Intergalactic Steven King of The Universe

Even though I have two left feet I am "Dancing With Myself" as the brilliance of the planet's most amazing genius eludes me...
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Me Me Me Me!

 

 

Please check out my Favorite Blog, The Divining Wand! http://thediviningwand.com/2011/01/dee-detarsio-and-the-scent-of-jade/

Sweet...

 

 

A new type of chick-lit...Thank you, Wise Words! http://bit.ly/hfOsyD

Please Don't Say Anything...

I embrace the digital revolution. Honest. I love my kindle; we've been to third base. (Short story: Red wine, malted milkballs, not enough hands.) I discovered I also love my new Droid phone, even though it's just like a cat, thinking it's all superior, playing hard to get--doing nothing whatsoever to gain my affection. (But when it got sick, I was paralyzed with fear--life just wouldn't be the same without it.)

My husband doesn't know it yet, but I renewed our newspaper subscription. I imagine he's going to catch on pretty soon. I couldn't help it. It's just no fun sitting a mug of coffee on my laptop, or doodling on it with a sharpie. Wearing an iPad hat isn't the same, either. And the only window washing activity would come from Googling a service to do it. Hey, now...

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99 Bottles o' Beer On The Wall...

99 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around...

Ginger Krinkles!

I love recipes: reading recipes, collecting recipes, dreaming about making recipes. I leave it to the pros, however, and live vicariously through delicious blogs like http://pardonmycrumbs.blogspot.com, http://acakebakesinbrooklyn.blogspot.com and http://slysmisenplace.blogspot.com.

I was sitting around OD-ing on FaLaLaLa Lifetime TV, hopped up on espresso and squinching back tears, when I met the character for a holiday story I'm now writing--Ginger Krinkles. More research was needed.

















I dug out the brown sugar-stained recipe card my mom typed out on an old Olivetti typewriter hundreds of batches ago, and started baking. I love making Ginger Krinkles almost as much as eating them! Almost.

2/3 Cup vegetable oil           2 tsp. baking soda
1 Cup granulated sugar        1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg                                    1 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tablespoons Molasses      1 tsp. ginger
2 Cups flour                         -additional 1/2 cup granulated sugar for dipping

Mix oil and sugar, add egg and beat. Stir in molasses. Sift dry ingredients together and add to mixture. Drop spoonful of dough into sugar and form balls. Bake at 350 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes.

Enjoy!