Almond Lace Cookies

Almond Lace Cookies


For the most part these cookies are simple to make and have a big wow factor. The only problem is, you might burn your fingers.  But it is worth it. 


You will need:

• 1/2c sugar
• 1/2 c butter
• 2tbs milk
• 2/3 cup blanched chopped almonds
• 2 tbsp flour

(I think you can add more almonds if you want. But do not add more butter or you might just make yummy greasy mush)

Step 1. Mix together the butter and sugar in a heavy bottomed pot and melt over low heat.

Step 2: Take the pot off the heat and add in the rest of the ingredients. Then drop by teaspoon (or whatever) onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. (also a silicon mat would do). The texture will change a little as the mixture cools. Don't worry about it.

Step 3: Bake for a few min (5ish) at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  I take them out when they are light brown on the outside and golden brown inside.

Step 4: Roll them up. You will have to wait a few seconds for them to not be molten. As soon as you can grab an edge without it falling apart, start rolling.

I usually only do three at a time. You only have about 60 seconds before they get too brittle to roll.

Step 5: Put the rolled cookies on a wire rack to cool. If they cool down steeping in their own buttery goodness then they will be soft, not flak. So put them on a rack so that the excess butter can run off.

Finally, after the rolls cool down you can dip one end in melted chocolate.

Lavender Falls

When Elo came to visit me in Ontario I took her to super secret special Lavender Falls.

It is clear that other people go here. There is a well defined path taking you through the forest. There is even a rope that will help guide you back up the slippery hillside.  Yet I have never see anyone else here.

Hornworm

tomato hornworm

 One of my tomato plants is in rough shape. Something has been eating the leaves, which are completely gone. I have also been finding turds on my tomato plants. Birds do not produce solid poops. I know this because they poop on my beans daily and I have had the pleasure of being pooped on by a bird multiple times.

poops I found on my tomato plant

Now, I am not very squeamish. I do not mind spiders or snakes or mice. One thing that I do hate are caterpillars. Especially the ones without "fur". This stems from the time I climbed up a tree that had a tent caterpiller infestation. Once I reached the top I realized all the branches were dense with caterpillars. GROSS... Well, I went to hose the mystery poop off of my tomatoes this morning and what did I find. a MONSTER!

My mom tells me if you listen carefully you can hear them chew.  Before my fear of caterpillars and my love of gardening, this would have been a tremendous find. When I was just four or five I would collect Horn-Worms and make play grounds for them. I would make a series of ramps and bridges for them to play on. I took this thing down to the road (far from my garden) and debated throwing it in front of a car.

On a brighter note my arbor is completely covered in beans!

This is me "dancing" in my arbor.