on the" on" position many years ago. That was scary. And the cost to try to fix the oven was going to be $350, so we got a new one and I went with electric. So, hoping that everything works out fine for you at this busy cookie time of year.
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