Shireen NobleMistakes have been made, but so have cookies! Not even close to on track! #BigBake2022
In case anyone is keeping track, I am 7 cookie doughs behind today. Which is probably a good 1000 cookies behind. Eeek!
#BigBake2022
I have four papers in front of me. Each of the four pages represent the next four days.
Each different type of cookie, of which I will be making between 2-6 batches each, is slated for a particular day. There are 30+ types of cookies on these pages.
This is fine. Everything’s fine. I have a spreadsheet.
#BigBake2022 #CoffeeTime
Each different type of cookie, of which I will be making between 2-6 batches each, is slated for a particular day. There are 30+ types of cookies on these pages.
This is fine. Everything’s fine. I have a spreadsheet.
#BigBake2022 #CoffeeTime
#BigBake2022 socks! I’ll be wearing these Monday when people are picking their cookies up.
‘Twas the night before #BigBake2022
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except for me, who was busily reviewing my lists and #spreadsheets in fear of having missed something.
*
All the ingredients were packed
On the bookshelf with care
With the hopes that the flour
Would not sprinkle there.
*
And Macy was snuggled
All warm in my bed
While visions of dropped cookies
Danced in her head
*
And me in my PJ’s
And chocolate chips in their packs
Were trying to settle down
For a reasonable snack and a fitful night’s rest
*
When Macy sprang out of my bed, and into the living room
I had to see what was happening and she started to bark
Against a squirrel, Macy defended the home from intrusion
Not really part of the story, but a consequence of living near a park.
*
To the cookie sheets sitting on the counter in wait
And the scale willing valiantly to measure the dough
When suddenly what before my eyes should appear
Heaviness, because I need my sleep and big bake is a marathon, not a sprint.
*
That was fun, maybe I’ll do one of these to summarize each day, lol.
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Except for me, who was busily reviewing my lists and #spreadsheets in fear of having missed something.
*
All the ingredients were packed
On the bookshelf with care
With the hopes that the flour
Would not sprinkle there.
*
And Macy was snuggled
All warm in my bed
While visions of dropped cookies
Danced in her head
*
And me in my PJ’s
And chocolate chips in their packs
Were trying to settle down
For a reasonable snack and a fitful night’s rest
*
When Macy sprang out of my bed, and into the living room
I had to see what was happening and she started to bark
Against a squirrel, Macy defended the home from intrusion
Not really part of the story, but a consequence of living near a park.
*
To the cookie sheets sitting on the counter in wait
And the scale willing valiantly to measure the dough
When suddenly what before my eyes should appear
Heaviness, because I need my sleep and big bake is a marathon, not a sprint.
*
That was fun, maybe I’ll do one of these to summarize each day, lol.
My dog, #TheMarvelousMsMacy will have the most stylish and appropriate bandana for delivering #BigBake2022 cookies next week!
I am t-22 hours to #BigBake2022 and my dishwasher has decided it needs to be physically held up in order to load it. There always has to be that one appliance… at least the oven hasn’t broken down this time.
Hi Mastodon! I’m going to be posting a lot with #BigBake2022 tagged. Let me explain.
I used to bake for coworkers at the holidays, and I’d take one weekend to bake hundreds of cookies for them, and everyone would get a box.
Then I decided to really challenge myself in 2019 Could I do 20 different types of cookies in one weekend? The answer, as it turned out, was “yes”.
Then COVID happened. And the demand on food banks was high, and many of my coworkers had moved to different places in the province/country, and I couldn’t easily distribute cookies to them. So I teamed up with a local food bank and people could order a box in exchange for a donation to the food bank. I did it again in 2021, with almost 50 boxes ordered!
But 2022 has been complicated, and with my father’s #cancer diagnosis, I couldn’t promise anything in terms of timelines, so I opted to not make it a fundraiser, and instead give them out to my friends and neighbours and coworkers!
Anyway, lots of Facebook friends got into following this adventure, so I’ve tagged each year with a different hashtag. So this year, #BigBake2022 is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of December 10th, but I’ll likely get started earlier in the week! For now, freezing dough and cutout cookies is keeping me busy.
To put things in perspective, my current list has more than 30 goodies, and more than 50 boxes to give, and including all the smaller cookies (spritz! Shortbread! Bars!), my spreadsheet estimates that I’ll be making about 4000 cookies that weekend (pretty on par with last year).
Let the #Baking begin!
Hello @Mastodon! I suppose I should introduce myself and my interests.
I’m Shireen (she/her) living on the unceded, unsurrended territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg people, colonially known as Ottawa. I’m interested in:
#PublicHealth #SexEd #SexualHealth #HumanSexuality #SocialJustice #feminism, #IntersectionalFeminism #HealthEquity #WomensRights #MisInformation #DisInformation #BlackLivesMatter #2SLGBTQ+ #Baking #Quilting #MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #Dogs #Memes #humour #ResearchMethods (yes, I’m serious!) #HigherEducation #PrisonAbolition #Socialism #WomensSexuality #Swimming #CanadianPolitics #OntarioPolitics #OttawaPolitics #ReproductiveJustice #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights #AbortionAccess #IndigenousRights #SubstanceUse #SaferSupply
I’m interested in learning and listening, and am grateful for the folks who have challenged me on some previous problematic beliefs (and the ones I’m currently working through). I’m working through some of the biases and misunderstandings and doing the work of unlearning. Currently working through some essential reading in Indigeniety. I believe in punching up vs. Punching down, in calling others in and being called in, and that there are times I need to learn to sit down and listen to/amplify the voices of those who are affected by issues on which I have opinions.
On the fun side, I bake a lot, and plan on making a few thousand cookies over a week or so in December (follow me under the hashtag #BigBake2022 ). I have a purebred #BrownDog (by which I mean I have absolutely no idea of her breed, but it’s fun to guess!), and have recently gotten back into swimming and am working on endurance and speed this year. I also really love memes on research, baking, sewing, and sexuality/sexual health.