tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91838739464249724442024-03-12T23:05:23.250-04:00Welcome To A Sweet LoadKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-55967918691135673012018-11-29T15:29:00.003-05:002018-11-29T15:29:57.908-05:00Fried Butter Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the busy lives most Americans' have, it's easy to skip breakfast in the morning. Whether you're running to work or school, what have you, sometimes a granola bar just won't cut it. Now I know what you're probably thinking, 'butter is unhealthy enough and you want to fry it on bread too?' my answer to that is yes, wholeheartedly.<br />
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Here's the deal, butter is great on bread, softened butter on toast is great also. But melted butter friend INTO bread for a nice crisp? Out of this world. Needless to say, you must try this, it only takes 2 ingredients and takes 5 minutes. Try this before you run out of the house!<br />
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Heat up the stove to medium and put about a half tablespoon of butter to melt once it has heated up. Put in a slice of bread (white is best) and flip once one side is slightly golden/crisped. Repeat the same for the other side of the bread. Repeat the same steps for multiple slices. I guarantee, one slice will not be enough after you get a taste of these.Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-9066826100999625952015-08-11T18:13:00.004-04:002015-08-11T18:15:24.039-04:00Sugar Cookie Cobbler<br />
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July brings some of of my favorite things, birthdays, sun, vacation, grilling, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream..oh.. I said that more than once..right, okay well another thing, PEACHES. As a kid, I always loved family trips to the orchard, I remember traveling forty minutes in the hot car, and we still do. Although this year, we were unfortunately unable to due to the low amount of rainfall this year. Thus, we had to go to a different orchard, but who cares?? In the end, we got peaches!<br />
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Now two full baskets of peaches is great, butttt there is a slight problem; they get bad quickly. So I decided to test out a new recipe for a peach cobbler. Now I didn't think my mixture was thick enough, so I added more flour. I ended up with a cookie tasting cobbler, but I wasn't complaining, it was YUM! My sister, who is not a huge fan of sweet treats loved it, that was enough to tell me that this recipe was postable (is that even a word?)<br />
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Now this post was extremely late in coming. Why? None other than the fact that my computer is being a douche and completely hates me. In short? I have the worst luck -_- but I'm assuming I'll be able to post this eventually because I assume you're reading this?<br />
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Urgh, enjoy anyway, happy eating, I'm extremely sorry for the lateness of this post! All social media links can be found in the <b>About section.</b><br />
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<b>Sugar Cookie Peach Cobbler</b><br />
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3 Peaches<br />
1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)<br />
1 cup, minus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar<br />
1 cup flour<br />
1 egg<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
1/8 teaspoon salt<br />
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder<br />
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit and grease a 8x9 baking dish. Peel and slice peaches and lay them in the dish. Cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. The mixture should resemble cookie dough. Pour the dough over the peaches and bake for 25-40 minutes until the top is golden. Wait 5 minutes to cool and slice and serve with whipped cream<br />
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<br />Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-6958501155334947762015-07-16T17:29:00.001-04:002015-07-16T17:31:45.219-04:00M&M Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Summer holds a lot of things in store for us, fun walks in the beach, morning runs, hanging with friends, biking into the sunset....oh...OH...people actually do that?! Huh weird, I sit in my room all day on wattpad binges, yikes!<br />
Okay so I think its fair to say that summer is never really good to me..well maybe that's a bit wrong, in fact I'm not very good to summer. Staying up until 3 am and waking up at 12 pm used to drive everyone in my house crazy. Did I say used to? Nope, it still does! Haha I honestly think they're cool with it nowadays. But I think it's safe to say that I get literally no social interaction, about once or twice a month I suppose.<br />
And by now I bet you all think I'm crazy and I should just rambling and goodness on Earth, how in god's name does this have anything to do with cake?! Patience my litter grasshoppers, I'm getting there.<br />
Or maybe I'll just never get there and goes on tyraid after tyraid, good plan right? I mean it's not like I <i>actually </i>talk to people. What is interaction even ppsh ahh how do I function in society.<br />
...My point is I really don't, so when your lovely best friend asks you to make her a m&m surprise cake you jump right at it.<br />
I used my favorite chocolate cake recipe, and when I say favorite I am implying that I really really refuse to use any other. Why would I? ITS PERFECT OKAY?! Right, calming breathes. Anyhow I was a bit upset that I couldn't get an actual picture of the inside surprise, by hey you can't just go to a party and say "hey mind if I take a few pictures of the inside of the cake?" yeah, there are just some things you don't say.<br />
