Hello Ladies!
Well, July has come and gone. A month we were all waiting for, for what felt like forever!
The time we spent at home went by so quickly! But it was definitely an unforgettable 10 days. I don't think everything that happened really sunk in until the week later when we were settling back into our routines.
Kristine and Martin's wedding day was incredible! I couldn't have imagined it going any better, and I hope everything you had imagined it would have been, Kristine. I can not wait to see the photos!
Week 27 - Frosted Red Velvet Cakies, via My Name Is Yeh - baked for 8 minutes, *half recipe made 13 cookies
Molly's blog is wonderful, following her travels around the states, and her life with her farmer husband - who she loving refers to as Eggboy. This recipe is originally from the Top With Cinnamon book, which will probably become part of my collection one of these days. I haven't made anything red velvet before, so these were a nice intro. You can either use sour cream or greek yogurt in this recipe, I used sour cream because I had it on hand, but they would both yield similar results. And is there anything better than cream cheese icing? Sweet and tangy perfection.
Molly's blog is wonderful, following her travels around the states, and her life with her farmer husband - who she loving refers to as Eggboy. This recipe is originally from the Top With Cinnamon book, which will probably become part of my collection one of these days. I haven't made anything red velvet before, so these were a nice intro. You can either use sour cream or greek yogurt in this recipe, I used sour cream because I had it on hand, but they would both yield similar results. And is there anything better than cream cheese icing? Sweet and tangy perfection.
Week 28 - No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, via Handmade Charlotte - 8x8 square pan cut into 16 bars
I was playing a bit of catch up this month, and after the heat we had on our trip home I couldn't bear turning on the oven. So, I opted for a no-bake recipe. Not exactly cookies, but delicious none the less. The peanut butter layer tastes like the filling in those pirate cookies - my sister was obsessed with those when we were little! I added a little sprinkle of flour de del, because I put it on everything. These were extremely sweet, I could only handle 1/2 a square at a time. I have a very similar recipe that has oats in it as well, I think that would cut the sweetness.
I was playing a bit of catch up this month, and after the heat we had on our trip home I couldn't bear turning on the oven. So, I opted for a no-bake recipe. Not exactly cookies, but delicious none the less. The peanut butter layer tastes like the filling in those pirate cookies - my sister was obsessed with those when we were little! I added a little sprinkle of flour de del, because I put it on everything. These were extremely sweet, I could only handle 1/2 a square at a time. I have a very similar recipe that has oats in it as well, I think that would cut the sweetness.
Week 29 - Breakfast Cookies, via Gimme Some Oven - baked for 11 minutes, made 19 cookies
These are like a cookie-muffin hybrid, and totally expectable for breakfast. The recipe comes from the wonderful book Seriously Delish by the author of one of my favourite blogs, How Sweet Eats. I modified the recipe slightly, to suit what I had on hand. I didn't have whole wheat pastry flour, so I used half whole wheat flour and half self rising pastry flour. And since the self rising pastry flour has baking powder and salt already added, I skipped those ingredients. I also subbed the coconut oil for butter, and the dried figs for dried cranberries. I would have loved to have dried figs, but they aren't a very common thing to see in the grocery store, maybe Whole Foods would have them. This recipe would be a great base to add different dried fruits, nuts or seeds to. It was also a great way to use up some of the 13 frozen bananas I had stashed in our freezer! I have a feeling I'll be making more of these, Corey's reactions was "These are amazing! I think they are some of the best cookies you've ever made!"
These are like a cookie-muffin hybrid, and totally expectable for breakfast. The recipe comes from the wonderful book Seriously Delish by the author of one of my favourite blogs, How Sweet Eats. I modified the recipe slightly, to suit what I had on hand. I didn't have whole wheat pastry flour, so I used half whole wheat flour and half self rising pastry flour. And since the self rising pastry flour has baking powder and salt already added, I skipped those ingredients. I also subbed the coconut oil for butter, and the dried figs for dried cranberries. I would have loved to have dried figs, but they aren't a very common thing to see in the grocery store, maybe Whole Foods would have them. This recipe would be a great base to add different dried fruits, nuts or seeds to. It was also a great way to use up some of the 13 frozen bananas I had stashed in our freezer! I have a feeling I'll be making more of these, Corey's reactions was "These are amazing! I think they are some of the best cookies you've ever made!"
Week 30 - World's Greatest Cookies, via The Sugar Hit - baked for 9-10 minutes, made 19 cookies
AKA Salted Caramel Chocolate Peanut Oat Cookies. I baked these for about half the time the recipe called for - 6 minutes, made the indent, then another 3-4. Not sure why you would need to cook these for 15-18 minutes - I know my oven runs hot, but thats crazy! I probably should have cooked the caramel a little longer the thicken it, but I was afraid it would burn. I thought they would take a lot longer to come together than they did which was nice. I don't know if I would go so far as to call them the world's greatest, but they are pretty impressive.
AKA Salted Caramel Chocolate Peanut Oat Cookies. I baked these for about half the time the recipe called for - 6 minutes, made the indent, then another 3-4. Not sure why you would need to cook these for 15-18 minutes - I know my oven runs hot, but thats crazy! I probably should have cooked the caramel a little longer the thicken it, but I was afraid it would burn. I thought they would take a lot longer to come together than they did which was nice. I don't know if I would go so far as to call them the world's greatest, but they are pretty impressive.
Now we're looking forward to Squamish Fest next weekend! This time next week I'll be watching Sam Smith! I'm not really sure all to expect of the festival other than the amazing line up of bands - of which I'm most excited about; Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men, Vance Joy, Bahamas, Mother Mother, and one of my new favourites, James Bay. If you haven't heard of him before you should check him out - I've been loving his song Craving.
Once we're back from Squamish that's it for events for the summer. I'm almost excited to have nothing to plan for, to just relax and take each weekend as it comes. But as for work, I'll be hitting the ground running, gearing up for opening our North Van store in October.
Also, Corey had some exciting news! Its a long story, but I'll just keep it short. At the end of June Corey was contacted by the HR department for Best Buy Canada, they were looking for a camera buyer. He was extremely excited about this opportunity because he was wanting to get out of Broadway Camera. Anyways, a month and FOUR interviews later… he was hired! He will be starting at Best Buy August 17th, as a Assistant Merchandise Manager (AKA Assistant Buyer), and will be working at the Canadian Head Office in Burnaby. He isn't sure what department he'll be in yet, but he is really looking forward to it. His last day at Broadway is the 5th, then we'll go to Squamish, and then he's going to take the week off prior to starting at Best Buy.
So, what have all you ladies been up to this summer?
Sending love,
Xo, A
Xo, A
