Making Sushi @ home

 Simple imitation crab roll just for Guitar, since he won't eat anything else!

Tempura shrimp & we even tried frying up the imitation crab meat, yummy!

Sushi rice (sorry the pic came out weird, don't know why it's been doing that)

Success!

Snickerdoodle Cookies : Pillsbury

 

So, I really wanted to try to make these from scratch, but two tests in one week did not permit such  a freedom. Instead, I found this....

 Boxed Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix? I didn't know it existed! Hooray! Fairly simple to make, all I needed was the box, 1 stick of room temp butter, and 1 egg. Simple enough.

 First, cream the butter and egg together

(don't forget to preheat oven at 375 degrees!)

 Then, slowly add the packaged dry cookie dough mix

 Mix well till it forms somewhat of a dough ball....

 Much like this :)

 Then, use a tablespoon to scoop the dough and use your hands to form them into ball shapes...

 Well, mine looks like the walnuts from PVZ (not perfect) anyhow, swirl them around in the cinnamon/sugar mix, provided

 And place on cookie sheet 2 in apart

Bake for 10 mins

 And there you go, easy snicker doodle cookies when you're trying to convince your bf to let you take pics of him modeling clothes on :) if you haven't seen that visit my other blog here !

They were super swt! Im gonna try to make them from scratch and less SWEEEEET!

Happy bday shortness!

 

I made a choc/vanilla cake soaked in kahlua with cream cheese frosting in between the layers and choc ganache covering the cake!

Will, Birthday boy, & datman 58

 Nikki chilling in the ginormous shower in the penthouse suite :)

The girls & I

 

So cute, the guys were matching (on accident lol)

 Long, Elise, Me, & Nikki

 Me and Baybes

Twins of the night!

Phone blogging test!

My favorite cake from ruggles, domino cake! It never disappoints me and never ceases to amaze :).

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Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies!

CONFESSION: I have an obsession with dark chocolate. I just love the bitterness with the powerful chocolate flavor coating my tongue. I just can't get enough of it! Every weekend I watch my nephew, and he is the pickiest eater I've ever met. The only foods that I know he never refuses are desserts. After convincing him to finish a bowl of fried rice... plain fried rice with eggs only (can't forget the soy sauce now). I told him he could help me bake some cookies! The recipe was originally adapted from All Recipes: The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies . I just tweaked it slightly by adding the dark choc.

Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 cup bittersweet dark chocolate chunks
  
  1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F, so you can just pop the cookies right in
  2. Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking soda)
  
  
  3. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients (brown sugar, white sugar, and vegetable oil) until smooth
  
  4. Add in eggs one at a time
  5. Add almond and vanilla extracts
  
  6. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients a little at a time
  
  
  7. Add bittersweet dark chocolate chunks
  
  8. Line cookie sheet with wax paper
  9. I used an ice cream scoop to drop the cookies on the sheet
  10. then flatten them a little
  
  
  11. bake for 10 minutes
  12. ENJOY!