But eeee it was so easy to make!<br />
I woke up early that morning, and after a ten minute pep talk, I headed out for a run. When I came back home, I just pulled the cake layers out of the freezer, whipped up the frosting and bingo! Only took an hour, whereas decorating cakes usually takes me like 4 -sigh- talk about being a loser right?<br />
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I think I speak for all of the youngest children in the family when I say being the youngest has never been easy..not counting the expectations you have to fill but, you've got the responsibility to your oldest sibling's graduation surprise! Now I know what your probably thinking, I bet your sitting there going "<i>Isn't baking a cake a little predictable? How wouldn't your sister expect that?!" </i>Allow me to give you a little run through. Gi? She doesn't like stuff, she followed the health nut path with me a few years ago, and honestly she hates cake, forget that she doesn't do sweets. Icing? I bet the word makes her cringe.<br />
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It was clear to any of us that she wasn't expected anything for her graduation, she didn't want anything that is. But me? I've got duties fill here man, I had to make sure her graduation was a big surprise, something she wouldn't expect. My parents had come up with the idea of having a grad party, they and my oldest sister (Gi is the middle daughter) handled reservations and invites, those such things. My job was simple, yet complex: keep Gi out of the loop of the party plans and decorate a cake.<br />
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Now I don't know about you, but I think it's pretty hard to decorate a cake as a surprise when you live in the same house together. But it was easier than you'd think, Gi is completely oblivious to many things doesn't suspect a thing, she's golden; trusts people too much sometimes.<br />
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Now my oldest sister (Deeba), insisted that she help with the cake, something I did not take well -_-<br />
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But that's besides the fact she had two expectations, a marble cake, and a three tier.<br />
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THREE TIER?! I had exclaimed, there was no way, too much work I thought, and the weather? Woah wayy too hot to decorate three tiers!<br />
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Okay so fine, I agreed to it, wasn't happy about it though, but it was for Gi after all. So after 5 hours of struggle, irritation, and possibly one of the hardest cakes I had ever decorated..wa lah.<br />
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So Gi was at work, and when she came back I was the only one home, it was my job to get her to the party venue. She wasn't suspicious once, and she almost didn't notice when we walked in! And it was a success, she enjoyed it very much and boy was she surprised.<br />
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<br />Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-65445805101965400762014-10-19T12:33:00.001-04:002014-10-19T12:34:20.137-04:00Back SoonSorry guys I haven't posted in a while so sorry about that but for now you can read " A Love That Killed" on wattpad, I'm co-writing it with a friend. <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/25033230-a-love-that-killed" target="_blank">http://www.wattpad.com/story/25033230-a-love-that-killed</a>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-48312253344291951662014-09-13T14:44:00.002-04:002014-09-13T14:44:23.506-04:00Yogurt Drops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To begin with, I am so so so so sorry that I haven't posted in FOREVER! I do apoligize, summer brings out the laziness in me, and then school started, and then I started this natural sugar only diet so I haven't really been able to bake at all. But I was thinking of healthy things I could post and I saw this idea on pinterest. Its such an easy and effortless dessert/healthy snack!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A sandwich(ehhe..did I spell that wrong..?) bag</span></li>
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Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-88614165326609987582014-07-31T19:00:00.003-04:002014-08-07T16:31:42.646-04:00Italian Country Loaf Bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was browsing though my Better Homes and Gardens New Baking Book and I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I was looking for a loaf bread, other than french bread, because I always eat that bread. Not that I don't love french bread! But I wanted something different.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So bread! I want to be healthier, but then there is all this good stuff! Like oh, I don't know, REFINED SUGARS. Here's a healthier bread recipe :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">! cup warm water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 package active dry yeast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9 3/4- 10 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 3/4 warm water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/3 cup olive oil</span><br />
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In a Large bowl, stir the <b>1 cup</b> warm water and yeast together. Let the yeast mixture stand for about 4 minutes or until it looks creamy. Stir one cup of flour, milk, and sugar into the yeast mixture. Add one more cup of flour. Cover and set for 4-24 hours in a warm place.</span><br />
