OT: The Monkey Princess, all grown up
OK, I tried and failed, but I'll try again. Houzz is causing me all kinds of issues tonight. (sigh)
Some of the long time members remember when The Monkey Princess was born, and all the years she has spent in the kitchen with me, learning things from crepes to cupcakes. Now she's 15 and in high school, and on her way to the annual Snowcoming Dance with her cousin KayLynn. Check out those shoes!
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Comments (12)Welcome Rock oak Deer. They will do fine here if you ammend the soid very well. I have quite a few in the raised beds and they love it there. Put plenty of compost in there a little peat and a good bit of composted cow manure and you can grow anything in a raised mix like that. If the dirts really hard and clay I add a couple bags of potting soil and till it all in together and it nice a nice fluffy well draining soil. They can stay in the ground here and come back even better the next year.. My asiatics are all blooming now. Some are underneath the datura. I really have to thin those outs. They are hiding my other plants. The mystery bush is a cestrum elegans puple I am sure. after seeing the blooms the looked just like mine with light color outer petals...See MoreMonkey Princess makes pretzels
Comments (10)Sleevendog, I think she's decided that the dough was still a bit wet from the soaking, and so made the paper soggy, and when they hit the hot oven they stuck. I don't know, but I do think we would be better off just using a greased baking sheet. I told her that's why people try recipes first, so if something unexpected happens, you figure it out and fix it. Sometimes it takes more than once. She was fine with that, and happy to make more pretzels, and her brother enthusiastically agreed, as his job is eating them! We'll be trying gluten free soon, I think, since her mother is celiac and we're working on adapting favorite recipes. Dcarch, who is that second girl, she does resemble the Princess (or perhaps the Princess resembles her). Cathy, I think she's pretty amazing too, but she doesn't smile enough. She has one crooked front tooth and will need braces and she's starting to be self conscious about it. It's the age, I guess. party-music, when we're baking for "home", we don't really care if the results are pretty as long as they taste good, so it was still fine. It's just an excuse to bake some more, but I like it better when they come out perfect for her. I'm usually more disappointed than she is, she just sets about figuring out why it happened and how to keep it from happening again. Lars, pumpernickel pretzels sound really good, we'll have to try them too, thanks for the idea. It's way more fun baking with someone than baking by yourself, although somehow I always get the clean up duty. Hmmm..... Annie...See MoreThe Monkey Princess makes pasta and pies
Comments (13)Here is the recipe I used, Ellen. It came from Taste of Home and I used King Arthur Flour Baking Mix, not the flour, but the biscuit/baking kind of mix. Gluten Free Apple Pie Donuts Taste of Home 2 cups gluten-free biscuit/baking mix 3/4 cup sugar 1 package (1/4 ounce) quick-rise yeast 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup warm water (110° to 115°) 6 tablespoons butter, melted 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, room temperature 1 tablespoon vanilla extract GLAZE: 1 cup apple cider or juice 1 tablespoon butter, softened 2/3 to 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar Directions 1. In a large bowl, mix the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the water, butter, applesauce and vanilla until blended. Add to the dry ingredients; stir until blended. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. 2. Cut a small hole in the corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with batter. Pipe into a 6-cavity doughnut pan coated with cooking spray, filling cavities three-fourths full. 3. Bake at 325° for 11-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter. 4. For glaze, in a small saucepan, bring apple cider to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 3 tablespoons. Transfer to a small bowl; stir in butter until melted. Stir in enough confectioners' sugar to reach glaze consistency. Dip each doughnut halfway, allowing excess to drip off. Place on wire rack; let stand until set. Yield: 10 doughnuts. Annie...See MoreCookie Dough and the Monkey Princess
Comments (16)Tish, I'm betting that WOULD be good in ice cream, for those that like cookie dough ice cream. Now we're going to have to try that, you know. LindaC, she does look just like her mother. And Madi looks just like HER mother. It's kind of scary, I'm not sure the world is ready for duplicates of my girls, LOL. CC, how is that baby doing? And everyone else in the family? Linda, she's taller than me now, and going into 8th grade. It just doesn't seem right. She has a Pinterest account and her Dad checked her computer history and laughed, says all she does is look at Pinterest, clothes and recipes. (grin) Pam, she loves to cook, and I'm glad to help her, or have her help. We're working on Madi, she's coming along. Maci is like Bud, those two just want to be the tasters. I'll remember to save my share of the cookie dough for you! Annie...See More- 7 years ago
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Yes, she's grown up way too fast, plus she's 5'8", far taller than me, taller than her Mother and obviously taller than my Mother who is 4'8" (almost). I haven't talked to the girls this morning, but they are both good girls, good students, involved in school activities, and neither have boyfriends so they just went together. They go to different schools and it was Makayla's Snowcoming, so she even made a "promposal" to KayLynn, something connected with Gray's Anatomy that I didn't understand but the girls thought it was hysterical, LOL.
Dcarch, I'll help you find your walker, as soon as I find my glasses. Oddly enough, I need my glasses to FIND my glasses. (sigh)
Colleen, she still has the little kangaroo you sent her and Bud has the blue blanket.
FOAS, just wait, your turn is coming. BTW, I hope your DW is doing well, she's in my prayers daily.
Jasdip, you are thinking of Maci, and she's a force to be reckoned with. I can't even imagine her as a teenager. She was at my house a couple of days ago, Madi helped me bake bread and Maci protected their new shelter/rescue dog from my bad fat cat:
Madonna, it seems like not very long ago when you joined here, and I think I first "met" you on Harvest. It goes fast.
Laceyvail, I remember when her Mother was buying dresses, and it seems like just yesterday. Now, here we are.
Plllog, I am very lucky indeed...
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