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potato_head) wrote2013-05-19 01:18 am
potato_head) wrote2013-05-19 01:18 am
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RETURN OF THE BAKING POSTS
So I found this recipe for S'mores Pie Pops, and decided to make them yesterday.
It's actually not at all a from scratch recipe like I usually do, but ATM I'm just not up to making something like pie dough, which I've never done before, from scratch. So I went with the recipe as it is and bought Pillsbury Pie Crusts. They're very easy to work with!
Also, Dad was the one who bought the stuff. He couldn't find lollipop sticks, and brought back wooden coffee stirrers instead. Most of them were already splintered in the package. I decided to leave them out altogether because I was already iffy on the whole 'pop' idea to begin with (putting baked goods on lollipop sticks just seems like it would create a lot of mess, to me).
I did decide to make one modification to the recipe, though, and added a bit of cinnamon sugar on top to bring in a bit of the graham cracker taste, and just because I like cinnamon and will add it to virtually anything if nobody stops me.
So yeah, here's a mostly-assembled S'mores thingy!
And here's...um...another one...
......
So maybe I have to work on my cutting/dough assembly technique.
Here's the nice one again, after being brushed with beaten egg whites and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar:
Aaand after baking:
(note the Avengers cup in the background. They were selling them at CVS when the Avengers movie came out.dakfire bought a bunch.)
Aaaand finally, mid-eating:
So, these are really tasty! Of course they would be even tastier with home-made dough and a higher quality of chocolate (I used Hershey's bar like in the original recipe) but they're definitely worth making as-is.
However...they do not taste like S'mores.
As the original page states, the marshmallows melt in the process of the baking. They completely caramelize. But you can't really taste that caramelization through the chocolate; there's just no taste of marshmallows at all, regular or toasted. (Also, if you really look at the inside of your little pastry - and you can get a pretty good look, since the dough holds the shape of the marshmallows so it's all puffed up and hollow - the caramel swimming in the chocolate looks kind of gross.)
Now, it may be that I didn't add enough mini marhsmallows to mine, but I'm having a hard time believing that ANY number of mini marshmallows would survive 14+ minutes in an oven. I am not sure how exactly this problem could be solved. But I do enjoy them just fine as they are :D You could also use this same recipe but instead fill it with any type of pie filling you enjoy, for little finger food pies. Maybe roll the top square thinner than the bottom since there won't be any marshmallows to keep it puffed up and crispy.
It's actually not at all a from scratch recipe like I usually do, but ATM I'm just not up to making something like pie dough, which I've never done before, from scratch. So I went with the recipe as it is and bought Pillsbury Pie Crusts. They're very easy to work with!
Also, Dad was the one who bought the stuff. He couldn't find lollipop sticks, and brought back wooden coffee stirrers instead. Most of them were already splintered in the package. I decided to leave them out altogether because I was already iffy on the whole 'pop' idea to begin with (putting baked goods on lollipop sticks just seems like it would create a lot of mess, to me).
I did decide to make one modification to the recipe, though, and added a bit of cinnamon sugar on top to bring in a bit of the graham cracker taste, and just because I like cinnamon and will add it to virtually anything if nobody stops me.
So yeah, here's a mostly-assembled S'mores thingy!
And here's...um...another one...
......
So maybe I have to work on my cutting/dough assembly technique.
Here's the nice one again, after being brushed with beaten egg whites and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar:
Aaand after baking:
(note the Avengers cup in the background. They were selling them at CVS when the Avengers movie came out.
dakfire bought a bunch.)Aaaand finally, mid-eating:
So, these are really tasty! Of course they would be even tastier with home-made dough and a higher quality of chocolate (I used Hershey's bar like in the original recipe) but they're definitely worth making as-is.
However...they do not taste like S'mores.
As the original page states, the marshmallows melt in the process of the baking. They completely caramelize. But you can't really taste that caramelization through the chocolate; there's just no taste of marshmallows at all, regular or toasted. (Also, if you really look at the inside of your little pastry - and you can get a pretty good look, since the dough holds the shape of the marshmallows so it's all puffed up and hollow - the caramel swimming in the chocolate looks kind of gross.)
Now, it may be that I didn't add enough mini marhsmallows to mine, but I'm having a hard time believing that ANY number of mini marshmallows would survive 14+ minutes in an oven. I am not sure how exactly this problem could be solved. But I do enjoy them just fine as they are :D You could also use this same recipe but instead fill it with any type of pie filling you enjoy, for little finger food pies. Maybe roll the top square thinner than the bottom since there won't be any marshmallows to keep it puffed up and crispy.