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Beat the <b>1 3/4 cup water</b>, 1/3 cup olive oil, dried oregano, garlic powder, and salt into the yeast mixture. Stir in the remaining flour a cup at a time.</span><br />
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Punch the dough down. Turn onto a floured surface. Grease 2 large baking dishes. Divide the dough in half. Shape the 2 halves into a ball shape. Flatten to about 6 1/2 inches in diameter. Cover and let rise for an hour.<b><br /></b></span><br />
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Adjust your oven racks to the lowest possible position. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake for about 40 minutes. Periodically spray bread with water for crispier crust. Remove from the oven when a deep golden and crispy looking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This bread stores about 3 days unrefrigerated. If you toast, and spread with butter it will be delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here's the scoop, ever heard of New Politics? Well, early this summer, a friend of mine took me to a concert, the Monument tour. New Politics? Probably the BEST BAND EVER! So since that concert, we have been in love with New Politics. I posted this on instagram and Oh my ajdkaldja;! The lead singer liked it!!!!! But lets move on shall we?</span></div>
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Where do I start with spiderman? Well let's just say, my friend has an obsession, nuff said.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That summer weather has <i>finally started </i>to kick in. We've had more than 2 weeks of sunny warm weather! And I'm on a healthy diet until Tuesday. Tuesday, I have one of my biggest track meets, so that means absolutely NO ice cream for me. I need to cool down, it was so hot! So then there's this milkshake...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I remember my mom making this milkshake when I was younger and we would go on vacation to India. The weather there was unbearably hot, not counting mosquitoes. I always used to ask for this milkshake. It was an easy way to cool down with something healthy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 apples, cut DO NOT PEEL THEM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 1/4 -- 1 1/2 cup milk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wash and cut the apples, I used red delicious, but it doesn't matter as long as you don't use a tart apple. Blend the apples with the milk in the blender. Add the sugar and blend once more. Empty the juice into glass cups and drink up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Divergent Fandom,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went there, I made Divergent themed cupcakes! It has been two months since I finished the Divergent book series, and those of you who haven't read this amazing series, I strongly suggest you do. Today was my friend's (also a fellow divergent lover) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">birthday. I took these cupcakes to her yesterday during lunch and sang happy birthday to her. These cupcakes were a joy to make and eat :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wanted to take the time to talk about a more serious topic: bullying. Those of you who follow my instagram _kubarah may have seen my post about bullying. If you didn't see it here it is:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I just want to say that this is so true. I've realized that people in our world have become horrible cruel and judgy words hurt how would you feel if someone started hurting themself because of something you said? We are all human we all have feelings some of us are strong. But what happens after you're pushed to your breaking point? Everyone is unique and beautiful in some way. Just because everyone is rude to someone doesn't mean you should be rude to them too. People think they know what you've been through but they don't at ALL so please help stop bullying and take a stand...WORDS CAN HURT MORE THAN A GUNSHOT</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">And so I have decided to take a stand folks and do everything I can to eliminate bullying even at a young age, this is something I believe in, and you should too.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Help eliminate excessive bullying online and in schools/the community!</span></span></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-89496180614276311272014-04-12T15:54:00.000-04:002014-04-30T16:39:53.520-04:00Baked Spicy Fries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think we all struggle with the problem of wanting to eat
but not wanting to get fat. I’m guilty I
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Graham Slam Ice cream (I am a sucker for that)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cookies in general</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">French fries</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did I mention cookies already???</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This list will gone on forever if I continue, I"ll just stop now :)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me give you an example; yesterday I came home early from school because of a half day, the whole time I was in school I kept thinking how dead set I was on getting home and having graham slam ice cream. When I got home that's exactly what I did. I had a good amount and then I realized <i>hmmm I think I want some more</i> and I took a <i>very very </i>generous serving! See?! We try so hard but tend to stray sometimes. And many of us like french fries, baked fries are sooo much healthier than the fried ones! Plus I like spicy things, so I came up with this recipe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This recipe is extremely easy to make. I don't mean to brag but these are really delicious, even my sister liked it! And she doesn't tend to like most of the things I make! Happy Eating! Like A Sweet Load on Facebook! You can also follow me on Instagram @_kubarah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe this weekend should be the weekend for getting fat, I mean seriously.