say whaaaaaat?
yeah, i dont know either. i mean, my boss is actually working a sunday, and probably will be from here out for a while because hes going back to school. but really. maybe he broke or something. i dont know. all i know is i have a day off.....TWO in a row, tomorrow too! how bout that?
im sitting here in my pajamas all day, eating muffins and popcorn, and its awesome. i mean, i guess i put pants on for a couple hours to go out and grab stuff for dinner, but whos counting?
oh yeah, i suppose i should get to those cookies. my most favoritest of favorite cookies. i always forget how much i like them until i start eating them. lucky for me, i have stupid unheard of amounts of self control so i dont eat the whole dozen in one sitting. i totally could if i wanted to.
halfmoons, or as some may know them, black and white cookies. im not sure what parts call them what, but i know in my home area, they are halfmoons. there is a bakery in utica.....actually, a couple of them....that have pretty good ones. hemstroughs mass produces them and sends them out (i have seen them at some gas stations, and whole boxes of them at walmart), and holland farms who makes them as big as your face. that would probably be the other exception to my "everything mini is better" rule. i could eat them all day long. enough about my sick obsession with halfmoons though. lets get on with it.
GET ON WITH IT!
(as printed from a really old newspaper article)
also- this is a half recipe, since i made a small batch this time. yield about 16-18 cookies
1 3/4 c all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 c (one stick) of butter, softened
3/4 c sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp almond extract (optional)
1/2 c sour milk/buttermilk (add a couple tsp of vinegar or lemon juice to milk and let it set about 5-10 min if you dont have buttermilk)
are you ready?!
grab all of your dry ingredients and put em in a bowl, whisk that s#*t together real good.
cream the butter and sugar together til its good and fluffy- do it like you mean it!!
add the egg and mix it the f*^k up some more!
next?! grab your extracts and pour them b*tches in there!
now get your dry stuff and alternate it with the milk and stir that up til its awesome and smooth!
DONT EVEN THINK about throwing that s#*t in the oven yet.....fridge that b*tch for a couple hours!
then, scoop it out, blast those f*ckers with heat vision to make the most bad ass cookies youve ever made!!
i mean......bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes. they will just be golden on the edges, and should be puffy in the middle. nice and tall, like little cookie pillows.
oh, you probably need frosting to give them their trademark characteristic, right? my favorite is real frosting, but some places ice them with like a glaze. somehow. so heres my basic frosting, or at least what i used this time:
1/2 c butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 c powdered sugar
~1 tbsp milk (as needed)
~1/4-1/2c cocoa powder
beat the butter with the vanilla, and then gradually add the powdered sugar. add the milk to thin it out. once thats done, divide it in half and add the cocoa powder to half of it. you can do more or less depending on how chocolate you want it. i wanted really chocolate this time, so i opted for a little more. frost each cookie with half vanilla and half chocolate.
also, im sure you noticed, this is what i named my blog after. it actually started before the blog, i did a project in college to create a restaurant from the ground up. i decided then that i liked "halfmoon bakery" for a name, which of course, would sell halfmoons and other treats. i dont really know many places that actually sell or make them, so it would be something unique. i say that considering that when i leave new york, i pretty much cant find them anywhere. when i do, i totally buy them if they arent pre packaged or anything.
BUT....
i also just ordered my bobbin case so i can (might?) be able to use my sewing machine......finally!
that was something else i wanted to do today, but so far i managed to make dinner, juice some fruits and veggies, make popcorn, make muffins from juice pulp, clean and put away dishes....yep. side tracked by a million other things. oh, my blog, too!
there is still time left in the day though, and another day off tomorrow, although i have some family matters to attend to in the evening. my aunt passed away on thursday. my family relationships have been a kind of cluster fuck for the last couple years, but things seem to be turning around, so i want to try to make it out to see everyone, despite the situation. it really sucks. i am always confused on what to think, even though i didnt really have much to do with anything. things just happened and i got lumped into it somehow.
