Baking marathon - about 200 dozen cookies (25 pounds) - by the numbers

Today was our annual baking marathon... By the numbers: About 5 pounds of flour, 1 dozen eggs, 3 pounds of butter, 7 pounds of sugar, 3 pounds of Brazil nuts, 2 pounds of chocolate and 1/2 pound coconut, 1 pound of rolled oats. 6 cookie sheets about 100 sheets of parchment paper and 6 hours of baking at 350 degrees. We used 25 one gallon ziplock bags to store the 25 pounds of cookies. Beneficiaries include: + The patients in the high risk pregnancy (HRP) ward at our local hospital
+ My friend Gary
+ Our church
+ My coworkers Oh, we baked some bread too :)

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Cupcakes - before & after

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Bread - before and after

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Bread - before and after (2)

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Weekend batch of bread

Cookie season has started, pictures soon!

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Bread: Happy Saturday

90 minute proof with 1/8tsp of bakers yeast (and 45g sourdough starter)

Cookies coming soon!

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Two more good bread pics :)

Have a great weekend!

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