Journal Bake-off
First annual staff baking competition

Ayslin Bowman’s Ābol kūkas
While it is a secret family recipe, Bowman was willing to give a description of the dessert that should yield similar results when made at home. It is a layered dessert with a sugar cookie type base. That layer is then coated in a creamy cheesecake like topping. It is topped with sweetened apple slices. Bowman is also accepting orders for your holiday festivities!

Lucy Hiller’s Hot Cocoa Snowballs
1 fully cooked 9×13 inch cake (made from a box cake mix)
10 ounces marshmallow fluff
½ cup melted white chocolate
3 crushed candy canes
1. Crumble the fully cooled chocolate cake into small pieces, and mix with the marshmallow fluff.
2. Roll the mixture into 1-2 inch cake balls and chill in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.
3. Melt the chocolate in 30 second intervals in the microwave. Add in coconut oil if the chocolate is too thick.
4. Dip about ½ of the cooled cake balls into the chocolate mixture.
5. Sprinkle on the crushed candy canes.
6. Serve.
Claire Steinbrook’s Holiday Blondies
2 cups of all-purpose flour

¾ teaspoons of baking powder
A sprinkle of salt
¾ cup of salted butter, s
oftened
1 cup of granulated sugar
½ cup of packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Green food coloring
Christmas themed sprinkles
A handful of chopped Hershey sugar cookie kisses
⅓ cup of white chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease a 9×9 pan or 8×8 pan.
3. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
4. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy and light.
5. Add in the brown sugar and vanilla extract.
6. Mix in one egg at a time until fully incorporated.
7. Mix in the bowl of dry ingredients.
8. Add in the green food coloring and mix-ins.
9. Press batter into the pan and add sprinkles on top.
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
11. Let cool and then enjoy!

Hi! I am Ayslin Bowman and I am so excited to be returning for my second year on The Journal as Features Editor! I am a junior, and besides The Journal,...

Hey guys! My name is Lucy Hiller, and I’m super stoked to be the Sports Editor for The Journal this year. This is my second year on The Journal, and...

Hi, My name is Claire Steinbrook! I am a sophomore this year, and this is my first year on The Journal as an entertainment writer! After taking a journalism...