Scones. And a little bit of Green.

First time making scones. Ever.
These were coconut scones, and coconut = YUM.

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I think they turned out alright. Of course, the only scone I've had was a dried out cinnamon scone from a Starbucks in the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport....at about one in the morning. Probably not the freshest example. But it had decent flavor.

These....had not a whole lot of flavor. The coconut that went into it, sweetened shredded coconut and coconut milk, gave only the sightest hint of flavor. They ended up tasting like sweetened cooked flour.

Still look good though! =P

Next time, I'll have to add some coconut extract...or go with a different flavor.

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Some greenery from my bedroom window. Most are succulents.


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Some baby Baby Jade. They're so tiny!! These have been growing from a fallen leaf of my more mature plant for probably six months.


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Golden Pagodas.


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More jade, two separate plants. Then these last three are an Umbrella plant I adopted from Lowe's. It has such glossy bright green leaves...lovely. :)

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~ Wednesday, April 22, 2009 0 comments

Adventures in Baking, part 2

Part 2, sort of.... I didn't actually bake the angel food cake from my previous post...

Hmmm....



COOKIES!



So, I've had this Cookies cookbook since a little before this past Christmas, but hadn't tried out any of the recipes, though I've kept my eye on one for Ginger-Lemon Cookies.

Today, time for baking. :)

(photos are clickable thumbnails, click for larger view. I'm so loving the macro feature on my digital camera <3)
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Ginger-Lemon Cookies. They are most excellent. One of my favorite flavor & scent combinations, how could they not be good?




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Mocha-Cinnamon Chocolate Chip cookies. Pretty good. I think I put in a little too much cinnamon. But they're still quite tasty...my dad keeps stealing some....so they must be. ;)

~ Monday, April 20, 2009 2 comments

Muscari, Daffodils, & Cake

Some spring flowers!


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Muscari, Blue Magic


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Daffodils

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I've been itching to cook some of the recipes I've put into a notebook, planning on a big Sunday dinner.

Didn't happen.

I did however make a cake. =)

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Recipe courtesy of Kraft Foods.

YUM

~ Sunday, April 19, 2009 2 comments