It was pretty good, would definitely make it again..
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I’m pretty sure I made this a number of years ago and really liked it..
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Have you ever had the cranberry pudding sold at the One of a Kind Show? I really like that. Have not tried making any type of steamed holiday pudding.
The sticky cranberry pudding reminded me of it.
No, will have to try!
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The company isn’t selling any at One of a Kind this year. I found this recipe based on it.
Some other recipes have a cake made with molasses.
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I could use some advice. Remember the cookies I was trying to sell? Pistachio-Cardamom Shortbread adapted from Samin Nosrat and Tutu’s Sugar Cookies with the addition of ½ cup minced candied ginger.
An acquaintance has ordered 60 of each to take to thanksgiving with relatives. She was uncomfortable deciding the price so I said .50 each. Now I’m thinking that might be too low. I want to be fair.
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Earlier in the week I made honey oatmeal bread. I think I’m going to try omitting the vital wheat gluten to see if I can get a fluffier crumb.
Today I baked up 5 lb of homemade chicken tenders. Did the math and they are slightly more economical than buying pre-made frozen, and hopefully a lot healthier/ tastier.
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If you already said 50 cents each, that IS the price, for this acquaintance, for this order = $6/dozen. If you include an “invoice” with the delivery perhaps note on it your single-cookie/dozen-cookie order pricing and show that she’s getting a “volume discount” for 5 dozen or more, plus “friend and family” discount plus “first order” discount.
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Fair to whom? Do a cost analysis and then base your fee on what seems fair to you and what would seem fair to an aquaintance vs. a friend or family member. I’ve shorted myself so many times in the past, I either don’t do it anymore or just give it away. Too complicated at this time in my life. And remember, a gift is a gift.
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How many cookies does a batch produce?
You should be able to easily come up with a cost basis for ingredients for 120 — butter and pistachios are expensive, the others may be less so depending on what types and brands you’re using — eg generic vs KAF.
You can decide whether to add something for your time and the energy cost from there.
At a minimum, it will give you the cost you need to cover even if you are doing this for fun and don’t want to charge for labor,
It’s someone you know, so if you need to go back and say you need to charge X to cover the ingredients, it shouldn’t be an issue.
Funny, we had to a project like this in middle school — each team picked a product to make, then was a sale in school where we bought each others things, and after that we had to figure out net profit. My team picked homemade pizza (because my mom was the only one making pizza at home in those days). Cheese was an expensive ingredient then, and my teammates were shocked at the end when our net profit was a lot lower than they thought it would be, given that we had sold out fast and first 
. It was an eye opener. Luck (and/or my mom’s pricing guidance) that we didn’t incur a loss 
ETA: if you need help with the costing, DM me your ingredient prices and the recipe.
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I guess it depends on how labor-intensive the cookies are. Maybe make it a buck each.
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I have a friend who used to own a coffee shop, maybe he’ll help me do the math.
This time I’ll just charge .50 per cookie.
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Friends are stopping by tomorrow so I just whipped up these favorite scones:
I had to rewrite my copy of the recipe emphasizing to preheat to 500 then just before baking the scones, lower temp to 425! Once I forgot, smelled them, caught my mistake in time.
I’ll reheat tomorrow in the toaster oven and serve with butter and blackberry jam. Will probably make Chai Tea Masala with Darjeeling tea.
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I also do a little cat sitting … so much more profitable. It’s going to take me a good while to make 120 cookies. So let’s say ingredients and energy come to $20?, I’d make $40. Not even minimum wage in California. At least my friend has volunteered to deliver them, about 15 minutes from me.
The other day I bought a large, thin hazelnut shortbread cookie (equal to about 3 of mine) for $2.50 from Arizmendi on 9th Avenue, SF. It’s a much loved bakery … I’d never tried this cookie before. Anyway, I couldn’t taste any butter AT ALL and will not repurchase. The recipe I use is 1,000 times better.
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From what you have described, you are enjoying baking for others rather than expecting to start a business, so as long as you are covering your costs for the most part, it probably doesn’t matter if you are enjoying yourself!
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What a wonderful treat for your friend!
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I have been buying a lot of bakery-baked cookies (and pies) for the DCs lately, as well as some imported cookies.
Prices are all over the map.
My favourite large chocolate caramel pecan cookie is running $3.50 CAD per cookie at a French bakery. It is a large cookie.
I bought 2 packs of oatmeal cookies in a small-town last weekend. The crispier buttery oatmeal cookies worked out to be around a dollar each, whereas the chewier ones made with some sort of margarine or Crisco, that I didn’t like as much, were around $0.75 CAD each.
I think my Cranberry Bliss Bar at Starbucks cost around $3.50 CAD today.
I would think at least $1 USD each for a homemade cookie is fair.
I’m hitting the Toronto holiday markets and church bazaars over the next 2 weekends. I’ll collect some going rates for cookies.
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Today I made banana bars with maple-vanilla cream cheese frosting and a no-knead sourdough boule. Not bad for a first time, I hope. This poor starter has been through the ringer!
Bread is still cooling but I will share a crumb shot later for your analysis
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Boule looks great for a first!
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