NUTTER BUTTER COOKIES

 

remember nutter butters?! those cute little peanut shaped cookies. these are a flour based peanut butter cookie as opposed to the classic three-ingredient peanut butter cookies. if baked correctly they produce a crisp outside, and soft inside. eat them plain, with peanut butter or sandwich your favourite jam in between them so you can yell "ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME".

ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter (i used kraft)
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter or jam to sandwich in between

directions:

  1. preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter, peanut butter, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. add egg and vanilla, until well incorporated.
  4. on low speed, sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  5. on a greased cookie sheet place balls of dough and squish with a fork to get the criss-cross design.
  6. bake for 8-10 minutes, and take out right before edges begin to brown.
  7. let cool and eat as they are or place a teaspoon of peanut butter/jam in the middle!

BUDDY HOLLY & JUSTIN JONES

this weekend i treated myself to something i have been pawning over for a while, a DSLR camera! i found a canon rebel for a great price on kijiji, so i figured what the hell. i have been wanting to work on my photography skills, especially when it comes to photographing food. i also recently purchased the book "plate to pixel", which taught me that a point & shoot camera was just not going to cut it. since getting the camera i have taken photos of just about anything i can... but mainly of my two favourite people: my dog, buddy holly (pomeranian/chihuahua ie. devil dog) and my boyfriend, justin. here are a few good shots i managed to take this weekend! cannot wait for my next food post & photo op:) xo

EAST+LIBERTY GENERAL STORE

SONORA WOOL  

HAWKEYE WOOL

JOURNEY WEST WOOL

with the start of modest marce's kitchen this month, i decided i would post a little throw back to the beginning of "east+liberty", my etsy shop! the thing i love most next to baking, is home decor and design. here are a few photos of the "work shop" where me and my mom spent all day and night cutting, sewing, and hand stitching pillow after pillow. i picked out a few of my favourite pendleton fabrics to create the pillows, cause i like pendleton a little too much [i have a blanket obsession].

but i have to say.. the best part of this night was when my mom decided it would be a great idea to make gnocchi from scratch [like any true italian mother would], because we didn't have enough work to accomplish!

all in all, it was a great first night to kick off the shop & hope for many more pillow-making-italian-feast nights like these:) check out the shop! hope you like it. xo

www.etsy.com/shop/eastplusliberty