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went to the mall with some friends yesterday and we got frozen yogurt, with a lot more candy toppings than yogurt. Then we saw a movie, you know movies aren't complete without buttery popcorn and soda. Those so called 'small' sodas are <u style="font-style: italic;">absolutely not small at all, in fact, they're huge!</u> So even though I've been eating healthy all week, I've been splurging a smidge :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And <i>then </i>I found myself making eclairs....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I know I haven't posted for a while, I've been feeling a little down though. First Pennsylvania had nice spring-ish weather, and then we randomly got bitter cold out of nowhere, so now we have non-stop rain that actually I think just stopped. You can probably guess how annoying this weather change is, it is so sudden! -_- Anywho..it was raining all of today and I was bored, and I bake when I'm bored. I don't know why but I was like <i>hmm I should make eclairs</i>. And I did, so there you go. I was also motivated to bake something because my cooking idol, Gordon Ramsey started following me on Instagram, yes the real one!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was caught by surprise when these eclairs actually came out really good! I thought they would flop the way my attempts of lady fingers have. I got this choux pastry recipe my Better Homes Cookbook. I had to improvise on the filling and topping so I added rice pudding in the center and topped it with nutella. It was delicious! Happy Eating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Makes about 12-14 eclairs</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 cup butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/8 teaspoon salt (I just added a pinch)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup all purpose flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 beaten eggs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grease a baking sheet and preheat the oven to 400.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cool the eclairs for about 10 minutes and then cut in half. Take out soft dough from inside (see note) and fill with rice pudding. Spread Nutella over the top, enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The butter does not need to be melted before you add the water and salt, it will melt while the water is boiling</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday March 12, 2014: We had a nice break from the cold weather for maybe 3 or 4 days, all these days in which I actually got to go on a <i>pleasant </i>run :) And for a little bit there, I thought 'hey we're finally getting there' But <i>apparently and all too sadly</i> it's true when they say all good things must come to an end :'( Yesterday was CRAZY! These wind was howling sooooo loud!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday March 15, 2014: The weather has been great! Not too hot or cold with the perfect breeze!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anywho, my sister found this recipe on Pinterest and requested I make them, so here you go. I must say, it wasn't the texture I had anticipated, but it was amazing regardless, the texture was cakey and also slightly chewy. I modified this recipe from <a href="http://cakesharing.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/box-of-delicious-foodie-pen-pal-june-coffee-brownie-recipe/" target="_blank">http://cakesharing.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/box-of-delicious-foodie-pen-pal-june-coffee-brownie-recipe/</a> . Happy Eating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15 tablespoons butter (you'll melt this)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3 tablespoons ground coffee beans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3 large eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 1/4 cup flour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Melt the butter on the stove and add the sugar, salt, ground coffee, and cocoa powder until grainy. Wait until the mixture cools a bit and then add the eggs, vanilla extract, and flour, transfer into a separate bowl if needed. Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-879113425414577402014-03-11T18:22:00.000-04:002014-03-11T18:22:00.877-04:00Coming Soon...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry, sorry, sorry! I know I haven't posted for a while but I've been really busy and if you could just bear with me, I would really appreciate it! There will be new posts coming soon so keep checking back to asweetload.blogspot.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the weather was momentarily warm a few days ago. But <i>only for </i>TWO DAYS!! I mean come on, I used to wish for this weather, love love loved it! How about sick sick sick of it?! Because it's getting a little boring and cold and slippery and...I really could go on. Anyone who lives in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii (<i>luckies</i>)<i> </i>I would say consider Hawaii if only though, I dream on...These cookies are delicious <a href="http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/05/chewy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies.html" target="_blank">http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/05/chewy-oatmeal-raisin-cookies.