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Stephanie, the EXPO at my work (Chili's) made these for one of our guy servers last shift at Chills. He loves butts, and always talked about girls and their butts (super inappropriate, I know, but hey welcome to life as a server ): stuff like this going on EVERY second) I wouldn't typically post something like this butt Stephanie is a really good baker. Not only do her cupcakes look awesome, but they always taste amazing.

Cupcake Recipe: Click HERE

Frosting Recipe: Click HERE

Fondant Recipe: Click HERE

Pink Hair

Pink hair! yeay! I like this so much better than being blonde(:

Cinnamon Rolls

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls are so good, and I know I'm not the only one who thinks that. I ran across a blog the other day that claims to have a recipe for cinnamon rolls that are better than Pillsbury so I'm gonna have to make them some time. Problem is, No one in my family has ever been good at bread baking so we always only buy store bought bread stuff, but I'm totally OK with it because I like Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls much better than any Homemade cinnamon roll Ive ever tried. And when it comes to homemade bread recipes, The only Homemade "Rolls" Ive ever absolutely died over are my moms friend Helen's rolls that she always made at thanksgiving. Ill share the recipe if I'm ever able to get ahold of it. But Until then, Pillsbury Great Harvest and Rhodes will have to work(:

Provo Bakery

So as you know I love cookies and Bakeries and I love the big sugar cookies from sweet tooth fairy, but then I came across this blog the other day that asked which Utah bakery has the best sugar cookies, and no one said sweet tooth fairy, everyone said Provo Bakery. So I figured I had to drive down to Provo Bakery and see for myself, and I would have to agree, they're the best I've ever tried. My mom and my son Caleb and his little friend Britton would have to agree as well. I gave Caleb and his friend the Smiley face sugar cookie as well as a big red letter U cookie (for University of Utah) and then I kept the 2 helmet university cookies for my mom and myself(: They're not as thick as Sweet Tooth Fairy Sugar cookies. They re still just as soft, they have a more precise shape and I think they taste a little more short-bready. And they use a fondant icing that's really really good. I thought that the only kind of sugar cookie they would have was the smile sugar cookie, because that's all that the blog had mentioned, however they re are several different sugar cookies, all about the same size, and definitely the same recipe, and then there are tons of other different kinds of pastries (crumb bars, donuts, cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies, etc...) The store itself is kinda small and dumpy looking from the outside (which is probably why I've never cared to go in before,) but inside its a whole different bakery. Surprisingly its really crowded and there were like 4 workers behind the counter and the line was super long, so obviously it does well. (Lesson learned: Can't judge a book by its cover, LOL)

The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe

Tonight I also stopped at The Cocoa Bean Cupcake Cafe. Their cupcakes are way better than sweet tooth fairy's cupcakes. Actually ALL of the cupcakes at cocoa Bean are better than sweet tooth fairy cupcakes especially their Ultimate Brownie cupcakes (which they only have on Mon, Wed, and Fri.) The Ultimate Brownie ones are hands down the best, that's why I bought 2 and nothing else. They don't sell cookies and other treats at Cocoa Bean, just cupcakes, so I guess that's their only draw back. But they do sell keychains. The purple one in the picture above is cocoa bean, and the pink one is sweet tooth fairy

Sweet Tooth Fairy

Lately Sweet Tooth Fairy is my favorite bakery. Not because of their cupcakes, but because of their sugar cookies. I LOVE soft sugar cookies, and this bakery definitely has them. Today I bought 2 giant flower sugar cookies, 2 small sugar cookies, a Cranberry Bliss Bar, a Fairy Fetti cake bite, a Fairy Fetti cupcake, a peanut butter cupcake, a smores cupcake, and a cupcake key chain. I'm having to freeze most of it cuz no way could I eat all that in one night. My favorite treat there is for sure the giant flower sugar cookies. Everything else is just OK.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photo I shot of my son for a photo class

Dreams

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12e04c3252f86334&mt=application/vnd.ms-powerpoint&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Dde7c9b3e6d%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12e04c3252f86334%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26realattid%3Df_gjwnk10k0%26zw&sig=AHIEtbSWgP9mgiWBDPjmW5Lo2fPbkjyFSA&pli=1i keep wondering if i should turn this into a public online journal, not just about baking, but about everything.. cuz i rarely bake, i'm just worried i'll say too much, or certain people will read it or i dunno... so, i'll maybe just start small... anyway, i keep having these dreams about my x husband and him cheating on me and then this guy keeps helping me cope with it. its not a guy i know but i know him so well now, in my dreams... ha ha that sounds funny. this "fake" guy though has really made me come to understand a lot of what im subconciously thinking/feeling. its crazy. dreams are crazy. i'll see if he comes back tonight and teaches me some more.. hahaha

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Best Ice Cream Ever

Cookie Dough Ice Cream!!!!

my 4 favorite ice creams ever are... (1 being my absolute favorite, 2 my second favorite, 3 my 3rd most favorite, 4 my 4th most)

1) Dreyer's fun flavors cookie dough ice cream

2) Maxx Dreyer's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

3) Maggie Moo's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream (Cake Batter ice cream as the base mized w/ cookie dough pieces and fudge sauce)

4) Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

My favorite dessert ever!!! (As of lately(:) is...

Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream (any one of the above 3 flavours)

Frozen pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough (ready to bake)

Mini chocolate chips (Nestle or Hersheys)

Into a cup, scoop out 1/2 cup cookie dough ice cream, add 5 small pieces pillsbury cookie dough (or 1 cookie dough square broken up), and add 1 Tablespoon mini chips. With spoon, Mix all ingredients together. Eat and enjoy

Dreyer's Fun Flavors Cookie Dough is absolute very best because its 1st off Dreyers, and also its creamiest, fluffiest, bestest, tons of chocolate mini chips, awesome cookie dough, awesome awesome base ice cream. Maxx cookie dough ice cream is the 2nd best because it uses dreyers ice cream and dreyers ice cream is soooo sooo good!! and it has nestle cookie dough and mini chips which makes for an amazing combo. Also maxx ice cream has extra cookie dough than most (if not all) cookie dough ice creams which is why its called "maxx." reason its not my number 1, its a little airier that fun flavors. Maggi Moos Cookie Dough is 3rd best because the cake batter maggie moos ice cream flavour is so creamy and so good and you can choose your amount of cookie dough and fudge sauce (which is definitly of nice quality) and i always tell them to add"a lot." ben and jerrys in my opinion has the best cookie dough of all the 4 ice creams, which is why its one of my favorites. the cookie dough chunks are huge and taste so good. the reason its not my 1st or 2nd or 3rd favorite though, is because i dont like the ice cream base flavour nor the texure as well. its more icy, whereas dreyers and maggie moos ice cream is a lot more creamy/fluffy/ and sweeter. all in all you cant go wrong w/ any of these flavours. theyre all great

Santa Lucia

This morning we celebrated Santa Lucia (Swedish Holiday-supposed to be on the 13th). Family Tradition, few nights before Christmas, where my mom wakes us up at about 6am or just while its still dark and brings us downstairs around the dining room table for a Swedish Breakfast. She then tells us the story of Santa Lucia while we eat our Breakfast, this year and typically always it consists of Eggs, Oranges, Other Fruit, Bacon, sausage, Hash browns, Orange Rolls, Egg Nog, Hot Chocolate, Orange Juice, chocolate Santas, of course Swedish Pancakes (pictured above). Theres always spinning candles on the table and Swedish music in the background, and My mom always wears her white Santa Lucia dress and candles on her head while we just stay in pajamas. The tradition explaining the candles, the dress, and the dark all revolve around the story.

Swedish Pancakes
1 cup Flour
1/2 t salt
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk

Mix in blender or beat in mixing bowl till very smooth. Spread 1/2 c batter on buttered hot 10" non-stick skillet. Flip over when lightly golden on one side (apx 1 min.) Then cook other side (apx 30-60 sec.) Remove. Serve pancakes with butter, Smuckers seedless jam, &  Sweetened Whipped cream.

About Me

Sorry I haven't posted lately. Its not because I'm too busy or too lazy, its just that all Ive been making are m&m cookies, thousands of them because 1st off; my mom makes me make them so she can give them away as Christmas gifts and 2nd; because its the best cookie recipe, no sorry, the best ANYTHING recipe in the entire word! I feel bad wasting my Crisco or my sugar on anything else.

Why am I up right now at 4AM writing on my blog? Its not because I am obsessed and addicted to the Internet, not at all, I actually hardly ever get on. The only time I ever log on (right now being the one and only exception) is when I baked something new and need to post about it. So once again, why am I up right now at 4AM? Its because I have major insomnia. It usually takes me from laying down at 2AM to staring at the ceiling for 4 hours to finally falling asleep at 6AM. It sux so bad. There are 2 reasons for this, 1 because I have ADD and mind races and races and has a hard time just shutting down and 2 because I am a waitress and am usually scheduled the graveyard shift so Its hard on the nights I'm not working, to re-adjust my body clock and fall asleep early.

I dyed my hair black a couple weeks ago. Ive been blond my entire life but after a thousand people told me to go dark and after one of my really sick relationship breakups that drove me practically insane, I decided to do it. I looked in the mirror at it & cried for about an hour then I really liked it for about a week & got a ton of compliments & then I decided I couldn't stand it & had to be blond again. & anyone who's done it before knows its a nightmare going from dark to blond, especially from black to blond. So I went back to blond & I absolutely love it... again

People try my cookies, ask me for the recipe, but sometimes say "I followed the recipe exactly, but They didn't turn out like yours" So Really quick I'll share some cookie baking tips that will help your cookies turn out like mine:

1. Use a silver jelly roll pan to bake your cookies (like the one pictured below)
2. My typical 2 egg cookie recipe calls for 3 cup flour. If dough isn't stiff, use 1/4 cup more.
3. Always under bake. Don't bake cookies till golden. Take them out before golden otherwise they'll dry hard and crunchy (unless you like that/:)
4. Always Bake the cookies at 350.
5. When you place the cookie sheet in the oven, place it on the middle/upper rack with another pan underneath it for insulation.
6. Don't substitute butter for the Crisco. You have to use butter-flavored Crisco.. Have to!

Personal Photos

Top Picture: Me and my younger cousins at Lake Powell

Bottom Picture: Just Me