I love making food for pot lucks because it's a great chance to make new desserts without having to feel the need to eat all of them. For our recent family gathering I went all out and made five desserts, four of which were new.
I made:
While I mostly did a good job making everything, I did a mediocre job taking pictures of it all. I didn't get a picture of the truffles or any of the brownie roll out cookies either.
The brigadeiros are a Brazilian sweet that I had at a party in Saudi and fell in love with. They are pretty easy to make; the hardest part was getting the right consistency when cooking it on the stove. Turns out that chocolate pudding consistency was the way to go.
Traditionally, they're served in tiny paper cups, but I had none and no desire to hunt down such an obscure baking accessory, so I used a Jello jelly bean mould tray instead. Yay improvising!
I've made the malted milk cookies several times in Saudi and they quickly became one of my favorites. Making them here was trying at best. In Saudi we didn't have regular malted milk, just chocolate malt milk powder, so I added a tablespoon of cocoa to the regular malted milk to emulate what we had in Saudi.
Baking them turned into a disaster of a learning experience. Do not start baking on a new stove with different ingredients and use a full try of cookies because when they go terribly wrong you end up with a whole plate of pathetic ruined cookies. I ended up ruining four more batches of single cookies before I got everything mostly worked out. More flour, cooler temperature and less time in the oven than when we were in Saudi. And always write notes for next time; way fewer future screw-ups that way.
The toffee bars were really easy to make, but I forgot to take a finished picture. The only thing missing from this picture was the chocolate layer on top. I had high hopes for these, but they ended up being somewhat of a disappointment.
The white chocolate lemon truffles were pretty easy to make and a big hit for everyone except the little kids. Only advise for this one is to make a double batch and microwave cautiously. I accidently had a butter explosion because I was doing too many things at once. Sadly, no final picture here either.
The brownie roll out cookies were fun to make and easy, but weren't good enough to make again. They weren't bad by any means, just not my style.
Overall, the party desserts turned out really well and I thoroughly enjoyed trying some new recipes. I definitely have more dessert recipes to try than any other kind!
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