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I originally wanted to call this post Valentine's Day Salty Hearts instead of sweet hearts, but I didn't know if people would get it. Anywho, remember how I was really depressed that my camera wasn't working? Well with a good night's sleep and a fitful shove into the sd card slot, I did it. I present to you my dear friends, the heart shaped baking powder biscuit! Mmmm..I broke open these biscuits and spread them with butter. Right. Away. I love them with melted butter. So you're probably wondering, all of the other blogs you will see, are doing some kind of sweet treat for Valentine's Day, it's perfectly natural to wonder why I'm not. Well to be honest, I felt a little left out, everyone was doing Valentine's posts and I was still sitting here wondering what to do. I know that I wanted to cut down on my sugar intake because I've been baking sweet stuff all week, I know Valentine's day is a day for chocolates and what nots, but sadly and I don't know how this is possible, some people don't like sweet too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know, crazy right? But I want to respect everyone's opinions and I thought this year I would change things up a smidge :) I hope you guys don't mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit racks in the middle</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Serves 3-4 people</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Bake for 12-15 minutes</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 cups all purpose flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/3 cup shortening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 tablespoon baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 425</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mix the dry ingredients together, split the 1/3 of shortening into 5 pieces and roll them around in the flour mixture. Rub the shortening and flour mixture together to form small crumbs, it's okay to have a few big chunks. Add the milk and toss with a fork to moisten the mixture. Knead on a floured surface 10 times <b>ONLY</b> and roll out a 9 inches circle and cut biscuits with a heart shaped cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These taste amazing warm!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If the dough is too sticky to even put on the kneading surface add a small amount of flour.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Great with butter as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So with all of these valentine's day blog posts, I'm feeling a little left out, here is the recipe for heart shaped baking powder biscuits</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://asweetload.blogspot.com/2013/10/baking-powder-biscuits.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://asweetload.blogspot.com/2013/10/baking-powder-biscuits.html</a>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-30426636448152542332014-02-08T17:16:00.002-05:002014-02-08T17:21:34.519-05:00M & M Chewy Oatmeal Cookie Bars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I think we can all agree that a lot of us have had the same new year's resolution; healthy eating! And....erm, okay well, I made these delicious chewy m & m bars and they were amazing. But every piece I took, A: I wanted more, and B: I felt sick, C: I still took another piece :) So obviously, I'm probably the one who ate the most, so now I have to work it all off. Anywho..the goal was to healthi-fy the recipe, and I have a lot of oatmeal in the house so that was my answer I guess. Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So figured as long as I'm takin' pictures of these bars, I may as well dip them in milk when I finish the photo session.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And that my friends, is exactly what I did, yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy eating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">M & M Chewy Oatmeal Cookie Bars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">recipe adapted from http://fantasticfamilyfavorites.blogspot.com/2011/06/thick-and-chewy-m-cookie-bars.html</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 1/4 cup uncooked oatmeal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup all purpose flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon baking soda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">12 tablespoons butter, melted (1 1/2 sticks)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 cup granulated sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup brown sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 egg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 egg yolk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons vanilla extract</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 1/4 cup m & m's</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">Preheat the oven to 325 degrees fahrenheit. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 26px;">Grease an 8 x 8 pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">Combine the sugars with the melted butter, add the egg, yolk, and vanilla extract. Gently stir in the rest of the ingredients except for the m & m's to form cookie dough. Fold in the m & m's and put the cookie dough in the pan, smooth it out, bake about 30 minutes or until the bars look golden.