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"If we all threw our problems in a big ol' pile...after seeing everyone else's...we'd run and grab ours back!"                     

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  Saw this image on The Sweaterie today. I love this idea!

Oprahs Gotta Know Somethin' About Cookies

Yeah I'm gonna have to try these...

Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

  by Carolyn Gurtz, winner of the 2008 Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest

Ingredients:

Makes 24 cookies

• 1/4 cup Fisher dry-roasted peanuts , finely chopped
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup JIF creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 roll (16.5 ounces) Pillsbury refrigerated peanut butter cookies , well chilled
• Crisco original no-stick cooking spray

Heat oven to 375°. In small bowl, mix chopped peanuts, granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside.

In another small bowl, stir peanut butter and powdered sugar until completely blended. Shape mixture into 24 balls, about 1 inch each.

Cut roll of cookie dough into 12 slices. Cut each slice in half crosswise to make 24 pieces; flatten slightly. Shape 1 cookie dough piece around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and balls.

Roll each covered ball in peanut mixture; gently pat mixture completely onto balls. On ungreased large cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Spray bottom of drinking glass with Crisco original no-stick cooking spray; press into remaining peanut mixture. Flatten each ball to 1/2-inch thickness with bottom of glass. Sprinkle any remaining peanut mixture evenly on tops of cookies; gently press into dough.

Bake 7 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Store tightly covered. 

Where You'd Rather Be...

Rub A Dub In A Colorful Tub

Date Noted

Freezer burnt cookie dough be damned!

Find these labels at The Small Object.

Issue #2 is up!

Lonny Magazine

Cute Idea

Seen via House Martin via Sweet Paul .

You Make The Holidays (And My Coffee) Minty Fresh

Starbucks Peppermint Syrup

Lucky Numbers

Plates

Glasses

Napkins

Placemats 

Dear Little Kitty, I Love You.

           Saw this yesterday on Blah Bla Blahg. Melt!

But, But I NEED this!

Would it be really dramatic to say I NEED this Honeycomb necklace!!!

Slow Down...

Saw this quote today via La Dolce Vita

Go Go Kitchen Gadget

Digital Measuring Cup

Kitchen Aid Paddle

Fo Yo Money

Find at Mod Cloth

Happy Holidays from Honey Sweet

At My Best

 Found  via Sweet Nothings

Merry Catmas

This is Meredith.  (My beloved kitty.) 

These are the toys I want to get her for Christmas! But...

Hedgehog

Snakes

Octopuss

I question even bothering, I think she would rather play with a pipe cleaner or a bottle top.

Daily Inspiration

 Find it at the Felt & Wire Shop

Warm & Cozy

I love this! What are the chances I would accidentally throw it away?

Find it at the Curiosity Shoppe

How I feel today!

Find this poster on Etsy.

Honey Sweet Holiday Cupcakes

Spacey

Sarah Cihat - Astronaut plates

Yes!

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.

 

- Ella Williams

Lucky Number 17

South Carolina Gamecocks 34 - Clemson Tigers 17

Tennessee Titans 20 - Arizona Cardinals 17

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend!

I am one happy football fan!

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Well Said...

(Post from Happy Lady Eats. Image from Erin Jang.)

Two Beautiful Blogs

A Life More Fabulous

AphroChic

When I Grow Up I Want A Bar Cart

(Images courtesy if the beloved Domino, Lonny Magazine, David Jimenez, Thomas Smythe)

Bandwagon

So I stopped at the Exxon this morning to get an extry large, gas station, coffee. Before the lady at the register told me my total she asked would I like a cupcake to go with my coffee? What!? Now Exxon is selling cupcakes? And hocking them at 10 in the morning! Geesh!

Things That Make You Go - Wow! Really?

Wow! Really? Holy Burberry!

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Half Full

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Now Thats Love!

Carla this one's for you!

(Image courtesy of Stacie Joy)

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Baking Bust

Well my Sunday night baking turned out disastrous! I tried the Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bread from Vanilla Sugar. The batter tasted amazing, but the bread wouldn't set up! This recipe is definitely worth trying again though! I just have to figure out what I did wrong. I'll report back.

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bread 

By Dawn 

(inspiration from Dinners for a Year) 

¾ cup dark brown sugar

¾ cup peanut butter (I used chunky)

1 TB vanilla

2 eggs, beaten

1 ½ cups buttermilk

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted  (Used 2 ¼  cups of All Purpose Flour instead of wheat.)

1 cup whole wheat flour, sifted

4 ts baking powder

1/2 ts salt

¾ cup of milk choco chunks (I wanted chunks of choco in here) (+ ¼ more)

3 TB of melted butter +/-

Raw sugar for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Set aside. 

In a small bowl mix the buttermilk and eggs together.

In another bowl sift the flours, baking powder, and salt.

In a large bowl, cream sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla; add in the buttermilk & egg mixture.

Then beat in the flour mixture; beat well until just combined. 

By hand add in the milk chocolate chunks. 

Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake for 50 - 55 minutes until golden brown and a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 10 minutes before unmolding. 

**note: on the last 30 minutes of baking I put a bit of melted butter on the top, then sprinkled some raw sugar chunks on the top of the bread, optional, but wonderful**

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