Apple Spice Cookies!

I made these guys last night... Super yummy!!! 

They weren't ooey-gooey like some cookies are, 

but they were more soft and cakey, making them sort of different. 

I loved them and I think everyone else did as well(:

1 c. AP flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. cloves

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 c. unsalted butter

1/2 c. sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce 

{I used some delicious homemade stuff my mom made!}

1/2 c. raisins 

{I used craisins as well as some walnuts.}

1. Heat oven to 375ºF

2. Sift flour, salt, and spices together.

3. Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla extract.

4. Stir baking soda into applesauce and combine with creamed mixture.

5. Gradually mix in sifted dry ingredients, stir in nuts and raisins.

6. Drop by tablespoons full 2 or 3 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes or until done. 

Beauty Tips {Audrey Hepburn Style!}

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,  reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.

Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.


The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the  figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

. 

"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."

Psalm 139:14

I found this on a blog a couple days ago and thought it was super cute...(:

Hope you found it encouraging!

♥

What's new in my life?!...

Well... I just realized I don't post much about me and my life- basically just about crafts, baking, and pictures... Boring, I know, for the people who aren't into that kind of stuff!

So what's new with me? 

Not tons... Since this last week was MEA for all of my public-school friends, I went to the Mall of America on Thursday with one of my besetst friends in the whole wide world, Gracie! And then Thursday night, I had a quizzing party sort of a thing which was fun, but I was super tired from shopping all day... It takes a lot out of ya! (;

Friday, I went on a nature walk and out to lunch at Subway with my friend "Kenz", my family, and my aunt and cousins. It would have been a super awesome opportunity to take pictures, but as I pulled out the camera, I saw that the camera was on low battery. :P
That night, my friend slept over and we watched Tangled {MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVERRRRRRRRR!} and caught up in life! It was super fun! After a long day, we decided to go to bed at like 10:45... Not super late for a sleepover, especially for a Friday night, but we {I} were tired!

Saturday, we had to wake up at about 8 for a raking thing we were doing for church. We probably went to about 5 different houses. We had a lot of people on our "team" so for the smaller yards, we were in and out pretty quick! After raking, we went to lunch at Leann Chin {all you can eat CHINESE FOOD for $5! Yummmm!} and then dropped my friend off at her house. I had a little down time until I babysat 5 {yes 5} kids at 5:15... 

Babysitting was fun! Taking care of 5 kids, on your own, you'd think would get a little hectic, but it wasn't to bad! At bed time, it did get a little crazy, and after like 15 minutes of them being tucked in, the youngest came up and said he was cold. I think I ended up going down there and piling blankets on him and turning on the fireplace 5 times before he actually fell asleep!

They had a new iPad and I watched The Office {MY FAVORITE SHOW!} on Netflix until I heard footsteps... again. This time, he said he couldn't fall asleep! I told him to try again but he said "sleeping is really hard!" So after awhile of talking, I brought him back downstairs, and he FINALLY went to sleep!

... Mission accomplished(; 

I earned a lot of money that night, so yesterday I ordered... TOMS! I'm super excited! Hopefully they'll be here by next week or so. I've wanted them for over a year so I've been waiting long enough! The cool thing about TOMS is that for every pair you buy, they give a pair to a child in need somewhere in the world!

Also, on Wednesday, a couple of girls from my youth group and I are going to lead worship! I'm SUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!! 

Last year, we did it a few times, but we only had a guitar and our voices. This week, we're going to have a keyboard, an electric guitar, and our beautiful voices of course! 

SO that's what's new in my life!

How about you?!

Featured Friend! {Pie News}

Hi everyone! So I was just featured at Baker's Corner a couple days ago, but I was also given the chance to have another friend be featured HERE! I'm super excited! Pie {her screen-name} has been one of my bestest friends since FOREVER! I love her and her blog so much! Thanks so much for doing this Pie!

My blog is a place where I can relay thoughts and my life, my friend's lives, and my family's lives. It is a place where I express myself and tell about the activities I do, the people I love, and the things that make me, me. I started writing this blog because it was the only thing that I could think of to do since I am not allowed to be on twitter, facebook, or pintrist. I have come to love blogging and I think it was, and is, the better choice.

