Thanksgiving, Cookie Dough, &Emma Stone ( I wrote this on Thanksgiving, just a wee slow at posting....)

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving all you lovely people! I'm back home and I'm ecstatic to spend time with my family and to, of course, to eat the many delicious things that have been prepared.  I love cooking, baking and tasting what other people make so the fact that Thanksgiving lets me do that in the company of amazing people is beyond fabulous.


Tuesday I headed to a nearby city to a "weird and possibly offensive Thanksgiving"  I was invited about a month ago as the result of a chance meeting at a Barnes & Noble with a fabulous person from English Club (I am a word nerd, so sue me)  and their roommate.  As soon as she said weird and  possibly offensive, I was immediately excited and willing to whatever it took to make it.  That turned out to be making potatoes.  Psh. done.  And as  a bonus, we were encouraged to come costumed as Thanksgiving themed things.  Dressing up=YES.  Seriously.  Halloween is my favorite holiday, though veryveryvery closely followed by Thanksgiving.  So combining the dress-up portion of Halloweeen with the deliciousness and togetherness of Thanksgiving makes this girl extreeeeeeeeemely happy.  So upon arrival, I was greeted by, "Hi glad you made it! Do you want your face painted?!" These are my kind of people. I met many a fabulous people and it sounds like Christmas may be a repeat of the dressup-weird-and-offensive-theme.  Cannot wait.



Also last week for an ugly sweater party(also one of my favorite things) and a Thanksgiving  bonding event for a campus club, I made some Eggless, Edible Holiday Sugar Cookie Dough Balls.  Yes you read that correctly.  In fact let me state that again, just to make it real for you, EGGLESS HOLIDAY SUGAR COOKIE DOUGH BALLS TO SHOVE IN YOUR MOUTH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.  Yep that sounds right, especially since I had no evidence of said goodies by the time I returned home that night.

 
As a result of that self explanatory possible, many have asked for the recipe so I figured a blog was a appropriate place to post it!  I got the general frame work from both HERE and HERE(this one will make a little more) and then modified it to suit my tastes/needs.  The "holiday" part comes from me wanting to make something a little more exciting than just plain old sugar cookie dough balls, and the cookie dough balls instead of cookies came from the lack of eggs aaaaaaand lacking the funds to buy them.  Yes, I am lacking the moneys to buy eggs #collegelife.
But without further ado, here is the main focus of this post (seriously, let's be honest.)

Holiday Cookie Dough Heaven

For more: (adapted from the Cupcake Project)

1&1/3 c. all-purpose flour

2/3 c. French Vanilla Cappucino/Creamer powder (I used Maxwell House)

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 c. white sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 c. milk or water (add as needed)

Pumpkin Spice ( I just dumped to taste...) OR Ground cinnamon and allspice with just a dash or 2 of ginger.  (more cinnamon than allspice).  This was another ingredient  I kind of dumped to my digression...whoops

For not at much (but still a good amount)...(adapted from Polish the Stars)

• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 1/4 c, granulated sugar
• 3/4 c.  brown sugar
• 1 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. French Vanilla Cappuccino/Creamer powder (I used Maxwell House)
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1-2 Tbsp. water/milk (add as needed)
• Pumpkin Spice ( I just dumped to taste...) OR Ground cinnamon and allspice with just a dash or 2 of ginger.  (more cinnamon than allspice) . This was another ingredient I kind of dumped to my digression...whoops....

"Baking:" 

Cream the sugar and butter together.  Then add the vanilla, seasonings and flour. Mix until cookie dough consistency, adding the milk/water as needed. Next, eat directly from the spatula  roll into balls to 

a) Serve and share

 b) Have an eating contest with yourself, or 

c) store in the fridge for a few weeks, or a few months in the freezer

Also sorry-not-sorry for 2 Emma Stone Gifs



Photo credits

Kirby 
Emma Stone
Emma Stone 2
Chris Hemsworth is not sorry

Childhood: Ruined. And also, Thank Youuuuuu

First and foremost, thank you!  I'm pretty sure a friend I was with recently thought I went crazy when I started jumping up and down with a joyful OHMYGOODNESS as I saw my blog had reached over a thousand views.

^^^Alan Rickman's/Snape's reaction=pretty close to that of friend who witnessed my outburst.

Maybe it's not a big deal to anyone else, but to me it was pretty amazing.  So thankthankthankthankyou.  I'll post a treat of sorts at the end.  I need to time to think of something suitable for such amazing people.  (Also on an unrelated note, I think the volume of my computer is possessed as it randomly will get louder.....)

