Mikey and T-Girl's eyes swept over the counter top.
Each family member had brought an ingredient that was to be used in whatever way possible in a recipe.
The contestants could also use other ingredients that were in the kitchen to make the recipe possible.
Leo had brought cream cheese.
Raph brought lemon juice.
Donnie brought rolled oats.
April brought pecans
Master Splinter brought cinnamon
And Casey brought powdered sugar.
Mikey and T-Girl stared at the ingredients that they had to work with, and it looked like it was going to be tough.
Angel the official timekeeper set the timer for 30mins.
"Ok chefs are you ready?" She asked.
Mikey and T-Girl nodded tying on their aprons.
"Ok, On your mark, Get set, GO!" She yelled starting the timer.
Mikey and T-Girl sprinted through the kitchen grabbing the stuff they needed.
T-Girl grabbed eggs, flour, sugar, milk, salt, butter, vanilla, chocolate chips, and baking soda.
Then she hurried to grab some of the "Must have" ingredients.
She grabbed the lemon juice, rolled oats, cinnamon, and pecans.
Mikey shared the ingredients that T-Girl had grabbed except he grabbed the baking powder.
They worked fast and finally got their creations in the oven.
Now they only had to figure out what to do with the last two ingredients.
The idea hit them at the same time.
"FROSTING!" They shouted then hurried to measure out what portions they needed.
They each made their own batch of cream cheese frosting.
Time was running out.
"5 minutes and 45 seconds!" Angel announced.
T-Girl opened the oven and pulled out her creations to let them cool and harden.
Mikey's Creation still needed a few minutes to cook.
He was sweating with anticipation.
Her creations finally cool enough to handle, T-Girl went to the task of frosting them.
"2 minutes 13 seconds!" Angel cried.
Mikey pulled his creation out and gently took it out of the pan so as not to tear it.
He quickly but carefully went to frosting it.
T-Girl had three more of her creations to frost.
Mikey was close to finishing his second layer.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1,0, times up step away from the counter!" Angel proclaimed.
Mikey and T-Girl put their hands up and backed away from the counter, breathing hard.
"Chefs you may tell the judges what you have made Mikey you first." Angel said.
"Alright dudes and dudettes, sensei, what I've made here is a simple white cake with cinnamon and chopped pecans, and a cream cheese frosting." Mikey said.
Everyone ooed and awed and clapped.
"Now you T-Girl." Angel said.
"Ladies and Gents of the judging board, I have made my secret recipe chocolate chip cookies with a layer of cream cheese frosting on them." T-Girl said.
Everyone ooed and awed and clapped again.
"And now for the taste test. Judges if you please, try a sample of both foods and judge which tastes better, no judgment will be made on the fact of if you know the chef or not, this is a fair contest." Angel said.
Everyone immediately went for the food.
Everyone tried a piece of each chef's food.
Finally after a long discussion the judges finally made up their minds of whose food they liked best.
The name of the chef was written on a piece of paper then given to Angel to announce.
"And the winner of the cooking contest is…. Michelangelo! Congrats!" Angel announced.
Everyone erupted into cheers.
Everyone dug into the food after that.
"Mmmm your cake is delicious Mikey." T-Girl said swallowing her piece.
"So are your cookies you need to give me the recipe sometime." Mikey said engulfing two cookies at once.
"YEAH!" His brothers agreed grabbing as many as they could.
"Same here." T-Girl said smiling.
Hey guys T-Girl here! Wow Mikey is such a great cook, I mean I was pretty sure I was going to win but after I tasted his cake I knew why he won.
For all those chefs out there who are reading this here is the recipe to my secret recipe choco-chip cookies:
SECRET RECIPE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
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½ cup rolled oats, regular or quick
2¼ cups flour
1½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 large eggs
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1½ cups chopped walnuts (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Place rolled oats in blender or food processor and process until finely ground. Combine ground oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in mixing bowl.
3. In another bowl, cream butter, sugars, vanilla and lemon juice together using an electric mixer. Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
4. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture, blending well. Add chips and nuts (if desired) to the dough and mix well. Using ¼ cup of dough for each cookie, scoop round balls with an ice cream scoop and place 2½" apart on prepared baking sheets.
5. Bake until cookies are lightly browned, 16-18 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool completely. Store in a sealed container to keep them soft and chewy.
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Recipe Source: Easy to Bake, Easy to Make
T-Girl is out! Peace!