Holiday Baked Goods

[Kris]

I messed up making candy cane cookies.

The dough was way too sticky, I had a hard time rolling each piece into a tube shape and forget about fashioning the dough into candy canes.

And the taste...yuck.

[CanadianBakin']

I was looking at a site that had something called Tiger brownies which I figured I could create. It was blondies and brownies alternated in strips over a shortbread crust. I managed to get that all done no problem but then I figured it needed a chocolate glaze. Never been a problem before but this time I didn't notice the twist tie that fell into the bowl along with the chocolate pieces. I put it all into the microwave to melt and all of a sudden there were major sparks going on!! I pulled it out and removed the burnt twist tie and let it finish melting. After it was melted I tasted it and all I could taste was charcoal. I got my husband to try it and he said it was fine so I figured it was just me and went ahead and used it.

I took them to a family event where they were enjoyed. They noticed a unique flavour but couldn't quite place it. I told them it was a secret! To me they still taste like "campfire".