Monday, November 20, 2006
Inspiration for Thanksgiving
"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them is the true measure of our thanksgiving." W.T. Purkiser
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Inspiration - Hope
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will rest in hope. Psalm 16:9
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
You will need two twelve ounce bags of semisweet chocolate chips, one and one-half cups of heavy cream, two tablespoons light corn syrup, one-half teaspoon vanilla extract, four Tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature.
Put all of the chocolate chips and the heavy cream in a bowl over simmering water until the chips have melted. Remove from heat. Stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla and corn syrup. Let cool on the counter so the butter won't melt from the heat. When cool, add the butter and mix with mixer until thick.
Book News
BROMPTON MANOR, my first soon-to-be published novel, is a sweet romance set during the Regency period in England. I am anxiously awaiting a look at the cover.
Inspiration
All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
Put all of the chocolate chips and the heavy cream in a bowl over simmering water until the chips have melted. Remove from heat. Stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla and corn syrup. Let cool on the counter so the butter won't melt from the heat. When cool, add the butter and mix with mixer until thick.
Book News
BROMPTON MANOR, my first soon-to-be published novel, is a sweet romance set during the Regency period in England. I am anxiously awaiting a look at the cover.
Inspiration
All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
Monday, November 13, 2006
Chocolate Chip Cookies
To dunk in preferred beverage or eat straight up.
Do not turn on the oven. You will be chilling dough. If you really need a cookie, finish mixing the dough and head to the nearest store or bakery.
Get out your mixer and beat like it was the devil a combination of one-half cup soft magerine, one-half cup shortening (comes in a can), one-half cup sugar, one cup brown sugar and one-half teaspoon vanilla.
Rub a bit of the mixture between your thumb and forefinger. If you don't feel grit, the stuff is beat enough. Now beat the devil out of two eggs (only the inside part, throw away the shells). Done? Pour those beat eggs into the beat sugar/buter mixture and beat again.
Now you get to dirty up the one-fourth cup measure. Measure out two cups and one-fourth cup of flour, one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon baking soda. Combine in a separate container and stir them around until blended. Mix into the beat mixture.
Here's the yummy stuff. You get a choice. You want nuts? Measure out one cup of your preferred tree nut or whatever nut is on hand and not rancid. You can give them a toast in the microwave to bring out the flavor. Stir em in. Authentic chocolate chip cookies require chocolate chips. The chip makers have gone wild--choose whatever flavor of chocolate chips you want. Stir in twelve ounces of chocolate chips.
Do not eat the unbaked dough. You must put this tempting mixture in the refrigerator for four hours or longer before baking.
Ding, ding. Three hours and fifty minutes later. Get out your cookie pans. Fire up the oven to 350 degrees. I use a small scoop (like a mini ice cream scoop), it is equivilant to a level Tablespoon. Dot the pans and bake for 10 minutes. If they look done (you don't want them too dry) remove and cool.
Romance Reads
My first book, BROMPTON MANOR, will be published in February. Look for it at Amazon.com.
Inspriation
This is a day the Lord hath made; rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
Do not turn on the oven. You will be chilling dough. If you really need a cookie, finish mixing the dough and head to the nearest store or bakery.
Get out your mixer and beat like it was the devil a combination of one-half cup soft magerine, one-half cup shortening (comes in a can), one-half cup sugar, one cup brown sugar and one-half teaspoon vanilla.
Rub a bit of the mixture between your thumb and forefinger. If you don't feel grit, the stuff is beat enough. Now beat the devil out of two eggs (only the inside part, throw away the shells). Done? Pour those beat eggs into the beat sugar/buter mixture and beat again.
Now you get to dirty up the one-fourth cup measure. Measure out two cups and one-fourth cup of flour, one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon baking soda. Combine in a separate container and stir them around until blended. Mix into the beat mixture.
Here's the yummy stuff. You get a choice. You want nuts? Measure out one cup of your preferred tree nut or whatever nut is on hand and not rancid. You can give them a toast in the microwave to bring out the flavor. Stir em in. Authentic chocolate chip cookies require chocolate chips. The chip makers have gone wild--choose whatever flavor of chocolate chips you want. Stir in twelve ounces of chocolate chips.
Do not eat the unbaked dough. You must put this tempting mixture in the refrigerator for four hours or longer before baking.
Ding, ding. Three hours and fifty minutes later. Get out your cookie pans. Fire up the oven to 350 degrees. I use a small scoop (like a mini ice cream scoop), it is equivilant to a level Tablespoon. Dot the pans and bake for 10 minutes. If they look done (you don't want them too dry) remove and cool.
Romance Reads
My first book, BROMPTON MANOR, will be published in February. Look for it at Amazon.com.
Inspriation
This is a day the Lord hath made; rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
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