Snickerdoodle Recipe

First off, I apologize for taking so long with this post, but school has been particularly hectic right now, with assignment after assignment, and tasks, and tests, and sleepless nights. I probably wont post often and I sincerely apologize in advance.

Between all the school work, I decided to bake! I made a scrumptious batch of snickerdoodles and they came out perfectly! I did finish the butter though... But everyone enjoyed the biscuits so much! I will definitely be making it again soon.

Today I wanted scones so, of course, I will be making them. Yay!

For now I will leave you with the recipe for my snickerdoodles:

Martha Stewart’s Snickerdoodles

makes about 1 1/2 dozen (I made more than that, almost 2 dozen)

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp coarse salt
1 cups (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
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2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon


Preheat oven to 350F(180C). Sift together flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Put butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy (about 3 minutes) I didn't check how long it took for me but that's approximately. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture.

Stir together cinnamon and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into 20 (1 3/4-inch) balls; roll in cinnamon sugar. Flatten the balls slightly, so that they look like axtual biscuits. Space 3 inches apart on baking sheets( I didn't have baking sheets so I just used oil, its the same thing, just baking paper is healthier. Its your cookies, do as you please!)

Bake cookies until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.

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See? So easy! And its so tasty. A definite must-try recipe.

xoxo

Tumblr Fix of the week #2

Its that time of the week again when I give you a selection of my favourite tumblr pics! I know you're excited, don't look at me like that, you know you are! So without further a do, here is your tumblr fix of the week!! :D

Taylorrrrrr Swift!! #IAmASwiftie

Isn't this so cute? Adorable!

Just...perfect <3

This looks like the kind of thing I'd do with my best friend.

I just love this picture! Don't you?

 

So there it is! I hope you liked it. There was quite a lot to show. Enjoy your week!

 



Xoxo

Bad Friends

Lately I've noticed that I wake up, go to school, go home and feel exactly the same. I don't feel extremely jolly or excited or ambitious when I'm around certain people. I sat down today with my best friend and the reason for my emotional draining became obvious. I was surrounding myself with morons! Okay, maybe not morons, but the friends I have aren't exactly the best.

I noticed that the reason why I get along so well with my best friend is because I don't feel the need to pretend around her. The friends I have, have no ambition, goals, dreams, and are just a waste of my time. I cant get excited about doing something that will further my future career or help me in life because I know my friends don't feel that its necessary to care about it.

Now, don't get me wrong, I know its perfectly fine not to know what you want to be when you grow up but not to even care, is dangerous. We finish school next year! Why don't we try to work for something? I think the problem is that my friends are too lazy. I hate to admit it, and they will murder me if they knew how I felt, but its true.

 

I have this dream, a crazy dream that I can only blame on watching too much Monte Carlo, that I want to go to Paris with a friend when I graduate. That doesn't seem very likely unless I manage to find good friends by the end of next year. My best friend is two grades below me, and the friends I have in this grade are unambitious. I need new friends.

I seriously, desperately want to go to Paris, I want to study overseas(any good universities I should consider? Let me know), travel the world, and have an amazing life. I also want to experience these things with like-minded people. Why couldn't God throw some ambitious people into my life? Please?

There was a reason why I told you that, it was because it taught me an important lesson, positive people create a positive atmosphere, which means positive thoughts. I surround myself with negative people so I feel down and unexcited to the adventures of life. If I start surrounding myself with positive people then maybe I can get back my spirit and zest for life. I cant sit and be sad all the time because of my surroundings.

Take my experience and incorporate it into your life, its way too short to spend with a dark cloud of insecurities that bad friends are bringing along. Surround yourself with positive, like-minded people who will support you and not mock or laugh at your goals or dreams just because they don't want to achieve it. Those people will just bring you down and make you feel bad about yourself. Take control of your own life!

Hopefully I can follow my own advice and start separating myself from the negativity. I would rather have no, or one, friend who is there for me, than a group full of lazy, unambitious people who have no interest in their future. Its time to clean up my life.

 

 

Thank you for reading my more depressing blog post. I hope somewhere out there, someone is reading this and knows that they aren't the only ones feeling like that and they get the courage to speak up for themselves and clean up their lives, and that I can do the same.

 

Xoxo

Tumblr fix of the week #1

I'm obsessed with tumblr, I spend way too much time on tumblr, I have no idea what I did with my life before tumblr! TUMBLR!