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">Notes:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">If you want the bars to cook faster, use a 9 x 13 pan and bake for 20-25 minutes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">These will get hard if you leave them in open air for more than two days, to ensure freshness and make sure the bars stay chewy, cut them and store in an airtight container</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-9345054999708340532014-01-28T12:28:00.001-05:002014-01-29T15:48:07.708-05:00Herb Crackers+SNOW!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you ever have those days when you just want something that's, <i>do I dare say? </i>Sweet. I know, I'm sorry. I was just kinda craving something crunchy, and crackery. So sometimes, when I get Taste of Home recipe books from the library, I tend to copy some recipes down to save for later. I was going through my notebook and I noticed there was a <i>lot</i> of breads, but they all needed yeast and it was cold and I was bored and I bake when I'm bored and I <i>really</i> didn't want to wait for the bread to raise, and then punch it down, and make it rise again...(let me take a breath, that was a long run on sentence) This recipe nearly saved me from boredom and, I mean, why waste money buying crackers from the store when I can make them right?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took this recipe and we all know, <i>changed it a bit to suit my taste.</i> And I looove olive oil so I made sure I added a good amount. These crackers were soo good when they came out of the oven! If you love garlic salt and olive oil as much as I do, I <i>know,</i> you will definitely like these healthy crackers. Don't forget to like A Sweet Load on Facebook. Happy Eating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Serves 3-5 (though I could probably eat all of them!)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Ingredients</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 and 3/4 cups flour plus 2 tablespoons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/4 teaspoon dried mint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/4 teaspoon oregano</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3/4 teaspoons salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 teaspoon baking powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/2 cup water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1/3 cup olive oil</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>For coating</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4 teaspoons flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 teaspoons garlic powder or salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a medium sized bowl, mix the 1 and 3/4 cups of flour with the herbs, salt, and baking powder. Add the water and oil to form a dough, knead until the dough is elasticy. In a small bowl, mix the flour for the coating and garlic powder together, rub the mixture on a kneading surface. Take the dough and split it in to 3 dough balls, roll them 1/8 inch thick on the floured/garlic coated kneading surface. Cut the dough into small squares and place them on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Bake for 8-10 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you don't want to cut the dough into squares, you can bake it as flat bread and break it into pieces later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yep, we've gotten a lot of that in the northeast United States. The year is proving to be a crazy weather kind of winter. My take-global warming, burning of fossil fuels, releasing carbon dioxide into the air etc. It's only going to get worse if we keep this up here on Earth. Which will mostly likely mean <i>very cold</i> winters and <i>really hot</i> summers. Sadly, there isn't much <i>I can</i> do about it :( I do try my best to be eco-friendly though, so I'm doing my job on my part...Anywho, this is snow in my front yard, I believe it's about 3 inches, but who even knows?</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-26706213485719363632014-01-23T21:18:00.001-05:002014-01-23T21:18:27.334-05:00Happy Birthday To....A Sweet Load (It's a Blog Birthday!)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know, wow, it's been a year since I've started this little sweet thing <3 A little something that has earned a special place in my heart...my blog, asweetload.blogspot.com! I started on January 23, 2013 after deciding to share my ideas, food, pictures etc. On April 1, 2013 I started a Facebook page "A Sweet Load" and have 23 likes so far, please keep bringing in those likes! Since starting, on this day last year, I have posted 51 times and hope to continue posting! Happy 1st Birthday A Sweet Load!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-32980125763678586062014-01-17T18:10:00.001-05:002014-01-17T18:10:32.888-05:00Biscoff French Toast Roll-Ups<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I'm sure most of us have seen these:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's perfectly fine if you haven't, I actually came across these for the first time on Pinterest a few weeks ago. But I couldn't help it, I thought to myself <i>I must modify this recipe!