Wordless Wednesday

Candy cookies

I swear, these are some of the tastiest cookies I've made, and they're so easy! I originally saw them on the Pioneer Woman's blog, and ran out to get stuff to make them right away.

You take your favorite refrigerated cookie dough roll (I used Pillsbury peanut butter and sugar cookie doughs), cut them in thick slices, and then cut each slice into quarters. Put each quarter into a greased mini muffin tin, and bake for about 7 minutes at 350*. Don't overbake them! I prefer them to be just on the edge of doughy. While you're waiting for them to cook, unwrap one piece of candy for each cookie (I used mini peanut butter cups and Hershey kisses), and as soon as you take the cookies out, pop a candy on top of each one. Then you'll have these:





I think the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey kisses were by far the best! They were all gone within a day. They're best to eat within a few hours, before the chocolate has a chance to really firm back up. I made them in the late afternoon, and when I got up in the middle of the night and wanted a snack, they were still perfect. By the next day, they had firmed up all the way, and while they're still really good, there's just something about squishy gooey chocolate that makes them oh-so good!

Wordless Wednesday

I love my hat

I finished this a while ago, but took forever to take pictures. I have yarn ready to go for another one, I wear it everywhere! Only problem is, if I get too warm while wearing it, it's sweaty head city (which also leads to the oh-so-attractive hat-head).


(Eek, no makeup!)



I used two skeins of Cascade 220 in the 9412 colorway (I hate it when yarn companies use numbers for colorways!), size 10.5 needles for the main part of the hat, and size 6 for the strap. It's weird-looking when you aren't wearing it, since it's so long to create the bunched area in the back. It kind of looks like Marge Simpson's hair. The pattern is the Just Like a Peasant Cap, and it was quick and really easy.

I feel like a pirate when I wear it.

A knitting update

After frogging Lizard Ridge, because I just didn't like the way it was turning out, I've been chugging away on my Paintbox Kureyon blanket. Here are a few squares (I've done 7 so far, I think, and all are unblocked, hence the wonkiness):










I also completed an Old Shale Smoke Ring (and don't really care for it. It's pretty, but not on me)






I also finished a peasant cap, which I absolutely love, but haven't gotten a picture of yet. Soon though!

Wordless Wednesday

Non-Wordless Wednesday

I have been so bad at updating, but I have a bunch of baking and knitting things to update, so I'll have a few more blog entries up soon. Promise!