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What’s On Your Water Bottle?

Part 1

Good old Vincent…showing his good ear.  Haha.

Miss Chomp gave me this one.

My granddaughter Lily drew this one and a few others. She sells them on Red Bubble. Clever girl.

Speaking of clever…

These ones were all drawn by my daughter April.

They go along with some of her fabric lines.

Clever girl indeed.

I got this one at the Maundy booth at a conference. They make a fabulous foot scrub–and a very cool sticker.

Not even sure where I got this one. Most likely Red Bubble. I saw it and…you know…needed it.

I got this for the 4th of July and to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our lovely country. When the one sticker I ordered arrived–to my surprise it wasn’t one sticker…it was a roll of one ZILLION stickers.

Quite likely you’ll see this one allll over everything around here.

The cats are at risk.

Run for your lives!

Hey, I have to put them somewhere.

Heh, heh.

 

 

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One Good Book

I have had this book on my shelves for nearly 50 years–but never read it. Since Caddie Woodlawn fit snugly into one of the categories in my reading challenge, after alllll these years…I finally picked it up.

Oh, my goodness–was it ever my kind of book. The ending and several other chapters actually made me cry.

Imagine my surprise to find that cute little, red headed Caddie was a real girl…

who lived in a beautiful white house in Wisconsin…

with her father and mother and all her brothers and sisters.

I’m a tactile soul and so I’d love to go to the house and walk through it some day…see it and touch it.

I have no earthly idea why this kind of thing makes me so happy.

It just does.

 

 

 

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Coffee Cake Cookies

 

Well these cute little things were even better than I expected they’d be–and I must say–I expected them to be heavenly.

Oh, they were.

Imagine having a lovely little slice of coffee cake–anytime you like.

Oooh the sheer ridiculous decadence of eating something that feels so fancy-schmancy.

Honestly– just make them and see for yourself.

You can thank me later. Donations accepted.

Hee, hee.

 

 

Coffee Cake Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 C butter

3/4 C brown sugar

1/4 C white sugar

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 T vanilla

2-1/4 Cups flour

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp salt

3/4 tsp cinnamon

Crumb Topping

1/2 C flour

1/3 cup brown sugar

1-1/2 tsp cinnamon

5 T butter, softened

Glaze

1 C powdered sugar

2 T butter, melted

3-4 T milk

Directions

Preheat over to 365 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment

In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.

Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.

Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until combined.

scoop by tablespoons onto parchment.

Make an indentation in each cookie with a spoon.

Refrigerate cookies while making crumb.

Crumb

Mix together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.

Mix in softened butter with a fork.

Sprinkle about 1-2 tsps crumb topping in center of each cookie.

Bake 8-10 minutes until golden around the edges.

Let cool.

Glaze

Whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter and milk until smooth.

Drizzle over cooled cookies.

Gobble.

 

Coffee Cake Cookies
 
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Ingredients
  • ¾ C butter
  • ¾ C brown sugar
  • ¼ C white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 T vanilla
  • 2-1/4 Cups flour
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • Crumb Topping
  • ½ C flour
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 5 T butter, softened
  • Glaze
  • 1 C powdered sugar
  • 2 T butter, melted
  • 3-4 T milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat over to 365 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment
  2. In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
  3. Add egg and egg yolk and vanilla and mix well.
  4. Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until combined.
  5. scoop by tablespoons onto parchment.
  6. Make an indentation in each cookie with a spoon.
  7. Refrigerate while making crumb.
  8. Crumb
  9. Mix together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  10. Mix in softened butter with a fork.
  11. Sprinkle about 1-2 tsps crumb topping in center of each cookie.
  12. Bake 8-10 minutes until golden around the edges.
  13. Let cool.
  14. Glaze
  15. Whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter and milk until smooth.
  16. Drizzle over cooled cookies.