11. externship update: school is out!

can you believe my externship & thus school is over?!  i cannot.  classes, well, they did not go by quickly.  they were wonderful & i learned so much.  but they were not quick.  the last 11 weeks, however, went by so fast! 

i'm on my way to being a "real" pastry chef :)

this last week was all about fancy-ing things up, being a little more creative, & just making the customer smile a little bit more. 

since blueberries are now in season {yay berries!!}, we have now begun making blueberry scones from scratch.  these have been a huge hit.  probably my biggest success since starting at urban.  & i've actually gotten much faster at making scones.  it used to take about an hour from start to finish of clean-up to make 3 batches.  i now can make 4 batches in about 30 minutes.  nice.

everyone from oklahoma knows about these cookies:  peanut butter swirls.  oh yes.  well, i've created my version of the best cookie:  peanut butter chocolate drizzle.  yum!

one day i was asking all of fellow urbanites what their favorite cookie from childhood was.  one of the fellas said it was the iced oatmeal cookies that came in a long package with a circle of icing on top.  certainly we can do that!  one of the awesome guys in the kitchen made applesauce from scratch for me when there was a little free time.  the cookies turned out pretty darn good.  no package cookie, luckily.  {wink wink}

sunday morning before brunch started, the chefs made some fabulous french toast with bacon & blueberries.  sounds so good, right?!  it was.  & i now have a huge crush on the bacon blueberry combo.  what should i make??  i am thinking candied bacon & blueberry muffins...

it has been a wonderful wonderful 11 weeks.  & i am happy to announce that i will be staying at urban as the pastry chef!  so excited.  so blessed.

love love,

kjp.