whack attackin

cookies i shall bake

i believe one of my upcoming experiments will be matcha cookies. something along the lines of this:

matcha cookies

Green Tea Sweets

Ingredients

Yield (2” leaf shape): Approx 25
3/4 cup (2.25 oz) Confectioners sugar
5 oz Unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1 3/4 cup (8.5 oz) All-purpose flour
3 Large egg yolks
1.5 TBS Matcha (powdered green tea)
1 cup Granulated sugar (for coating)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Whisk the confectioner’s sugar and green tea together in a bowl.
Add the butter and green tea/sugar mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until smooth and light in color.
Add the flour and mix until well combined.
Add the egg yolks and mix just until the eggs are fully incorporated and a mass forms.
Form the dough into a disk and chill in the refrigerator until firm (about 30 minutes).
Roll the dough out to ½” thickness.
Cut the dough with a leaf cookie cutter.
Toss each cut cookie in a bowl of granulated sugar to coat.
Place the sugar-coated cookie on a parchment lined pan. Bake at 350F for 12-15 minutes, or until slightly golden around the edges.

Taken from this site: http://matcha-greentea.com/

Above are things I want to buy but probably won’t. Below is a nonsensical life update.

Here’s some of my latest fav tunes right now:

Airplanes by Local Natives: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzdFfBk

Spanish Sahara by Foals: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzd3i9Q

Crystalfilm by Little Dragon: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzfIIws also great by them: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzfII_M and http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzfIIhg

The songs that hold my mood lately: We’re Just Friends by Wilco: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzdMTGA and I know It’s Over by the Smiths: http://rd.io/x/QVyBLzcanU0

On the still slightly pessimistic side..(failed pivot) it’s my birthday Sunday and I don’t want to do anything at all. Every time someone asks me I cringe. No, it has nothing to do with getting older. I don’t care about that. I ..just.. don’t… wanna..

If anyone has any good recommendations on where to get a bike I’d love to hear about it. I want to spend well under $1000. I want it to be cute but practical. No, I do not need a fixie. Yes, I will need a helmet. Possibly knee and elbow pads as well if how often I fall down while walking is any indicator of how often I’ll crash on a bike.. let’s hope not.

Tis all. My blogs never have a point.

I had not seen most of the pictures prior to today. I love baby pictures.. anyone’s baby pictures. I’ve never had a “baby book” or lots of pictures of myself and my mom when I was little.

brittany murphy is my kindred spirit of pout.

She is of course prettier and her picture is much much better. But I made a parody.. a few really but I’ll one as my default.

Brittany Murphy knew what was up.