No barbri-que!

I know, I'm a dork. We didn't have BarBri class today, so last night we had a bar-b-que. I whipped up a couple of things for it - sandwich cookies from the Martha Stewart cookbook and corn pudding from the W&L cookbook.
These cookies were a cocoa recipe, and I was really pleased with it! The filling is absolutely perfect, and the cookies were an absolute hit!
The corn pudding was a recipe from the W&L cookbook, and it was a real winner. I received complements from everyone on it - even the hard-to-please people! And it's one of the easiest recipes I've attempted lately! I doubled the recipe, but the regular recipe made plenty!

Corn Pudding

1 (8.5 oz) box Jiffy Corn Muffin mix
1 (17 oz) can cream corn (not drained)
1 (17 oz) can whole kernel corn (not drained)
2 eggs, well beaten)
1 (8 oz) container sour cream (I used low fat, and couldn't tell I was missing anything).
sugar to taste (I didn't use any, and again, didn't think I was missing anything - and we're southern)
1 stick butter, melted

Mix all ingredients.
Bake in 9x9 (2 quart) casserole dish at 350 for about 45-50 minutes.

Kiss Law School Goodbye Cookies

I wanted to make a special favor for my end-of-law-school potluck. I was pretty sure that some sort of sugar cookie was the way to go, but had a little trouble coming up with something until I started pawing through the cookie cutters I had lying around. The moment I saw the lips, I was certain of it! I wanted to do kissing law school goodbye cookies for everyone!

I used the Martha Stewart Baking Handbook recipe, because it's my go-to book when I'm focused on presentation. It was the first time I've ever made/used royal icing, and there was definitely plenty of trial and error, and error, and error, as I tried to get the consistency right for flooding (basically piping the icing on, so that it looks like it was spread). I ended up having to make a second batch of the icing in order to ice all of my cookies. Next time I would definitely make them a day ahead, just to make sure to give the icing plenty of time to set. In the end though, I was very happy with the results.

flowerpot cupcakes

I am honestly refraining from baking until I turn in this paper, but I did have to whip up some quick cake mix cupcakes so that I could decorate them for the Martha Stewart cupcake contest. I had to get this out of my head while I could still submit it. ;)