Yummy Lemon Bars

Today, my friend Gracie and I made these super-duper delicious, HEAVENLY  lemon bars! Enjoy yet another wonderful recipe from allrecipes.com!


Ingredients:
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, melted

4 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
5/8 cup lemon juice (I used 1/2 a cup... Close enough!)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9x13 pan.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour and confectioners' sugar. Blend in the melted butter. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan.

3. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden. IN a large bowl, beat eggs until light. Combine the sugar, baking powder, and 1/4 cup of flour so there will be no flour lumps. Stir the sugar mixture into the eggs. Finally, stir in the lemon juice. Pour over the prepared crust and return to the oven.

4. Bake for an additional 30 minutes or until bars are set. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.

Also, a little tip- Sift some powdered sugar on top for some extra yumminess! 

Click HERE for the printable version of this awesome recipe!

Bon Appetite!(:

Also... To all my girly-girl readers out there-

Last week I spent the weekend with my cousin! She told me to google Kandee Johnson. This girl is a makeup artist and she has two blogs (I follow both of them) and a youtube page. I have been watching her videos a lot lately and also reading her blog posts. She posts super fun, girly things about makeup, hair tips, fashion, and all sorts of fun stuff! She's also REALLY funny so it makes her blogs more fun to read and her videos more fun to watch!

Her blogs:

Kandeeland

Kandee the Makeup Artist

Check her out on youtube:

Kandee Johnson

Enjoy!(: 

-Sophie

White Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Cookies

Hey readers!

Today was such a perfect day to bake these delicious cookies! They're some of my favorites and so I am told, my specialty! Enjoy this recipe from allrecipes.com. 


White Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 c. butter, softened                                                            
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon brandy {I used vanilla}
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 c. white chocolate chips
1 c. dried cranberries

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease cookie sheets

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and brandy {vanilla}. Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in the white chocolate chips and cranberries. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven. For best results. take them out while they are still doughy. Allow cookies to cool for 1 minute on the cookie sheets before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.

Click HERE for a printable version of the recipe

Also, a reminder- entries for the FoodFoto contest are due by August 4th {Thursday} and so far, I have not received any.

Click HERE for details on the contest.

Thanks and enjoy!(: 
-Sophie

CONTEST!

Blogger FoodFoto Contest

Enter pictures of your favorite food or recipe!

Rules:
1. Photos cannot be edited or from the internet
2. The photos must be taken by you
3. Photo entries must be entered by August 4th
4. Limit 2 photos per blogger

How to enter:
Comment on this post with a link to your entry blog post.

(If you are not a blogger, please email them to me by August 4th)

Your blog post (or email) must contain:
1. The photo(s) you are entering
2. Your name
3. The food the photo(s) are of
4. Title: FoodFoto Contest

The photo entries and the winner will be posted on August 6th

If you have any questions, let me know! 

Thanks and enjoy!

- Sophie

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Baker's Corner Giveaway!

Hey readers-
So a blog that I follow (Baker's Corner) is having an awesome giveaway, providing the winner with a copy of the "MENNONITE GIRLS CAN COOK" cookbook! If you're interested in entering, click HERE for details.

Thanks!(: 

-Sophie

Girl's Night!

A couple nights ago, my mom and I were wanting to get out of the house and have a much-needed "girl's night"... So we went to Grand Avenue in St. Paul. There were TONS of really fun stores, and super cute cafes! ... I absolutely LOVED it! While we were there I got a new book {which I had been wanting for a very long time!} and a map of Paris for only $3.50 {it was actually wrapping paper, but we used it as a print that I am planning on framing.} Here are some pics...

{I made this necklace using an earring I found in one of my shopping bags... I just took out the actual earring and made it into a charm using some of my beading supplies.} 

{Cafe Latte}

{Mango Blueberry Cheesecake}

{Amaretto Cheesecake}

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies and Dutchess' "Photoshoot"!

Hey Readers!
I'm back and super excited to (hopefully) start sharing more wonderful recipes and photos with you! These cookies look super delicious and are really easy to make. I was planning on bringing them to our outdoor church service on Sunday, but then I "sampled" one and decided they were too good to share!! Enjoy!(:

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 eggs
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats

Directions

This recipe's Ingredients were scaled to yield a new amount. The directions below still refer to the original recipe yield of 4 dozen.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together shortening, margarine, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the oats until just combined. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until just light brown. Don't over-bake. Cool and store in an airtight container.

Dutchess' Photoshoot!

-Sophie

Awhile...

Hey Readers!

 I know it has been a really long time since I have blogged, and I apologize! 

                       

 This last week, I was on a mission's trip to Oklahoma with the world's best youth group. Although I was sick most of the time and the weather got up to 115º F, I deeply enjoyed doing the service projects we did there. On Monday and Tuesday we worked at a lady's house, scraping and painting her house and also organizing her back porch.

On Wednesday and Thursday we worked at a local kid's club organizing games, crafts, skits, songs, and memory verses for the kids of the community. Because of the obviously scorching weather, we played TONS of games involving buckets of water. (;  In the day we worked at our project sites, but at night a local family  took us "sightseeing" in the community, one night we had a community cook-out, and that afternoon we went swimming at a community pool.

Although I had a BLAST on the trip, I am overjoyed to be back in the coolness of my home!(: The next blog you see from me, I PROMISE, will be a delicious recipe... Thanks for reading! 

-Sophie