A cookie kind of Friday.......

Happy Friday! I am so glad it is here and that I can hopefully sleep in tomorrow!! We had a free day today so we were able to create whatever we wanted. I attempted to make a new batch of chocolate chip cookies, but they did not come out the way I wanted them to.  They taste great but I don't like the way they look. :(

I cant even see the chocolate chips! ;) I was frustrated with these because I forgot to pat them down after I scooped them onto the cookie tray. Ugghh!! Trial and Error. Me No likey! ;) But I know I have to post the good and the bad, so well... there you have them!

I then made peanut butter cookies because we didn't get a chance to make these when we first started class.  I LOVE peanut butter so I was anxious.  Here they are, Ta da!

Another FAIL! laughing....These taste very good, but they are too big and too thin!! Wow, can you tell I was frustrated today? I can't bake when I am frustrated and bothered, so today was shot no matter what I tried to make.  I can prove it even further by letting you in on a little secret.  After I made the peanut butter cookies, I ATTEMPTED to practice my piping skills and crossed the line when i decided to create roses with icing .  Yea.. I don't even have words to tell you what they looked like. They definitely didn't look like roses is all I can tell you.  I think my brain just needs a break. :-) (yea, whatever makes me feel better, right?) ;) I will re-make both of these cookies again in the very near future and when they come out looking beautiful, I will shoot you the recipe's.  Consistency is the key and I really have to get that right no matter what. If they taste good and are all different shapes, it's not going to cut it. Maybe at the house it will, but for my future business it won't. So I will practice until perfect. I  know that saying wasn't made up for no reason.

BUT I did get a 96 on my test today! Yippeee... I will admit, I was totally bummed because I didn't get a 100%. And it was so silly too! I read the question wrong! When I re-read it, I knew the answer immediately so I was even more mad at myself.. but an  "A" is an "A" as my classmate Trish said, so i will stop complaining. I ended up missing 3 in my techniques test which is way better than what I thought I was going to get.. whew! Thank goodness!

I hope you enjoy your weekend.  I can't wait to check out the Winter Park Arts festival.  Tonight I am going to relax with some wine and cheese and listen to some live jazz and tomorrow I am going to check out all the art. If you are around, head on out, its going to be a beautiful day!  See you back here come Monday!

Take good care of yourselves!