three cheers for the red, white, & blue
How does all this nonsense start out, might you ask? Well, in the words of Alton Brown, enter Wet Team and Dry Team:
How official sounding, huh? And after the teams are all mantled, Dry Team is slowly incorporated into Wet Team. Which makes a perfect excuse for the Baker to "sample" the cookie dough between batches of incorporation. Yes, it is fact that the "dough" needs to be tested when half of the dry team is mixed in and again when the remainder of it is all incorporated.
Why, you ask? Because obviously the batter tastes different at these two incorporation stages.
Lie. Just an excuse to eat more cookie dough. ;)
Blue and white layer....
The whole sha-bang. Look how pretty it looks!!!! Yeah, just a bit excited.
So this recipe definately reminded me of my work. How fitting for Memorial Day, huh? Anyways, I am working under a registered dietitian for my college along with three other girls who are in the Dietetics program I will be in the upcoming fall. While these girls are really fun to chill with at work and stuff, sometimes they act so healthy, it kind of scares me. Seriously....you do not have to limit yourself to one slice of pizza and only eat half a scone to be a dietitian, girlfriend! ;) Looks like I'll be a really fun dietitian when I grow up.
Ohhh, look at those pretties. Just oozing with chemical additives that would give the serious R.D. a stroke. NOT THIS FUTURE R.D. I laugh in the face of food dyes. Muah ha ha ha!
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Red food coloring
Blue food coloring
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Divide dough into thirds. Place one drop of red food coloring into one of the thirds and a drop of blue food coloring to another of the thirds. Incorporate with a spoon until uniform in color.
Press blue dough into bottom of pan. Do the same for the plain dough and then top with red dough. Bake for27 minutes or until sides are slightly browned and toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Cool, slice, and devour.
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