Who am I you might ask. Well, I am Pie. That is who you will know me as.

Here is the link to my blog: http://pie-news.blogspot.com/

Here is my blog button: 

I love to read, play, hang-out with friends, email, blog ☻, watch good movies, hang-out with family, go to ROCK, read the Bible (I am a christian), play outside, etc. I love life and value it. I also love to make these little faces and heart. ☺ ☻ ♥ :) :-) :P :D

One of my favorite Bible verses is: Romans 8:28 - "For ALL things work together for the good of those who love the Lord..."

Love You All,
-Pie ♥
Alright! Well thanks so much for doing this Pie {I keep having to stop myself from saying your real name!}!!When you get a chance, please check out her blog... It's awesome!(:I hope you all enjoyed this! 

Whatdya know? More pictures!

IT'S RANDOM PICTURE TIME!!!!!!

{Me and my friend Amanda at Stillwater's Homecoming game a few weeks ago... 

We got pretty dressed up in

our colors! Go Ponies!}

       {Me and Amanda... Again.}

{Me sipping my latte at a Caribou Up-North.}

{Dutchess!}

{Mikayla, Amanda, and me at a church "barn dance"...}

Pictures Part 1: Dutchess

Today, I decided to get out the camera because I haven't really in awhile... 

The reason I'm splitting it up in parts is because I took A LOT! 

...Some of my dogs {Duke and Dutchess] and some of outside because the sky 

looked so pretty since it's going to storm...

My dogs LOVE when I take pictures of them! When I get the camera out, and they see it,

they stop what they're doing to "pose"! It's so cute!(: 

Well! I hope you enjoy! 

{Next, I'll post some of my other doggy, and then some of the ones I took outside...}

P.S. None of these pictures are edited!

{I love this one! That's her "Baby"... It used to be mine when I was little

but when we got Dutchess, she found it and kept it for herself!}

{My favorite!}

Guest Post at "BAKER'S CORNER"!!!!!!

Hey guys! So I have some very exciting news! I am having my first guest post! YAY! I'm super excited to share this with you guys and all the readers from Baker's Corner...

{If you want to be featured on my blog, I would LOVE to have you and I would also love to be featured at any of yours... So let me know! Thanks! } 

♥

GUEST POST AT BAKER'S CORNER!

Hey everyone! I'm Sophie from {La Creativite De La Fille}! And I am SUPER-DUPER happy

that "Book Blogger" gave me the chance to post over here! I'm just going to let you know

ahead of time, this IS my very first guest post {and I am super excited!} so I

don't know if there's any "normal" way to do it... But oh well!(;

A little bit about me and the {many} things I enjoy...

 First of all, I love blogging! It gives me the opportunity

to share my creativeness with anyone who has the desire to read about it! In my spare time, I love baking, gettin' crafty, reading, journaling, running, and taking pictures. 

Random Things I Love:

Anything pink, sparkly, or fluffy,

Hello Kitty

Justin Bieber

Paris

 Diet Mountain Dew

 Pigs

Southern accents

Down comforters

Muffins

 Messy buns

 Comfy pants

and whatever these {} things are called!

A little bit about my "bloggy-blog" {that's what I call my blog...} 

"La Creativite De La Fille" is French for "The Girl's Creativeness"...

I love French stuff and I'm creative {so I'm told!} and that's the name I came up with!

I started my blog in April because my mom had a blog, and I loved the thought of being able

to design my own website and share all my ideas and things.

 I have taught myself pretty much everything that I know about all that

shmancy-pants HTML codes, blog templates, signatures, and stuff like that. 

Seeing a blog transform with things like that, gets me very excited!(:

On my blog, I share all my yummy recipes, baking experiences, crafty ideas,

and photography. So please stop by- I would love to have you as a follower! 

But before I leave, I thought I should probably share with you a recipe! These cookies

are some of my absolute favorite and my specialty. They actually won 4th place at our local County Fair this summer... Enjoy!

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!

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Alrighty! Well I think that just about sums it up! Thanks so much for having me Book Blogger and I hope you allenjoyed! If you have any questions or comments, I would love to hear from you!Thanks a bunch!(: