Putting my new MixedCon KitchenAid oven to work!

That gorgeous new KitchenAid gas range I won at Mixed has arrived!

Truthfully, it arrived two weeks ago; however, two things prevented

me from telling you all about it... First, there was the trip we took last

weekend to welcome Ranger back from his deployment. And, secondly...

There's the matter of the fact that our KitchenAid microwave doesn't

at all match my beautiful new KitchenAid gas range! I moved quickly

to remedy this situation by immediately ordering the microwave that

does match my new range; however, instead of coming home to find it

installed yesterday, I came home to a message saying it's on back order!

Showing you this mis-match aside, let me tell you about how much I love my

new KitchenAid gas range. I love it! I wasn't totally sold at first... I mean, the

fact that these new cast iron grates aren't porcelain-coated and smooth like the

grates on my KitchenAid Superba model really bothered me. Mainly because I

worry about scuffing up the bottoms of my LeCreuset Dutch ovens and braiser!

However, after speaking with KitchenAid about it, I learned that these new burners are

so powerful, they would cook the porcelain coating right off my old grates! Powerful

is good... And, the better news is that like any cast iron, these grates will season, so

over time they'll become as smooth as my old grates. Which makes me very happy!

The other thing that makes me happy is how well these burners function. I've

never boiled water as fast as I do now! And, the oven is just as incredible. It

preheats in no time at all and although I hadn't used it myself until today, I

was told it baked fish fillets and french fries perfectly last Thursday night. So

today was my turn and, the first thing I wanted to bake was cookies! But not

just any cookies. You see, there's a few special kids I know that got together to

send the Ranger and his buddies a care package, which means they must have

cookies! And, I can't think of any better than Sweet Dani B's magic bunny!

CopperGifts.com sells Dani's most popular cookie shapes so you better

hurry and click here to add this charming copper cookie cutter to your

collection before Easter comes and they're all sold out! Speaking of great

cookie cutters, I have been dying to use that sweet little Martha by Mail

Eggs cookie cutter set I got for my birthday... And, today was my day!

I also created a few ice skate cookies!

One thing led to another and pretty soon I

was cutting out all sorts of cute cookies!

It was a spectacular day in my kitchen!

I cannot wait to decorate these bunnies for all those sweet kids!

And, my eggs and Scottie dogs too!

I know exactly who these puppies belong to!

Oh, look... There's another adorable Sweet Dani B bunny cookie

cutter. Okay, someone please stop me before I end up baking all night!

Before I turn off the oven I want to thank Paula and Susan

again for inviting me to attend Mixed. It was an incredible blog

conference and even before being named the winner of this amazing

KitchenAid gas range, I knew I'd be returning this year for Mixed II!