Second Best Cookies

That I've made. I had some macarons once that were awesome. But I bought those. And my mom accidentally threw out my ultimate fave recipe: Peanut Butter Chippers (If you have this - Gimme!! It came from a book a long time ago and I've been attempting to recreate it ever since I lost it...)

Ginger cookies! Unfortunately I can't find the recipe online (there was something about happy cows and chickens which caught my eye...) Anyhoo, I've typed it out for y'all, plus a couple of my own additions.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter (or margarine)

1/4 cup molasses (I use a bit more than that)

2-4 tsp ground ginger

2-3 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

Plus a bit of white sugar or white sugar mixed with cinnamon to roll the cookies in!

Cream butter and sugar. Add the egg and molasses. Stir in the dry ingredients gradually. I usually mix the first 3/4 of the dry stuff in with my hand mixer and then just squish up the rest with my hands - by this stage the dough is pretty "sturdy" (as the original says - I say dry and hard to mix! Hence my addition of more molasses. But see what you like). Roll the dough into one inch balls and then roll them in white sugar.

Place on greased cookie sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes in a 375 degree (F) oven. Leave the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes and then transfer to a wire rack. Or your tum!

I've really wanted to use these as the crust for a cheesecake. I think that would be epic. Haven't managed to do so, as I'd rather just eat them.

Best Things

I am sort of obsessed with this brand of yogurt. Hence! Post of a couple favourite things so it doesn't seem like I'm just a yogurt-lovin' fool...

Favourite Album: Blue by Joni Mitchell

This is my jam from start to finish. I don't know, every time I listen to it - FEELINGS! And if I feel like poop it makes me feel better. When I found it on vinyl I was over the moon. And then I took it home. And it was a misprint (it skipped a couple songs and repeated others and had a song from a different album). I was very disappointed! I traded it for some folk stuff and a Stray Cats album, but now I kinda wish I still had it. 

On another note, my BF told me a story about when he was younger (10ish?) and his friend's mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan so she drove them and another friend out to try and find her house. They ended up at some random field/hill/naturey place and ate sandwiches and then they drove home.

Favourite Movie: Big Fish

A pattern emerges! I like emotional things! Yes, this movie is one of few that makes me cry - but a satisfying one, not like a cheap Les Miserables (the most recent one) cry. Don't get me started on how poopy that movie was - the only redeeming feature was that the French revolutionary guys were hot.

I love the storytelling, aesthetic, acting, everything, in this movie. Watch this and then watch Dark Shadows (or don't watch it, or anything Tim Burton's done recently) and lament how far that delightful man has fallen!

Favourite Food: Lemon Meringue Pie

BEST FOOD EVAR

That is all.

And one more thing....Fallen London!

Not my favourite game (Pictionary? Catan? Clue? Once Upon a Time?), but I am quite taken with it nonetheless: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com

It's kind of addicting. You click cards and level up abilities (and you have to wait for them to refresh to boot!) but the story/writing and the look is just too good, and I have to check back a couple times a day. Fun in a slightly twisted, silly, demonic, rat infestation kinda way, with a nice dose of underground Victoriana. And there are mysteries to be solved!!!