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Nun's Puffs

I got bored yesterday and decided that I would bake something. This is possibly a bad habit to get into. Baking when bored. Especially as most of what I bake probably aren't the best things to eat when you're trying to lose weight or shape up. Anyway, I pulled out my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and found a really simple and easy recipe. Would you like to know how to make this?:



yum. It's called "Nun's Puffs".

And here's what you'll need:

1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup milk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
Honey (optional)

And here's what you do:

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Generously grease twelve 2 1/2-in muffin cups, including the edge and around the top of each cup (I used Baking Pam); set aside. In a medium saucepan, melt butter; add milk. Bring to boiling. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that does not separate. Remove from heat; cool for 5 minutes.



2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 1 minute with a wooden spoon after each addition or until smooth. Divide dough evenly among prepared muffin cups, filling cups about two-thirds full; sprinkle with sugar.



3. Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Remove from pan. Serve immediately. If desired, serve with honey.



And you bet that honey was desired. Well, for Hubby's. We ran out of honey so I put syrup on mine and it was fantastic. You can just see the honey dripping off of that puff... oh yes, I went there.

Mine turned out tasting rather eggy, so I think these would be absolutely glorious for breakfast.



Mmmmm....

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Oh, and just so you know. I'm absolutely PUMPED because sometime next week we will be getting new floors in our kitchen and so no more getting down and scrubbing nasty linoleum. I'm so excited!!

Happy Weekend!

Marvelous Things on a Monday

Mondays aren't always my favorite days. It's a day to jump-start my week of chores and trying to get things done. I don't like doing my chores most of the time. But I've gotten to the point where I will force myself to do them whether I like it or not. I stare myself down with that now look who's boss gleam in my eyes and then the defiant me will kind of quiver there for a moment, and crumble into the pile of clean laundry that is in dire need of folding. It happens, eventually. It happened three times today.

One thing that gets me through a Monday is thinking about wonderful, marvelous things to cheer me up and keep me going.

Today, I was thinking about ... cupcakes.

Yes. Cupcakes.


Photos from Flickr

Yum, yum, yum.

Guess what I'm going to be baking tomorrow?

A "Cute as a Button" Birthday Party

Operation Birthday Party = Success. These are the highlights. I am exhausted, so details will come later!

Thanksgiving Eve is...

A good excuse to bake (three loaves of) pumpkin bread!








Also a good excuse to try out an early Christmas present...







And a good excuse to give kisses to your mommy...




I love this holiday!

Easy As Pie

Wh-What's this?



A ... can of ... is that pumpkin?

And ... oh dear ...



Other food-preparation devices?

Surely ... surely she is with Benjamin ...



Oh no.

Now I'm worried ...



Yes. I was baking.


I am allowed in the kitchen sometimes. If I haven't said so before, I absolutely hate cooking. Thankfully I was blessed with a Hubby who doesn't mind it, and is very good at it. Me, I stick to baking. I enjoy baking (maybe because baking brings out all those delicious things we shouldn't eat) and this time I thought I'd try my hand at a pumpkin pie. I may have mentioned before that I love pumpkin. Pumpkin bread is my favorite food. Pumpkin spice frappuccino is my favorite drink from Starbucks. I even like the color pumpkin.

If I do say so myself, I can make a mean loaf of pumpkin bread. But I had never tried any sort of pie, much less a pumpkin pie. I felt it was high-time. I used the opportunity of the congregation's fish fry this past Saturday as a way to try out my pumpkin pie baking skills. Technically the women weren't allowed to do anything as it was a Women's Appreciation fish fry (by the way, I hate fish), but they let this slide.

Besides the places where I stabbed it with a knife, I think it turned out quite lovely, don't you think?



I was so proud of myself for making a pie, but I didn't announce it to everyone else at the fish fry that it was mine, just in case it tasted like dirt. Once I had a taste and knew it wasn't a mud pie like I thought it may turn out to be, I claimed it. It was good. I made it with a graham cracker crust because I really don't like pasty crust. Perhaps that is why it has taken me so long to actually want to make a pie. The graham cracker crust went really well with the pumpkin and it tasted really, really good.

I guess the true testament to that is the fact that we didn't take any home with us!

I think I have earned my right to wield food preparation devices! And I will do so, with confidence. And a little bit of weirdness.