Baking can be a very fun hobby for anyone. There are many things to bake, like cupcakes, cookies, and cake. This article will give some creative ideas of what to bake and a good recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Have fun baking!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

*Makes 4 dozen cookies*
You will need:
1 cup of softened butter
1 cup of white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups of all purpose flour
2 teaspoons of hot water
¹/₂ teaspoon of salt
2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
OPTIONAL: 1 cup chopped walnuts

What to do:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit which is 175 degrees Celsius.
After that, cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until it's smooth. Beat in the eggs at one time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve the baking soda in hot water. Add that to the batter along with salt. Stir in the flour, then add the chocolate chips {and optionally nuts}. Drop large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
Finally, you can let it bake for about ten minutes or until you see the sides turning brown.

Recipe from http://allrecipes.com

Enjoy your cookies!

Now, here are some ideas for what to create. 

Let's start with fillings - this might not be easy for amateur bakers. Fillings can be hot fudge, strawberry juice, anything really! When you are making the mixture, at the end once everything is in, put what you would like in the pan. Mix it up. If you would prefer having it to be exactly in the middle, do this when one half of your creation is in, then put the filling, and then you can put down the other half.
How about decorating? That's my favorite part. You can use frosting, fondant, sprinkles, or icing, maybe even more! Think of what you would like to theme your item. Fashion show? Auto race? Or just a regular cupcake? It's up to you! If you'd like fondant, put that on before you put on anything else, covering the whole item. Then you can put on everything else. Cookies cutters can even work with this - you cut the fondant into one shape and put it on top! It's all your choice since it's your creation!

Hopefully you enjoyed baking, and even if you haven't done this, save it for later, I'm sure it will be a great snack!

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Quick Interview With Souha, One of Our New Members

One of our new members are Souha, and I gave her a quick interview on how she likes VP so far. Think about it too!

What's your favorite part about VP? - I really like how I get to travel around the world and perform like a real pop star.
What do you think needs to improve? - Nothing, I think so far so good.
What would help you (as being a bit new) understand the site better? - I guess they should make an account so new people could ask him/her about stuff.

So there was a quick interview with one of our newbies! Let's all welcome her, what do you think? (;

- Christina ♥