Lemon Muffins

These muffins were kinda "interesting"! haha they just turned out a little more like "Lemon Scones" or "Lemon Biscuits" but they were still super yummy! Enjoy this recipe from ALLRECIPES.COM.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Grease bottoms only of 12 muffin cups or line with baking cups.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, lemon zest and salt; mix well. In a small bowl, combine milk, oil and egg; blend well. Add dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be lumpy.)
3. Fill cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute before removing from pan. Serve warm.

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THIS RECIPE!

Enjoy!(:

-Sophie

PRIZE WINNERS!

This last week, the Washington County Fair was going {Wednesday-Sunday} and I entered two pictures and some cookies! Let me share them with you...!

{There's me and Dutchy! We one a blue, 1st place ribbon!}

{This is a picture I took of a friend's baby, Camilla Nicole! Isn't she adorable?! This picture did not even get rated which made me kinda mad, because personally, I think this is the cutest picture EVER!}

{These Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies won 4th place! Click HERE for the prize-winning recipe!}

Hope you enjoyed! 

-Sophie

(:

More pictures...

Here are some more pictures I took {and edited} today! The first one is my absolute most favoritest picture I have EVER taken! Enjoy! :D

{MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF ME DOING MY FAVORITE THING! OOH I LOVE IT! ;)}

{THIS IS NOT FROM TODAY! HAHA THIS IS A PICTURE OF ME AT A TRACK CAMP I DID THIS SUMMER (I TOTALLY LOVE RUNNING!}. I EDITED IT LAST NIGHT, AND HAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU!}

{YOU'RE NOT A DUM-DUM... YOU'RE A SMART-SMART!}

{YOU MAKE ME LAFFY-TAFFY!}

{TASTE THE RAINBOW!}

{TWIZZLERS!}

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED! ... I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE PICTURES COMING YOUR WAY! (; AND OH- I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SUPER LAME CAPTIONS! HAHA(;

-SOPHIE

(:

Some pictures...

Here are a few pictures I took and edited today! I love editing pictures and I use a website called PICNIK. It's free, super easy, fun, and you don't really need to have any computer skills to use it!! (; Enjoy...

I hope you enjoyed! 

-Sophie

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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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