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Galletas: take 2

Galletas: take 2

Ingredients: 1 cups of butter (2 sticks/ 8oz) 3/4 cup of superfine sugar 11/4 cups of all-purpose flour 1 cup almond flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Rainbow sprinkles (nonpareils) Yellow food coloring (optional) Make the butter mixture Add the sugar and butter to the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the paddle attachment of your […]

Pretty pantry: chalk board paint jars

Pretty pantry: chalk board paint jars

They say when life gives you lemons; make lemonade. I can’t say I would really mind life giving me lemons. I love lemons….so much you can do with lemons. Pantry moths on the other hand….they’re terrible and nasty. When we got pantry moths last month, I squealed in grotesque horror and then tried to make […]

Fall Centerpiece

Fall Centerpiece

I’m not entirely sure why I always feel compelled to have a centerpiece on my dining room table. But…I do. And if it’s something that I can move out of the way quickly, even better. In addition….It needs to be affordable and long lasting. I like to think that our Autumn centerpiece does a good […]

Decorating cookies without a steady hand

Decorating cookies without a steady hand

This past weekend I celebrated a birthday. And since I’ve been wanting to spend a little extra time working on decorating cookies, I thought my birthday might be a good time to gift myself a couple additional decorating tips and a food coloring kit with a little more variety than Red, Blue, Yellow, Green. What […]