Real life.
You know what boys really like? Besides soft, flowery-scented hair and phone apps and Michael Bay movies?
You know what boys really like? Besides soft, flowery-scented hair and phone apps and Michael Bay movies?
Chocolate chip cookies. Snickerdoodles. Peanut butter oatmeal cookies. Rice Krispie treats. Brownies. Banana bread. Anything with M&Ms.
Simple. Classic. The kind of baked goods they've grown up with. Don't fight it.
2. Side note? Those are my three most boy-requested cookies. Sometimes I rebel. My boyfriend asked for "those peanut butter oatmeal graham cracker thingies" and I made them with homemade brown sugar and bite-size Reese's peanut butter cups.
And then I froze them. And ate them. And eventually got around to giving him one or two.
... I'm just a sparkling awesome girlfriend like that.
The point is... find a boy. Make him these cookies. Expect diamonds. Kisses. Flowers? At least a high-five.
3. Confession: I haven't baked anything in a hundred years.
Okay, two weeks. Two & a half weeks. Since these chocolate cauldron cupcakes. I've made scrambled eggs. Can I post that? No? Well then... this just got awkward.
Real life is happening. I've been visiting my boyfriend, interviewing for a job, eating vanilla bean scones everyday for breakfast and wondering why my pants don't fit. I've seen Harry Potter three times (four, by the time you've read this). I finally organized my baking things, scrubbed the frosting off my camera and put away my tripod for the first time in four months. Instead of baking and photo-ing and editing and posting, I'm finally reading Pioneer Woman's book (do this.), catching up on Pretty Little Liars (what? Yeah, I said it.), and getting back into the groove of eating salads and strawberries for lunch instead of frappuccinos and frozen cupcakes.
In other words... I've been taking a bakecation. Baking was getting stressful & my pants were getting tighter & I just needed some time to, you know, losetwenty ten pounds, read a book, breathe, see Harry Potter four times, paint my toenails sparkly pink, and get back to that place where baking was fun... something I wanted to do, not something I "had" to do because I have nothing to post this week except scrambled eggs.
But I'm starting to dream about banana bread and brownies so I think it's safe to say that my bakecation's almost over.
Hope you're all having a happy summer!
And then I froze them. And ate them. And eventually got around to giving him one or two.
... I'm just a sparkling awesome girlfriend like that.
The point is... find a boy. Make him these cookies. Expect diamonds. Kisses. Flowers? At least a high-five.
Okay, two weeks. Two & a half weeks. Since these chocolate cauldron cupcakes. I've made scrambled eggs. Can I post that? No? Well then... this just got awkward.
Real life is happening. I've been visiting my boyfriend, interviewing for a job, eating vanilla bean scones everyday for breakfast and wondering why my pants don't fit. I've seen Harry Potter three times (four, by the time you've read this). I finally organized my baking things, scrubbed the frosting off my camera and put away my tripod for the first time in four months. Instead of baking and photo-ing and editing and posting, I'm finally reading Pioneer Woman's book (do this.), catching up on Pretty Little Liars (what? Yeah, I said it.), and getting back into the groove of eating salads and strawberries for lunch instead of frappuccinos and frozen cupcakes.
In other words... I've been taking a bakecation. Baking was getting stressful & my pants were getting tighter & I just needed some time to, you know, lose
But I'm starting to dream about banana bread and brownies so I think it's safe to say that my bakecation's almost over.
Hope you're all having a happy summer!
