Sunday, May 9, 2010

IF: Fearless

I've had travel on the brain lately, so when I saw the word 'fearless' I instantly thought of adventure! Lewis and Clark probably had a packing list for their great adventure, so I illustrated it. Don't forget the long underwear (modeled by Lewis), extra socks and canine pal.

Workspace fun!

Botanicals

Mom and Baby Homemade Poptarts!

How perfect for Mother's Day! As soon as I saw this recipe on Smitten Kitchen I knew I had to make them. I couldn't resist making half of the tarts mini, so cute.


Usually I'm more of a 'throw some dough in a pan and go' kinda gal, but for these I had to have matching rectangles, woah, math! Check out the ruler I had to bust out. As far as the dough goes, I resisted the urge to make over-work it as I have in the past with pastry dough. Some pieces of butter were the size of coarse meal, some were as big as an olive, but I stopped when the average size was that of a pea. It worked like a dream...the dough came out fabulously flakey.

I used Sara Beth's Strawberry Peach Preserves, I love anything from her!

After I put them in the oven I went to see what Meanwhile was doing. He was not amused.

I'm not one to throw out pastry dough! I sprinkled the trimmings with some vanilla-bean sugar and baked them..yum!

Ta-da! They came out awesome. Will definitely try again with Nutella!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Ginger Mint Lemonade!

I was planning on baking this weekend, but it's too darn hot! I made this refreshing beverage instead for me and a friend!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sweet baby jesus.

These cookies are freakin outta this world! I stumbled across this recipe while looking for a birthday treat for my pal. He's getting a pretty awesome, changing colors magical mug and I wanted to fill it with something special. The Momofuku for 2 site is full of gorgeous photos and helpful comments.

I knew these were going to be good when the caramelized corn flakes came out of the oven. A humble breakfast staple was elevated to toasted, sweet/savory perfection. I'm already thinking of where else I can work in these gems..blondies, cupcakes, granola bars...

I flaked and forgot to cream the brown sugar along with the butter and white sugar, oops! I didn't realize my mistake until it was too late and they were baking. Perhaps not surprisingly if you've eaten at Milk bar, my mistake was a happy one. The cookies came out not too sweet, which is often a complaint of mine. The texture was a bit shortbread-like and the flavor was smack dab in the middle of sweet and savory! I still have most of the ingredients, so I might make more this weekend for friends (and...myself..). If I do I'll stick with the half sugar approach, just using both kinds of sugar this time. Man, these are good...this crappy photo doesn't do them justice.


Monday, April 26, 2010

Made for Walkin'!!

Yay! my amazing cowboy boots are here! They're a delicious dusty-white weathered suede with fun stitched details. I can't wait to wear them with skirts and shorts once the weather gets nicer. And half off..doesn't get much better than that!