Beautiful Blessings - 9/22/15

~ The smell of warm fresh fall air!

~ The smell of cut grass!

~ The smell of homemade soup!

~ The smell of hot bread with butter!

~ The smell of bubbles!

8 days till X'mas

Deck the table with bags of flour
Fa la la la la la la la la
Tis the season to make cookies
Fa la la la la la la la la
Don we now our pretty aprons
Fa la la la la la la la la
Troll Facebook for yummy recipes
Fa la la la la la la la la

See the cookie cutters before us
Fa la la la la la la la la
Strike the eggs and beat the sugar
Fa la la la la la la la la
Follow me as I measure
Fa la la la la la la la la
While I mix the cookie dough
Fa la la la la la la la la

Fast does the blender mix it
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Hail the cookies as they bake
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sing when they are finished
Fa la la la la la la la la
Heedless of the burnt edges
Fa la la la la la la la la

Ingredients:

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter (softened at room temperature)
1 egg, lightly beaten (egg should be at room temperature)
3 Tablespoons half-and-half
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) .

2. Sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.

3. Cut in butter and blend with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.

4. With a fork, stir in lightly beaten egg, vanilla and half-and-half. Blend well with fork, then your hands to ensure thorough blending. Chill dough for one hour for easier rolling.

****If you are not rolling the dough, chill for 15 minutes then skip to step 6 for baking.

5. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into shapes.

6. Place on baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Sprinkle with sugar or leave plain for decorating with icing.

7. Bake for 6 - 7 minutes, or until lightly brown.

Wacky Wednesday: Buttering

Don't ask,

You know how hard it is to butter the outside of the bagel??

My deep philosophical ???????? of the day.

Any one have any answers??

1-2-3-4

1-2-3-4

A secret code?
A plot against the free world?
A monster???

No, a recipe for my favorite cake.

My sister turned it in to a sing-song rhyme.

She keeps it in her head for "dad's emergency cake emergency's"! 

1 cup of butter
2 cups of sugar
3 cups of flower FLOUR :~) (No that was not on purpose!)
4 eggs 

Mix together. Bake for 20 min. @ 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Voila, delicious pound cake!

Brownies, the BEST EVER

I made some brownies last night. Unfortunately, they are gone.....

They are the best homemade brownies. EVER

They were... :~)

So good, I memorized the recipe, while I made them. 

Lets see,

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 stick (half cup) of butter (melted)

Mix them together.

• 1/2 cup of flour
•  dash of vanilla (didn't have this on hand, but you might want it)
• 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder

Mix that with the rest of the ingredients.
Put chocolate chips to make it taste......more chocolatey!
Use semi sweet AND milk chocolate chips, if you are adventurous!
For extreme adventurous use chocolate chips and crushed pretzels.
After you try pretzels on top, you'll never want nuts again... they are boring.....

Bake at 350 Fahrenheit, for 30 minutes. I used a pie pan.

When they are done, sit down with, a good book, tea, and the WHOLE pan!

If the brownies were detected by a sibling/children/spouse, share.

Maybe ;~D