Baking Extravaganza

My love for baking has taken over the Adams' household lately. I can't go one weekend without baking at least one sweet thing. Kyle now asks what it is that I will be baking each weekend. It is definitely not flattering for the figure, but I just keep telling myself that it is stress relief. :)

Here are a few things that I have made lately.

These are mini cupcakes made out of one of my cupcake books. They are actually semi-healthy (as far as chocolate cupcakes go :)). They use yogurt instead of butter and skim milk. They are also mini so you don't have to eat a big cupcake when you just want a snack. Hey, whatever helps you sleep better at night, right?

These are called Double White Chocolate and Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies with Sea Salt. Whoa! That's a mouthful! These are from one of my favorite blogs- picky-palate.com- and they are delish!

*Side note: Are those salt and pepper shakers adorable? My heart flutters when I look at them!

Here's another view where you can see the pretzel pieces. I love pictures of food. Is this a problem? I don't think so.

Another treat from Picky Palate. Oh my goodness- this is Heaven in a jar! It is good on just about anything but mostly when eaten straight from the jar- I mean, so I have heard.... I would never do that myself....

Sea Breeze Cupcakes consisting of grapefruit and cranberry juice with cranberries inside and on top. Very refreshing cupcakes!

These are very rich, very wonderful cinnamon rolls that Kyle and I were excited to wake up to one Sunday morning before church. It makes a sheet and a half worth of cinnamon rolls, so we stuck them in the freezer and take them out individually and nuke in the microwave for a few seconds. They are still wonderful even reheated!

Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies, courtesy of Pioneer Woman. If you don't read her blog, stop reading this boring post and read her's right now... she is wonderful!! By far my favorite blogger. She is a wonderful writer, fabulous photographer, and terrific cook! Couldn't that talent be spread around more evenly? I think so.

These cookies are made with malted milk powder and are sooo good! This recipe makes a huge batch so beware- you will have cookies for weeks!

See how flat they are? But, so wonderful! She tells you in her step-by-step how-to exactly how to bake them so that they will be either chewy or crisp. Your choice!

Well that is all for now- I have head to the kitchen because I have a sudden desire to eat anything or everything in sight! Another post is soon to follow with a DIY project that Kyle and I have been working on all weekend. It is something that I am very excited about!!

Have a great week!

- Megan

Recently...

Wow. Its been a long time since I have blogged. I have resigned to the fact that I am a GREAT blog reader, but a TERRIBLE blog writer. I can spend a whole night reading blog after blog, but I never think to sit down and update my own. Anyway, without much ado, here is a new blog post.

My current obsessions:

1. My new MacBook. Now I am not a huge technology buff but if one gizmo can change your life (besides a cellphone of course!), it would be a MacBook. I am still trying to figure everything out on it but I have to say that I love it. I don't think I will every go back to a PC.

2. Baking. I have always liked to bake but didn't do much of it in grad school since fun time was not allowed. Recently however, baking has become my stress relief. After a stressful week at work, there is nothing better than to sit back and bake. We have now coined Sundays as "Baking day." I also find myself taking pictures of the goodies I made. I guess this habit has developed after reading many, many baking blogs. :) A baking post is to follow soon!

- Ps. I don't cook, only bake. If you want sweets- I got 'em. If you want food- you gotta go to Taco Bell.

3. Twitter. Heaven help me when it comes to Twitter. I'm obsessed. I can spend all day checking my twitter and reading others tweets. Don't know why it is so appealing to me these days but I love it.

4. Glee. I haven't watched Glee. I saw the pilot episode, loved it, but never watched it much more (again, grad school = no fun). However, last weekend I saw season 1 on Netflix streaming. I watched all 22 episodes in 3 days. It was wonderful. I now have the discs for season 2 coming in the mail. I am on the first disc today. So good!

5. Blogs. As I said earlier, I am a wonderful blog reader. I am intrigued by so many blogs these days. I get home and can read them for hours. Maybe I'll do another post about all the blogs I like. Maybe.

6. Instagram. If you have an iPhone and don't have this app- get it, its free. It is soo much fun. You take pictures and then you can instantly transform them with different settings. You can make them look old, washed out, etc. And get this...then you can upload them to Twitter!!! Two great things in one! But really, it is an awesome app and can make some not so good iPhone camera pictures look decent.

7. And my most recent obsession (like within a few days) is golf. You can stop laughing now, I'm not kidding. I have tried to golf before but I would always get so frustrated. However, I have found myself watching the Masters, actually enjoying it, and wishing I could go play golf. So today Kyle and I went in the backyard and hit wiffle balls around. I am still terrible but maybe one day I'll get good enough to play at the golf course. * I'll try to keep you updated on this. I am known for starting something, but since I have the attention span of a 3 year old, I don't always follow through.

Hopefully I will have a few more posts within the next few days. I have loaded some pictures from my camera on the computer so I will have to share some with y'all! Have a great week!