housewifey

[before i begin, please remember japan and keep them in your prayers.]

this week i'm on spring break from school so i decided to come to kauai to spend some time with my family.  joe needed to work so he stayed home.  even though he's not here i've been brushing up on my housewifey skills.  i've been doing lots of baking and sewing.  i say housewifey because sometimes when i call myself a wife, i feel old.  wifey sounds a little younger to me, therefore i've come up with the term housewifey.  someday i'll graduate to becoming an actual housewife. 

so i'll start with the baking.  on sunday there was a prayer night at my church so i made cross shaped sugar cookies for refreshments.  here's the recipe i followed.  i was trying to make crispy sugar cookies but these were more chewy.  the taste was pretty good though.

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
1 egg
2 tespoons of vanilla

mix butter, eggs, and sugar.  add the flour and vanilla. divide into 4 balls and refrigerate over night or at least 3 hours.  roll out thin.  bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.

then i decorated with royal icing.  i'll have to post a pic of these cookies later...i don't have one right now.

my second baking adventure was today.  in my family, there are several of us who are in love with cupcakes.  one is obviously me, and another is my cousin christy.  so christy and i got together and tried the cookie dough recipe from my new book (see previous blog.)  the cupcakes came out looking super cute...i guess the saying is true...two minds work better than one!  we do need to work on the recipe a bit though and tweek it from what the book says.



chocolate cupcakes filled with chocolate chip cookie dough, topped with whipped frosting, cookies, and chocolate sprinkles.



so i said there are 'several' of us in our family who are in love with cupcakes...another is my cousin westy.  she even has her own cupcake business...sugar mill cupcakes, you should check it out... http://www.sugarmillcupcakes.com/   my third baking adventure will come later this week when all three of us get together to bake.  our mission: cakepops!  i'm SO looking forward to this!

baking adventure number 4 will be when i use up some super ripe bananas...any ideas?

on to sewing.  my sewing project for the week was to make aprons out of cupcake fabric.  here they are:  dish towel aprons!

spring break so far has been filled with lotsa housewifey duties...can't wait to go back home and share them with my hubby!