Last week I hosted a cooking class with my friend, “J”. Each year we donate a cooking class to our school’s auction and this years theme was “Little Bites”. I wanted to not only come up with recipes that one could eat at a small cocktail party, but also, give ideas that could made in a few minutes, using pantry staples.
It took me a while to motivate, but once I did, it all came together. ”J” was in charge of cocktails, cheese + nuts, and setting the perfect environment. We collaborated on the menu and I typed up the market list.
Our little bites theme carried through to dessert. I made a double batch of dough so I would have room to play with it. I made a batch of these little cups. But they failed. I started to get a little nervous because I kind of procrastinated and waited until a few hours before the dinner to bake these off.
I baked off a batch of traditional style shortcakes which came out perfect. Eli tested and gave the thumbs up. I went back to the drawing board.