anyway.....i have been waiting a while to put my old tshirts (and a couple of rons) to good use with this nifty idea that i found on pinterest. i have all these shirts, and after a while the arm pits get kind of gross (sorry....tmi?) or i have lots of other shirts so i dont wear them as much anymore. what an awesome way to keep them, AND to keep warm! i love blankets. so this is super awesome.
its also really big. or maybe my apartment is really small? or both. i think i grabbed a twin size batting layer, or maybe a full, i dont really remember (pretty sure its twin though, because it wont fit over the bed). anyway, yes, there is a lot of white around it, but i am also going to use the shirt scraps to make a border, and in the end i may cut a few inches off the bottom. we'll see. i am excited to finally start it. january may be about over, but february is coming up and it usually gets really cold, so yeah blankets.
this was the reason i had to put pants on. (sounds absolutely terrible, right?) i went out to trader joes to get some peppers to make stuffed peppers! i havent had them in a long time, and we were talking about them one night. of course, i dont eat the actual pepper....stupid picky eater i am- but i dont mind that it flavors the filling. usually someone will eat the pepper i leave behind.
oh, i have to prep some potatoes for the side, too. i'll get to that though.
i juiced it though.
(side tracked again.)
i juiced a bunch of things for ron. i even kept the top to a pineapple....im gonna try to grow it. i guess it takes a couple years to actually produce fruit, but it will be kind of cool if it does. we'll see how that goes.
yet another thing that i probably wont take part in. i will make the juice, but i wont drink it. ive tried sips here and there, but the carrots and stems make everything taste like dirt. i think the only one ive liked so far (to consider a small serving- not to chug a gallon) is cucumbers, oranges, apples, and i think there was some spinach in there. it was like 90% oranges and apples though, so you only got a hint of the spinach and cukes. i am so weird about food. i cant help it.
so after i juiced a pile of produce, i looked into some pulp recipes. he had mentioned before, some juicer pulp crackers, but apparently the oven has to be on for like 12 hours. either that, or you invest in a dehydrator. NOPE. no money. moving on, there are also recipes out there for juicer pulp muffins and bread.
experimentation day! the batter looked a little interesting. i tried to pull out some pulp from the carrots, the oranges and pineapple. there is totally some spinach in there too. if it wasnt for the stuffed peppers cooking all day, they would smell pretty good. they have cinnamon and spices in them (i added a little ginger and allspice). there is no sugar, but maple syrup. i am still debating on trying one. like i said, they smell good. the oranges and pineapples will probably make them taste okay. we'll see how im feeling about them later. maybe its the peppers throwing me off.
in the meantime, ill stick to blueberry muffins.
these assholes here.....they have been torturing me lately. ever since fridge kitty passed, they have been more....active. especially at night and first thing in the morning, when i have little to no patience or tolerance of any kind.
i should be waking their asses up every time i see them sleeping during the day.
fuckers.
i suppose i will post about my mini cheesecakes next time. it will give me something to write about in case i dont get anything done in the next couple of days. i also may post on thursday since i am working a double on wednesday. now that i am back to 32 hours or so a week at one job, i will have to take what i can get from the other. i have to do what i can to make ends meet.
i am hoping things will turn around. i feel like i say that a lot, but seriously, things get better one day, and the next day its right back to where i started. it makes me a little sad. i start thinking about things, and wonder to myself if i am still good enough for anything, either at work or at home. if i can still make people happy. i get nervous after all that ive been through. BUT...new me keeps saying to look up and think of all the good things we have now. it helps. there are still more good things than bad for now, but sometimes i just need a hug. maybe a little surprise here and there to get a smile.
speaking of surprises, i was told to take valentines weekend off. i keep thinking about it, and ive been wondering if maybe i will get some sort of surprise. i kind of hope so. ♥
alright, enough of my mindless babbles. i have to make some potatoes of some sort. that is, if the real ones are still good, im going to make these baked potato slices...kind of. not like a baked potato, but you skin them, cut them into thin slices, toss them in olive oil and seasonings, and bake them. almost like chips, but not. if that doesnt work out....mashed potatoes. yep.
have a good week! thanks for reading!
(and come back for cheesecake!) ☺
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