</i> Granted, I know, not my best picture taking skills, I know, I know, I can do better..but do you want to hear about my modification or what?? Anywho, this recipe looked a tiny bit sweet for my taste so I changed it up a smidge. You guys know what Biscoff Cookie spread is? I, for the record am obsessed with it. This recipe called for nutella, jam, cream cheese etc. I figured why not biscoff?! So here it is my not too sweet version of french toast roll ups. Happy eating, don't forget to like A Sweet Load on Facebook and subscribe above :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Biscoff French Toast Roll-ups</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ingredients</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10 slices of bread without crust</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/3 cup sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1/4 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon of biscoff cookie spread (1 teaspoon for each piece of bread)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a small bowl, beat the eggs, add the milk, and sugar. Flatten the bread with a rolling pin. Spread some biscoff at the edge of the bread and roll the bread up, if the roll opens, put some biscoff at the other end as well. Dip the bread in the egg mixture. Melt butter on the stove in a pan and place the roll up on the side that has the 'seam', cook all sides until golden and the egg is cooked. Put the roll ups on a paper towel to get out any excess butter. Enjoy!</span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-82082739467613122362014-01-07T16:56:00.002-05:002014-01-07T16:56:52.774-05:00Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So we are now on day 7 of our new year! Wow, only 7 days?! So don't hate on me when I say this, but I don't like peanut butter plain, wait, just hear me out...I love peanut butter cookies and Reese's. Love 'em really, I'm just not a huge fan of peanut butter sandwiches and eating peanut butter in spoonfuls, heck, I don't like it since it's not that sweet! Now add sugar to that peanut butter and you've got me! So anywho, I wouldn't normally have peanut butter in my house, so what was it doing in my pantry you may ask? Well, an uncle of mine doesn't like peanut butter, <i>at all</i>! Naturally, he would want to get rid of it, that's were I come into play. I thought hmm.. '<i>I'm sure some of my readers would love a great recipe for peanut butter cookies' </i>And here I am, with this recipe. I adapted this recipe from a post found on </span><a href="http://www.culinarycoutureblog.com/2013/01/four-ingredient-chewy-peanut-butter-cookies.html">http://www.culinarycoutureblog.com/2013/01/four-ingredient-chewy-peanut-butter-cookies.html</a> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And modified it to suit my taste, All I did was add a few extras,not much though. Don't forget to search A Sweet Load on Facebook and like the fan page! Happy eating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flourless Peanut Butter </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chocolate Chip</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Cookies</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Makes yield 1 1/2 dozen</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1 cup creamy peanut butter</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 cup firmly packed brown sugar</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1 large egg</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1 teaspoon baking soda</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1/4 teaspoon salt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">1/2 cup chocolate chips (I used dark)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">In a bowl cream the peanut butter and sugar together until the mixture in light and creamy. Beat the egg and incorporate it with the mixture. Add the vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt. Gently fold in the chocolate chips, chill for *10-15 minutes. Shape into approx. 3 ounce balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet 2-3 inches apart from one another. Bake at 350 for about 9 minutes or until they are lightly brown on the edges. *Let the cookies cool for about 2 minutes before eating them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">You don't <i>need</i> to chill the dough, but I would suggest to ensure a soft cookie</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 20.015625px;">You <i>must </i>let these cookies cool because if you try to pick one up as soon as it comes out of the oven, it will break {trust me, I've tried!}</span></span></span>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944505378229769183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9183873946424972444.post-50401406670653180652014-01-01T11:35:00.003-05:002014-01-27T17:25:34.797-05:00It's a New Year! 2014!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, winter break! Oh that was a lovely one. Sadly, it came and now it's gone as well as 2013 :'( But that's okay..welcome 2014! I have this feeling that I'm still going to be writing 2013 by accident! Don't we all though? :) So I have a motto this year; anything is possible. What are your new year's resolutions? Comment below and don't forget to like A Sweet Load on Facebook!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I have a very exciting piece of news! We recently bought a kitchen-aide stand mixer. Oh yeah, I've been dreaming of this baby ever since it came out.....(maybe you should leave me alone with the mixer for a minute, haha kidding!) Anywho, I used this baby for the first time to make croissant dough! <i>Wow, </i>I know right? I looovveee croissants! Soft, butter layers.... So much less work thanks to my new friend here! I used my book 'Baking with Julia' like last time. I don't know if you remember, the last I made croissants was in August, August 13, 2013 to be exact :) I don't make them often for 2 reasons; 1 being that it's so time consuming, 2 being that I would hate to get sick of them! I'll be posting the croissant recipe soon! I have a boat load of fun for us in future upcoming posts. But for now, have a safe and happy new year, and as always Happy eating!</span><br />
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