8 Pioneer Woman Recipes cooked in 6 days~
My Insane tactics for a Giveaway is nearly at its end!!
Click HERE to enter for a signed copy of one of these!!
after you read my post of course!!
Only 14 hours and 2 recipes to go!!
(ending 2 hours early folks! sorry but I am whipped!)
10 pm tonight I NEED to lay this madness to rest..
and start putting your names in the hat!
ok ~ so I might put them in the hat early if you have entered already!
but those of you who are new, visiting or late bloomers… still have until 10 pm!!
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Yesterday was crazy busy ~ as will today be ~
My little lady ~ Abby is the speaker at Girl Scouts this week!
Pet Care planning has been taking place all week! =)
What was I thinking?! ending a Giveaway on the same day
I thrive on deadlines and madness!
anyway ~ last night I made these ~ because I said I would make one recipe a day! =)
scones are easy enough right?!~
Like I said ~ last night ~ end of a tiring day ~ what was I thinking?!
Mixed the dry ingredients~
Mixed the wet ingredients ~
Poured the wet into the dry ~ stirring ~
WAIT!!
I forgot to blend the dry ingredients into the butter!!! NO!!
So I did what any respectable woman would do in a baking crisis …
Yep! I pulled out the cheese grater!
the “dough” was stiff
I could not blend the butter in with my trusty pastry blender
I tried! =)
I needed to make the butter small…
like the little balls you get while using your pastry blender when you do it correctly!
Magic!
Brilliant!
but the pastry blender did not do the trick even with grated butter!
the dough was tough !
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
no worries…
off go the wedding rings…
in go the hands!
Worked like a charm with that cheese grated butter!
The dough turned out lovely ! Looks perfect doesn’t it?!
but will it taste ok!?? gulp!
I added raw sugar to the top to “help” the taste.. just in case!
They looked good when they came out of the oven…
resist temptation ~ don’t taste until they cool and have icing!!!
maybe I didn’t resist ~ Maybe it was FEAR!
put kids to bed ..
make yummy maple coffee flavored icing…
Taste…
YUM! …
I may have Said really loud
“I LOVE THE PIONEER WOMAN”
at which time my husband comes to taste the sugary goodness!
Success!
the hubby thinks they were a little dry …
but my picky eaters loved them!!
anyone want to try one and tell me the truth?!!
whew!
feeling proud of my panic stricken cheese grated butter moment! =)
I might try that when making the vanilla bean scones again…
have you found those on her website?
www.thepioneerwoman.com
to die for!! yum!
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OK ~ So ~ This week I have cooked:
Page 58 ~ Marmalade Muffins (w/ blueberries)
Page 76 ~ Edna Mae’s Sour Cream Pancakes (oh my word)
Page 96 ~ Macaroni and Cheese
Page 128 ~ the Perfect Pie Crust
Page 126 ~ Chicken Pot Pie
Page 212 ~ Blackberry Cobbler (yum)
Page 120 ~ Perfect Pot Roast (heavenly)
Page 68 ~ Maple Pecan Scones (tasty!)
Today I hope to make the Angel Sugar Cookies again ~ made those the day of the book signing ~ the BEST darn sugar cookie you could ever EVER eat! =) We are going to try ~ TRY to cut them into BONE shaped cookies for the snack on Pet Care day at Girl Scouts tomorrow!! =)
I might even make those yummy lookin Comfort Meatballs… because folks… I need comfort food one more day before I go on a salad only diet next week!!
I love love LOVE PW cooking ~
but a girl has to watch her butter intake when she has high cholesterol! =)
Must go walk the pooch ~ the naughty cat chasing, monkey pot holder eating Dog of mine ~ before my busy day starts racing! a tired puppy is a good puppy!! =) so I keep saying… one day it might come true!!
yes ~ he is actually howling at her ~ poor kitty ~
after he chased her, pinned her to the ground and tried to eat her!
CatchasingMonkeyPotHolderEatingNaughtyPuppy!
who me?
uh-oh! Gotta go!
Come back you…
Couchcirlingmonkeypotholdereatingnaughtypuppy!
Mine ~ no Mine ~ NO MINE !!
May 5th, 2010 saat: 9:18 am
I see it is difficult to be angry with such a CUTE, naughty puppy…we must take pictures while scolding…tsk, tsk! 😉 I have the same problem with my Angel. Darn, cute, naughty puppies. You gotta love ’em. That’s why God made them so cute…to save them from a harsh whippin’. 😉
Still counting on winning that cookbook, Jenn! C’mon…pull through for me, now! 🙂
May 5th, 2010 saat: 11:51 am
Oh, what I wouldn’t give for one of those scones right now.
May 5th, 2010 saat: 12:23 pm
The scones sound delicious and I wouldn’t even complain about dryness!
I hope the bone cookies come out ok!
May 5th, 2010 saat: 1:59 pm
🙂 Glad you’re enjoying her cookbook. I sure have… I’ve made SO MANY things out of it, and loved them all. 🙂
May 5th, 2010 saat: 2:08 pm
too funny!! i sure hope Clyde isn’t a chewer…yikes! or a howler…double yikes!! i want to make those angel cookies too…yum-o!
May 5th, 2010 saat: 2:10 pm
O.M.G. Those look amazing and oh so yummy! You have made me crave her stuff all week long!
May 5th, 2010 saat: 2:29 pm
Pick me! Pick me!
Fast thinking with the butter…..they look delicious and I bet they were.
May 5th, 2010 saat: 3:33 pm
Very impressive…I think I thrive on deadlines too!
May 6th, 2010 saat: 6:12 am
Okay I love you because I’m also afraid of cooking red meat… this comment is for two posts in case you didn’t get that… cause I’m a loser in blog land until homeschooling is done! (how many more weeks is that????) Ahem.
I think we (we is used in it’s loosest sense of the word here) need to make the prune cake. I can’t wrap my brain around it, but I fully trust you to tell me if it’s as good as she promises it to be.
I mean… since you obviously don’t have anything else going on in your life and all… (snicker)
May 6th, 2010 saat: 9:49 am
Look at you!! It’s like you ARE the PW! 🙂
Those look YUMMY by the way. Glad you are enjoying the cookbook, I really really hope I can enjoy it too, ahem… 😉
May 6th, 2010 saat: 1:57 pm
Jenn, I’m not able to locate your email address from your comment/message. Maybe I’m not smart enough… 😉 If you want to email me at randy-alison-h@juno.com I will send you my address. I definitely don’t wanna miss my prize!!! Hugs, Alison
May 6th, 2010 saat: 6:15 pm
Great idea with the cheese-grated butter! I really want to try these. Couldn’t you just die for that Maple coffe icing? I was very afraid of it, but O. M. G. I may have eaten some by the spoonful. 😉