Here are a short collection of tumblr pics that I love. Some (okay, almost all) are old pics that I had saved on my phone, but hey! I'm posting them anyway! Luckily these pics are not too old, I think I moved them from my phone to the laptop a week ago. Either way, I hope you enjoy these pics and eat them up, chew them, taste them, then swallow all the delicious goodness!

Yes, I sound mad, I have a lot of energy, why? I don't really know. Lets hope it wears off so I can go sleep. I still need to go to school tomorrow. Sad, right? But what can I do about it.

OH YES! I was posting pics! Sorry, here goes:

Boots! I want boots, I love boots. Boots, boots, boots!

Curse whoever made this outfit. I was depressed for days because I couldn't find a dress remotely similar and its sad. But I think I saw a similar belt somewhere... and the jacket cant be too hard to find, right?

Gah! This is just...gorgeous! I want to live there.

Beautiful necklace, and I have this new obsession with green. I love this.

That necklace is freaking amazing!

I want this GHD, it truly breaks my heart just looking at it and knowing I cant afford it, and my mom thinks its a waste of money. And its limited edition so I don't even think its worth my time to save up for it.

I love these boots, but my best friend told me that only goths wear such boots..its not true, is it? He also said its only for white girls with meaty legs. I hate him.

This is such a cute skirt! I also love the background they used and everything looks so pretty and sweet.

 

This blog post was quite long actually. Hope you enjoyed this special Sunday post, I think this will become a weekly thing. Happy Sunday!

 

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Also follow me on twitter: @Justine_Daniels (I also follow back here! Aren't I the sweetest?)

 

Xoxo



Grey skies

Brrr! Today was horrible with its icy cold weather and rain. My hair was frizzy and flying everywhere, my whole body was frozen, and all I wanted was some hot chocolate.

It really made me wonder why I wanted to move to the UK, because I if could barely survive one cold day, how would I survive almost the whole year like that? It still didn't make me change my mind though, I still want to go there, maybe for university?

Anyway, that isn't why I wrote this, I wanted to do a post of some of my favourite winter looks!! Don't you just love googling pictures of cute outfits? I certainly do!

 Isn't this the cutest outfit? I think its perfect, I want that scarf!!!! Gorgeous!

If someone had to buy me a jacket like that, I would love them forever! And the top, and the necklace, and the belt, and the bag!!

There is only one reason why I love this top...ONE DIRECTION!!! Duh!

Yes, I know, more one direction, but come one! They look so warm and cuddly and cute!

The coat.... do I even need to explain? Its PURPLE!!! And I'm obsessed with the buttons on it.

 

 

Mmmm...I bet you felt warm just looking at the clothes! What are some of your favourite winter/autumn looks?

 

xoxo



 

 

Back to school

School!

For whatever reason, I always get excited to go back to school on the first day. This term its no different. I feel that, with each coming term, we get to dig a little deeper into the system, make new friends, meet the cute new boys, hear all the new gossip, and everything is fresh and new.

In South Africa, if you're not familiar, we have four school terms, and tomorrow is the start of a brand new term. Second term. More popularly known for the June exams and massive assignments, second term is a lot of hard work. I am sure that I did excellent in the first term, so second term is the chance to prove that it wasn't just a once-off thing. In this term, we know who is smart, and who we should be trying to beat. I plan on doing outstanding this term, the way I've done in the last term.

With this confidence I prepare for yet another gruelling term, with late nights and early mornings and unhealthy food and lack of sleep. I check the school website in hopes of finding something useful and I stare at my empty backpack that I just cant find the courage to pack. Tomorrow is the start of a new term, a new beginning. The possibilities are endless!

Our school friends in high school are the main reason a lot of people go to school. I think I would die of boredom if my friends weren't there with me.

Here is the only pic I have of myself in my uniform. Just wanted to show you.

This is my biggest wish for this year, in primary school I was a top achiever, I plan on getting back to those days. If this term was any indication, I'm definitely going to do well this year.

 

This wasn't a really long post, I just wanted to post something, so here we go! Time to get ready for school.

 

 

 

 

Go outside

I was thinking to myself, "I should go out, get some fresh air, and enjoy nature" My mom has a beautiful garden and I decided to explore it. It was amazing to see it and I took some pictures of it.

So why don't YOU go out and explore the outside world? Who knows, you might be pleasantly surprised!

xoxo