it's very foggy today, making me want to have a garden picnic. unfortunately it's also pretty cold.
29 December 2010
28 December 2010
glazed maple cookies
i made these during my holiday baking marathon and they were fairly simple and delicious! they taste like stroopwafels!
Makes 40
* 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
* 1 teaspoon coarse salt
* 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
* 2 large egg yolks
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 1/2 cup maple syrup and egg yolks. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture.
2. Drop batter by tablespoons, 3 inches apart, onto two baking sheets. Using a flat-bottomed glass dipped in flour, flatten cookies to a 1/4-inch thickness. Bake until golden at edges, 12 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. In a small saucepan, simmer 1 cup maple syrup until reduced to 3/4 cup. Spoon over cookies.
recipe from martha stewart. believe it.
21 December 2010
day dreaming
la lune
19 December 2010
17 December 2010
lunch
turns out...
good grief
i keep hearing this song during my daily activities, apparently it's be my new theme song.
the slightest disappointment
16 December 2010
15 December 2010
embroidery
for the holidays i've been trying to make as many of my presents as possible. i will post more pictures later, but i don't want to ruin any surprises so i'm going to wait. in the mean time i have given my parents their presents already, so i feel comfortable posting pics of their gifts. as if they would ever read my blog to begin with. ha! so here they are. both pieces are based on photographs of them circa 1985-1987. i admit that the quality of the images is terrible, but my camera batteries are dead and i have been far too lazy to do anything about it. so until then, i will be uploading awful cell phone pics. your welcome. these two pictures are mid-process, i have one of them complete which will come later. auf wiedersehen!
i almost forgot
i have a book club meeting coming up! i suppose that since it's my first meeting ever it's understandable that i keep forgetting about how i committed to it. oh well. our first book is flannery o'connor's "a good man is hard to find." even though i've been putting it off a bit, i'm still excited about reading this book. here is a link to a digitized version on google books, maybe you will enjoy it. alright, enough from this gal for the moment. ttyl.
song of the day-more marion harris: a good man is hard to find
song of the day-more marion harris: a good man is hard to find
14 December 2010
rise and shine
sweets!
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