I am a nineties child and dang proud of it. I religiously and shamelessly jam to The Spice Girls, Backstreet, and N*Sync , I feel nostalgic when I see  a cassette tape or Walkman, and I am still a bit attached to CDs over digital music.  Also Pokemon. (The original 150. Please.)  I was obsessed  Again, no shame.  Seriously though,  in second grade, I would write my name on my papers as "Ashley/Misty Andrews"  (I tried to get away with just writing "Misty" on my paper once but at that point my teacher didn't find my identity crisis cute anymore.)  My "Student of the Week" picture was taken on a day when I was wearing my "Misty" outfit (yellow Tshirt with coveralls.)  I had a bit of a problem. Obviously.

                             Alright adult content past this point; You have been warned
I was attempting to be productive on a Saturday.  Yes, reread that a few times.  I had every intention of being productive in the a.m. but yeahhhhh one phone call with mother to vent/cry about life (it's been a reeeeeeal long week; don't judge me), which led to us shopping online together over the phone, meant that two hours later I decided I should probably stop eating things and do SOMETHING.

By this point, Linda and Alfred had arrived home.  They said hello and disappeared into Alfred's room and turn on the TV.  And then the noises start.  AHHHHH One Republic save meeeeeeeeeeee.  Now if this isn't bad enough on its own-which it is- I catch a snippet of the show that's playing in the background.  It's Pokemon.  THEY ARE WATCHING POKEMON RERUNS WHILE GETTING DOWN N' DIRTY, HOT N' HEAVY, DOING THE NASTY etc.
That is all levels of wrong and disturbing.  Just....Just....NO!  My childhood has been forever tainted.  I'm not sure how to move on.  This week has been rough as it is and now all cutesy Pokemon nostalgia and the guilty pleasure of playing it once in a while is just....dirtied. Soiled.  I feel so wronged.

And treat, as promised: A few of them because ya'll deserve it!

How Frozen Should Have Ended
Adam Levine Impressions
Boy Band Parody Because bahaha and 90s

Photo Credits
dancing dumbledore
The original crew
watson
She's the Man

Wake up!

I'm still alive! Just reassuring-or disappointing?- anyone who had a twinge of doubt.

Anyone here THAT person? You know, the one whose alarm goes of at 6:03buttcrackofdawn a.m. and the eyeballs instantly pop open out of sheer pure excitement at this beautiful, glorious day, and instantly spring from the confines of your blankety prison that was holding you back?


Orrrrr are you like me, with less than 8 hours of sleep where your snooze button is that sneaky voice of a frenemy who tells you that one more time wouldn't hurt.  Curse you frenemy.




So my friends, I have compiled a list of tried and true techniques that I, yours truly, have experienced, unintentionally solely for your benefit and entertainment.  You are welcome

1.) Drink at least 16oz. of water approximately four hours before you have to wake up.  Your bladder becomes bff's with your alarm clock as they both have the shared ambition of getting you out of bed.

2.) Have a roommate who cooks for his girlfriend at 5am and the tantalizing smells of bacon arouse you from your slumber, only to drop you into a pit of sadness when your consciousness realizes it's not for you....and you will encounter a kitchen in shambles and manymanymany dirty dishes.



3.) Said roommate could also have a cat who will relentlessly go into heat (this is now the 4th time in 3 weeks....) and find it of utmost importance to scratch and mew at your door because you two ARE OBVIOUSLY BFFS FOR LIFE.

4.)  Fall out of your bed, but in such a fashion that you AND the bed flailing to the floor....
....Yes this happened. You see, I have a twin box spring and mattress in my humble little closet with windows.  However, said bed is extraordinarily uncomfortable.  So, I tried to remedy the situation by placing my other mattress, the one I slept on for the first month of my adventure, on top said rock of a bed.  Now this second mattress is the complete and utter opposite composition the box spring and mattress.  It is suuuuupppper squishy, so much to the point that if you sit or lean on one spot, that crater or dent will disrupt your sleep for the next two days.  This mattress also does not like sitting still on top the other two so it's a bit like sleeping on a squishy, uneven, sled.
  Last week whilst reaching for my alarm, the momentum of my arm swing down to alongside my bed, both my bed and I were sent sailing and sliding and flailing to the floor. I'm pretty sure Alfred was concerned why there hysterical laughter coming from my room at 6:30 a.m.
 This is beyond a doubt the most effective and entertaining way to wake up.
I highly recommend it.


Anna
Dumbledore
bed
unfair!