MOVED!!

I've moved to a new blog! I just wanted a fresh start with a new name and new site to get me motivated!

Honey & Thread

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Name Ideas

I've been trying to think of names for this blog. Since it will be mostly about desserts I tried to think of my favorite ingredients/flavors. I was to try to find a simple, one word title. Here are 3 ideas I have so far. Let me know what you think and give me ideas for more! Thanks!

1. Cinnamon
2. Caramel
3. Maple

Changes

That's it! I'm tired of not having a theme on here and not posting regularly. I'm going to get my act together and get this blog rolling! I think I am going to take tomorrow and set out an actual plan of action. I'm thinking maybe 1 post a week with some sort of yummy dessert recipe. Possibly more than one a week since summer is coming up and I'm always making something yummy to help cool off! So, that's the plan. Maybe even a name change to better fit the blog. Any suggestions?!

I got awards!! I recently met my friend Ashley from doing a Valentine's Day blog swap and she was my lovely partner! It was so much fun and now we are continuing to get to know each other! She has so kindly passed these awards on to me!

The first one I am supposed to write about where I want to be in 10 years!


In 10 years I would love to have visited Paris, finished my bachelor's in business (maybe changing), have gone to pastry school, and hopefully be working with some sort of pastry or catering company. I would also like to have figure out where my husband and I will be living and have bought a house! Those are some pretty lofty goals but I think I can achieve most, if not all, of them!

The second award is the Sunshine Award.

So cute!

Thank you so much Ashley! You are amazing!

Everyone check out her blog at http://justagirl-ash.blogspot.com

Lastly, I want to pass on these awards to a few of my friends!

Malorie

Catherine

Vanessa

LOVE YOU GIRLS!

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

I think it was yesterday I was just sitting around and I thought..."PUMPKIN SPICE COOKIES!" I love pumpkin anything and i've yet to try a pumpkin cookie so I decided to search for some regular sugar cookie recipes and add things to make them pumpkin spice cookies. While I was searching for the right recipe I stumbled upon a recipe for Super Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies from Joy the Baker. I decided to use this recipe and tweak it a bit to make it what I really imagined. The only things I changed were instead of adding cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, I just used pumpkin pie spice instead and then I left out the chocolate chips.

They came out really good. I was a little surprised since this is the first time I've actually strayed from an exact recipe and made adjustments of my own. They are more like muffin tops almost rather that cookies but I love them!













Pumpkin Spice Cookies
adapted from Joy the Baker


2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup canola oil

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Position a rack in the middle of the oven . Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and butter the paper or lightly spray sheets with baking spray.

Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice together in a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the eggs and sugar until smooth and lightened in color, about 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing. On low speed, mix the oil, pumpkin, and vanilla until blended. Mix in the flour mixture to incorporate it.

Using an ice cream scoop with a 1/4-cup capacity, scoop mounds of the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing the cookies at least 2 1/2-inches apart. You could also simply use a 1/4-cup measuring cup if you don’t have a scoop. Use a thin metal spatula to smooth and flatten the rounds.

Bake the cookies one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry, about 16 minutes. Cool them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool cimpletely.

Dust the cooled cookies lightly with powdered sugar. The cookies can be stored in a tightly covered container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Valentine's Day Blog Swap!!

I recently got my package from my partner in the Cupid's Blog Swap from a fellow blogger's site.
www.jerricapuck.blogspot.com

My partner was Ashley from www.justagirl-ash.blogspot.com

I love her blog! She is such a sweetheart and she sent me some amazing things! It was so much fun getting to know her and we have decided to continue being pen pals! It's going to be fun! I love pen pals!

Here are the goodies I got!






I got a super cute little box of candy, a bookmark, cute little pens, SPRINKLES!!!, cupcake papers, a heart shaped cookie cutter, the cutest little ducky soap, some homemade brown sugar face scrub (which I can't wait to try), a little heart candle, and the neatest little vintagey looking Valentine card. I love all of my gifts! They fit me perfectly! I love hearts, I love baking, I love cute things! It was great! I can't wait to do more swaps they are sooo much fun!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, my amazing husband has been sneakily leaving me cute little cards each day. He is leaving me pieces of one of my favorite bible verses. 1 Corinthians 13. So far this is what I have.

I made the little "Je T'aime" sign at the top but the rest are the cards my husband has left for me. I love it! It's so fun and cute! He's amazing!

Snow and Ice

Oklahoma is notorious for ice storms. It's terrible. Well, actually it's not too bad. I like staying in and reading, crafting, cooking and just enjoying my husband's company. We have a lot of fun together. We are constantly laughing. He is my best friend. I also love making things for people so Valentine's day is soo exciting for me. I already have a few things I need to mail to far-away friends.

The other day I met with this lady who is an RD (Registered Dietitian). She was amazing! She was so helpful and I think I'm really going to like working with her in the future. I have a bunch of volunteer hours I have to get in for my Dietetics degree program and it seems like it's going to be a breeze now! I'm very excited. Bad news is that at the moment there is nowhere around the Tulsa area for me to get an internship sooo we may be having to move if nothing comes up within the next couple of years I'm not too happy about that. So let's hope and pray that the collaboration between OU and TU takes off and they get their new med school built before the deadline they have already set for 2014! That would be amazing and I'm sure I could get an internship there. Anyway, I think I'm looking into diabetic nutrition. It seems very interesting and fulfilling. I'm still exploring options though. I am just excited to be done with school and get into the field!

Well, there's my update!

Ciao!