Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints

Ingredients:

(cookies)

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup milk (any kind)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 tsp peppermint extract

coating

10-oz dark or semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter, room temperature

Directions:

(cookies)

1. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. With the mixer on low speed, add in the milk and the extracts. Mixture will look curdled. Gradually, add in the flour mixture until fully incorporated.
3. Shape dough into two logs, about 1 1/2 inches (or about 4 cm) in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1-2 hours, until dough is very firm.
4. Preheat oven to 375F.
5. Slice dough into rounds not more than 1/4 inch thick - if they are too thick, they will not be as crisp - and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Cookies will not spread very much, so you can put them quite close together.
6. Bake for 13-15 minutes, until cookies are firm at the edges. Cool cookies completely on a wire rack before dipping in chocolate.

coating

1. In a microwave safe bowl, combine chocolate and butter. Melt on high power in the microwave, stirring every 45-60 seconds, until chocolate is smooth. Chocolate should have a consistency somewhere between chocolate syrup and fudge for a thin coating.
2. Dip each cookie in melted chocolate, turn with a fork to coat, then transfer to a piece of parchment paper or wax paper to set up for at least 30 minutes, or until chocolate is cool and firm.
3. Reheat chocolate as needed to keep it smooth and easy to dip into.

via Story Teller

I want to see that new movie, "Adam"

so Kalyah and I discussed it...


Oh, and also:



And:


Don't forget:

and you guys, I'm in no way mocking fluffy dogs in backpacks, crafts for dummies, Andy Botwin, or the Aspergian community.

Kat Von D is the girl of my dreams

I had a dream that me and Patrick went to go see Kat Von D, and then we started hanging out. When I went to take a picture with her I just assumed I'd use Patrick's camera he had with him, but then Kat was like no let's use this camera, and pulled out this teeny weeny little DSLR. It was weird. Why was Patrick even invited?

I had done my eye makeup really whorish (with my Kat Von D Beethoven palette, presumably) and she noticed. We were all hanging out in one of those hippie rooms where there's no furniture just an excessive amount of rugs and pillows.

Confusing.

Starting the year off right

I'm obsessed with these things:

anteaters


making fun of Kalyah


Edith Piaf

I love molds.

The Spanx Diet

So my mom bought me some of them Spanx all the cool/fat kids are wearing.  I found it kind of insulting until she said she didn't mean it in a mean way, and told me about hearing about them on NPR.

And I have to say, they made a great addition to the Thanksgiving festivities. I have this really sweet Ralph Lauren Blue Label dress that I got at the outlet for like 10 dollars, and I'd always been hesitant to wear it because although I rock under-eye bags with relative ease, saddle bags are a different case. I probably just invented them in my mind, but every time I'd put that dress (a tightly-fitting one made to look like a long Rugby shirt) on I felt fat as shit, and imagined my hips to look extra-wide. 

So I thought I'd give the Spanx a try and they really delivered.

They make you look less fat and make your ass look nice.

And it's basically like a removable lap band around your stomach, so as long as you don't mind having to piss all the time, it's a great diet trick.

I would wear them all the time, but having some tight black shorts on underneath all your clothes would be quite obtrusive, and if I accidentally saw someone else sporting the look I'd think they had a medical condition or Bridget Jones-syndrome.

Oh shit I hope I don't have Bridget Jones-syndrome. What a whiny bitch. How can you smoke that much and be so fat?

So, Twilight....

...has totally grasped me into it's horribly written hold.