food post part 2: a recipe

this is my own recipe for peanut butter cookies (with optional chocolate chips)


ingredients:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (i use all natural; just peanuts and veg oil)
1/2 cup margarine/butter
1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 tbsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup soy flour
3/4 cup whey protein powder (i use choc. protein powder, like the kind you use for shakes)
3/4 tspn salt
3/4 tspn baking soda
optional chocolate chips (i used white choc.)

preheat oven to 350'F

1. combine peanut butter, margarine, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. blend well. add egg and beat until blended.
2. combine flours, whey, salt, and baking soda in another bowl. add to creamed mixture slowly until blended. mix in chocolate chips.
3. lightly flour baking pans. form dough into small balls (~1.5 inches) place on floured pan and flatten a little with fingers/fork. bake for 6 minutes.


makes about 3 dozen cookies.

i also have a great vegan version of these if anyone is interested.

-jmg

also, expect some sewing pics soon, i've been tackling my sewing pile this weekend (with a little success).

more baked goodies

so obviously, my family can't keep me out of the kitchen. here are some stuff from recently.

these were from a box/kit, so obviously they weren't amazing. the frosting tasted like preserved egg whites.

flan (again from a box/mix). this wasn't too bad, but i hate caramel, so i didn't eat much of it.

and last, but not least, BISCOTTI! they're more like shortbread texture, but taste better. i made 3 different flavors: cocoa/cinnamon, pecan, and white chocolate chip with white choc. drizzle. i think its safe to say i won points for presentation and taste.


-jmg

i obviously photographed my recent doodle. it reads "things charlotte needs to make her happy." i drew it on one of my buses home the other day (approx. 40 minutes). you can't see it that clearly so i'll just list all the good stuff:

• charlotte + manatee
• matching berets
• manatee is smoking a cigarette
• charlotte is holding a cupcake
• charlotte is wearing a perfect striped shirt, tight jeans, braces, and boots

(they were supposed to be holding hands but i couldn't make that happen due to poor planning on my part.)

-jmg

i'll post my hourly comic here soon too! its a good one.