April baking challenge

[Palooka]

These might be next on the list to make. Sounds yummy.

All-Out Best Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

[frugalfranny]

Gees...I am going to have to refresh/re-do my victim list so I can do some more baking.

You guys that can bake this stuff and then they disappear.......yeow.......maybe if I put them out on the street and marked them 'free'..........

My postman did thank me for the cookies though......I wonder...........

[Libby]

frugalfanny - I'm like you...I bake but its just my dad and I that eat them and we don't eat sweets very often so the baked goods will last eons lol.

Palooka - those bars sound yummy and it uses whole wheat flour! I'm debating on making those for April's challenge

[Palooka]

Libby, make 'em.

Yeah, my kids tear through them so fast. lol I don't get to eat much of them.

[frugalfranny]

frugalfRanny - I'm like you...I bake but its just my dad and I that eat them and we don't eat sweets very often so the baked goods will last eons lol.

Oh --I COULD get rid of all of it.........with no problem.........but I don't need it.........and the sad part is I love to bake. My favorite is trying new things but I have so many picky 'victims' that I have to even watch that.

[Libby]

OMG hahahaha - frugalFRANNY!! I'm sorry lol

Palooka - do you make them as the recipe listed or have you tweaked it? The one review said it was doughy...thats one thing I don't like/want and then another review was using apple sauce to make them chewy. Not sure which route I should try if I do try.

[Palooka]

I've never made them but this recipe could sure be tweaked. I would use the banana for the fat replacement and not the peanut butter.

[Libby]

Libby, make 'em.

Yeah, my kids tear through them so fast. lol I don't get to eat much of them.

I've never made them but this recipe could sure be tweaked. I would use the banana for the fat replacement and not the peanut butter.

Oh...I thought you had already tried the recipe lol

[Palooka]

Oh...I thought you had already tried the recipe lol

Oh, my bad. I was just talking general that I have peeps in the house that eat up baked goods. I should have used the quote button. It was a response to you and FF.

[Libby]

Ok...so for April's baking challenge I made 100% whole wheat almond & cranberry biscotti cookies. They didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but are still edible. The recipe I used could've used more almond flavoring and more sweetness. I did sub Splenda in for white sugar.

I need to re-make the biscotti again with my tweaks as well as my zuc bread from last month but I think my dad used the last of my zucs the other night for dinner!

[Palooka]

They look yummy. How much Splenda did you use?

[Libby]

They look yummy. How much Splenda did you use?

Thanks Palooka! I made them mini on purpose as well...so you can eat 3pcs and not feel guilty! I think they're about 1.5" long?

Original recipe said 1/3c sugar and as per the Splenda directions: use half in Splenda what the recipe calls for in regular white sugar.

I think I'm going to use the whole 1/3c of Splenda b/c honestly it tastes like over dried bread nuggets with chunks of cranberry & almond slivers in it. Can't taste the sweetness til you hit a cranberry. I need to ramp up the almond extract as well.

[Palooka]

I love almond extract. Really didn't know how yummy it made things taste until I bought a cupcake cookbook.

I think Splenda can really be tricky with baking.

[frugalfranny]

Thanks for posting the pic Libby.

Guess I will have to look at it later........it wouldn't come up. They look okay........from what I can see....

I have got to get busy.......bought some pie crusts last week.......I don't do 'roll dough' stuff!

[happymomof4]

Made the jello cake last week for the girl at work.

Want to do some brownies this week for my daughter.