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Nestle Happy New School Year Party – Part 2

posted by cindylouh on October 15th, 2010 | Uncategorized |

We can't stop partying with Nestle.

Thanks to Nestle's  generosity we were able to donate over $350.00 worth of new books to a local school.

To say the teachers were thrilled was an understatement!

A big thank you to Nestle for supporting RIF, Reading Is Fundamental.

RIF provides free books to the nation's most needy children. RIF also  offers training and resources to parents and daycare providers, including access to free videos , information, and tips on making reading a fun part of their child's day. For more information please visit www.rif.org.

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Nestle Happy New School Year Party for RIF

posted by cindylouh on October 15th, 2010 | Uncategorized |

“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Suess

Nestle is making sure many children will go far by supporting RIF, Reading Is Fundamental. RIF's mission is to motivate young children to read by working with children, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of every day life.

Nestle asked me to host a Happy New School Year Party to raise awareness about RIF!

We enlisted our favorite teacher to read us a book!

Children brought books to be donated.

RIF provides free books to the nation's most needy children and helps motivate children to read for fun!

Nestle provided us with yummy snacks and donated over $350.oo  in books to a local school!

RIF serves more than 4.4 million children nationwide. In 43 years, RIF has distributed more than 365 million free, new books to over 29 million children! WOW!

Please visit www.rif.org to access their website where children are encouraged to explore a fun online world of books as they engage in an assortment of reading and writing games, activities and contests!

Thanks Nestle for sponsoring our party and supporting RIF!

Spider Web Cookies

posted by cindylouh on October 14th, 2010 | Halloween, recipes |

We had a cookie decorating class where really cool spider web cookies were made!

We mixed up royal icing in two consistencies. Use stiff royal icing with a number two tip to pipe an outline around the cookie.

Thin the royal icing and use a bottle to flood the area inside the outline.

While the icing is still wet, pipe a spiral on top of the cookie using a number 2 tip.

Use a toothpick to pull through the icing to create the spider web.

Practice piping a spider a couple of times.

Spider is made with thick royal icing in a pastry bag with a number 2 tip.

When you are feeling great about your spiders, pipe one directly on the spider web.

You can even make spider webs in cool colors!

Here's the Royal Icing Recipe. Click on the recipe card to download.

Winners!

posted by cindylouh on October 14th, 2010 | Giveaways |

Thank you to all of you that read my blog and participate in contests and leave comments!

To say thank you to all of you that take the time to leave comments, you will have a chance to win  Lisa Leonard jewelry. Each month when you leave a comment on ANY post you are automatically entered to win!

Our Lisa Leonard winner for September is:

Sandra

Our Nintendo Dsi winner is:

Jennifer L

Amy Butler Fabric Winners:

Lindsey G

Esther L

Amy Butler Book Winner:

Maggie W

Amy Butler Pattern Winners:

Mique P

Savannah O

Jessica E

Lindsey C

Stacy Z


Thanks again! All winners have been notified!


The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

posted by cindylouh on October 13th, 2010 | recipes |

I love watching Top Chef.  This season it is all about desserts --- my kind of show! Last week the amazing cake decorator, Sylvia Weinstock, was a guest judge. In the challenge to make desserts for a bake sale, contestant Erika Davis made chocolate chip cookies.  The judges commented that if you do something so simple it has to be done very well. They raved about these cookies. I can only assume that Sylvia is a fabulous baker so I was surprised when she asked more than once for the recipe. I think I make a mean chocolate chip cookie, but had to give these a try!

Chunky Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

  • ¾ c sugar
  • ¾ c brown sugar
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ lb butter
  • 2 ½ c AP flour
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ c chocolate chips
  • 1 c walnuts

1. Cream the butter, sugars, eggs together then add the vanilla, salt and baking soda. Scrape the sides and add the baking powder and flour. Mix till incorporated and add the walnuts and chocolate chips just till mixed.

2. Scoop and bake at 345 degrees

The verdict:

They are delicious! I only added walnuts to half the batter since my family members are chocolate chip cookie purests and looked on in horror when I opened the bag of walnuts. With or without the nuts this is a really good chocolate chip cookie.

Let me know if it beats your chocolate chip cookie recipe!

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