New ThingsThis week I have experienced many new things. For one I am in Hawaii and there are so many new foods I have become aware of. You may be wondering what in the world are Ube Cookies. Well I had no idea either until my little cousin told me. Ube is a purple sweet potato and they use it a lot in sweets here. I wanted to try to make something that related to Hawaiian culture and challenged me a little bit. My cousin said she really enjoyed these cookies so I figured it was a good idea to make them. Being here I have tried so many new foods and learned so many new things about baking. For example here a lot of their results are more fruity then sweet. I have had banana bread and sugared fruit and a lot of other healthier options then I see at home. One of those sweets being Ube desserts. BakingThis week there were many challenges with this project. First of all, two of the main ingredients were Ube extract and Ube jam. These are both extremely hard to find. I had to go to two different stores until I finally found them. Once I found them I got the rest of the ingredients and went back to our house. This is were I hit my second issue. We only had three measuring cups, one cup, one fourth, and one third. I am used to having every measuring cup possible but with this being all I had, I had no choice but to make it work. My solution was washing as I went and guessing the measurements with the ones I couldn’t make exactly. My third problem was that at home I have a standing mixer, here I do not. This wasn’t that hard to fix I just mixed things by hand and it gave me a little arm work out. As I made the cookie batter I noticed how similar it was to my monster cookies. One of the only differences was the Ube. This made things a lot easier for me to figure out and in the end they turned out pretty good. I actually went and bought Ube cookies at the store to compare and most of my family said that they liked mine better then the stores. This made me feel pretty happy with how they turned out. The cookies may have been messy and a little problematic but they turned out pretty good. They got a little more messy then I thought they would, I turned into a purple Smurf by the end My thoughts…I think this week has taught me a lot of important lessons. One of them being to make things work with what you have and do not take advantage of what you do have. At home I am lucky to have a standing mixer, measuring cups, a baking pan, and plenty of space. Here I had none of that. Luckily I got a pan from my aunt and everything else I just made it work. I think learning this lesson will make me a better baker and prepare me for when I start doing harder recipes. I am excited for next week and what I will continue to bake on this journey.
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Katelyn Linkous
4/18/2022 08:43:11 pm
These cookies look good and something new to try! Good luck with experiencing with new recipes!
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Evan Gale
4/20/2022 07:41:08 am
It seems you are being able to experience different things and learn different things with this project which is really cool! And I never knew that purple sweet potatoes were a thing and that you could make cookies out of them!
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