Supporting Handmade

A few times a month I like to browse Etsy and look for awesome handmade items to share with you.  Because my husband gets tired of me saying "Look at how cute this is.....".

Hope you enjoy!

Today's theme: Get in my kitchen!
1.  Polaroid Camera and Photo Cookie Cutters


2.  Yellow Wood "Eat" Sign


3.  Mid Century Vintage Kitchen Timer


4.  Colander Light


5.  Mixing Bowls


6.  Necklace

Lazy Cake Cookies

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Saw the Pin and tried it.

Just bought chocolate chips today at Costco and had the 3 other ingredients.

Super simple.

But I added 2-3 tablespoons of water to help thin out the batter a bit.

And only added 1-1/2 cups of chips (rather than 2 cups).

I used the same 13x9 glass pan, but did not spread the mixture out across the entire pan. Maybe used 10x9 of the pan.

Baked 20 min. Plus 10 min. Plus 5 min.

Perfect golden brown on top and cooked in the middle.

Try to be patient while waiting for the cookies to cool.

This is what mine looked like.

 

Sliced into 9 decent sized bars. Could easily make 12 bars, but come on, it's my family and we think bigger is better.

Yummy. More moist than a traditional cookie bar. Very, very sweet between the yellow cake flavor and all the chips.

One is enough!

Now it's your turn. Go find a pin and try it at home. Any pin.

Kool Aid Cookies

Happy Monday peoples.

First, a quick update for all those wondering what I did  yesterday. Lunch at the Olive Garden and  then playtime at Makutu's Island, an indoor playground. That's what the girls chose. And some relaxing time in the evening.

Now, on to new things.

Tried out a new recipe. Yep. I baked.

I have seen this recipe around a few places online, and decided it was time to try.

They were very pretty, with an interesting taste. Like a flavored sugar cookie. I'm thinking they would be better in a different flavor, like orange or lemon.

I definitely think you should give them a try. The hardest part is picking the flavor.

 

So here are the ingredients:

 

1 package (.17 oz) of Kool-Aid powder (the kind w/out the sugar added)

1 and 2/3 cup white sugar
1 and 1/4 cups softened butter (2 and 1/4 sticks)
2 large eggs, beaten (w/ a fork is fine)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 cups of all-purpose flour (pack it down when you measure it)
1/2 cup white sugar in a bowl

See how pretty they are! If you are a cookie dough taster, which I totally am, I have to warn you that the flavor is much stronger in the dough. The fruit punch taste is pretty mild once you bake the cookies.

This is the part where you roll the dough in the sugar.

 

Baked and cooling on the rack. Still pretty. And you know you have to eat all the broken ones. It's a baking rule!

Here they are posing for a picture. They photograph better when there are multiple flavors/colors stacked. Maybe another day.

 

So you have to let me know if you try these out. Hit. Or miss?

Happy Baking!