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Pumpkin Spice Scones with Maple Glaze

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Soooo it is the first week of October and I am TOTALLY ready for pumpkin recipes!

Come at me pumpkin and do your thang!

Pumpkin is great all year round, but something about the Fall time makes pumpkin taste like a billion times better. It really makes it feel like it is Fall and gives you that cozy feeling that you get after coming inside on a snowy day and warming up with a nice hot cup of hot chocolate. People who live in Florida, California, Texas, and such…act like you know what I am talking about here.

Anywho, my these scones are a great breakfast treat that is perfect for putting  on that winter layer of warmth! Ahem…I mean, they’re like super healthy and stuff.

Pumpkin Spice Scones with Maple Glaze

(Adapted from Tracey’s Culinary Adventures)

1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted twice (or cake flour, unsifted)

1/2 cup whole wheat flour (or all-purpose)

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

6 Tablespoons cold, cubed butter

1/3 cup pumpkin puree

1/3 cup heavy cream

6 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line baking sheet with silpat or parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, salt, and spices. In a separate bowl, mix together heavy cream, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Cut in the cubed, cold butter into the flour mixture using a pastry blender, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Add the pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture, using a wooden spoon to mix it all together. The dough will be very crumbly. Turn the dough onto a floured countertop and knead with your hands until everything comes together. Pat dough into a circle about 1  inch thick. Cut into 8 triangles and place triangle onto prepared baking sheet, evenly spaced apart.
  4. Bake scones in preheated oven for about 15 minutes. Cool for a few minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling before drizzling glaze over top.

Maple Glaze

3 Tablespoons maple syrup

1/2 cup powdered sugar

  1. Once scones are completely cooled, whisk together maple syrup and powdered sugar in a small bowl until combined. Drizzle glaze over top of scones and let dry/harden or enjoy right away! Enjoy :)

Random Fact of the Day: Camels have three eyelids to protect them from blowing sand.

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Week in Review (3/26-3/30)

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Ahh, what a relaxing week I had this week. So nice to take a break and spend the week in beautiful Florida for spring break!

Monday I shared with you guys my SRC post which featured Homemade salsa! Such a yummy and handy thing to have in the house. I’m so happy I made this and was so shocked at how easy it was! Once you have all the ingredients prepped, you are literally less than a minute away from fresh salsa. YUM

Tuesday I enjoyed the beautiful sunshine in Florida and started my day off with a nice run a little over 6 miles. Such a good feeling. Then…Then, I went up 14 flights of stairs. Yes, 14. FOURTEEN PEOPLE FOURTEEN! That’s insane! But you know what? It motivated me to where I ended up doing that the rest of the week.  FYI: It never got easier..

Wednesday I shared with you guys the sights of Ft. Lauderdale…this place sure has proven itself to be one ca-razy, unpredictable place!

Thursday was just another lovely day spent in sunny Florida. Ran. Laid out. Ate dinner. Repeat. Pretty much the same thing everyday, but hey, that’s how I like it! So nice getting a break from the busy school-soccer life and just veg out for a week.

Friday I showed you guys a post that I dug out from months ago! It actually made me a little proud of myself to see how far my photography has come. But the main reason I pulled this guy out was that I have been meaning to post it but it just kept slipping my mind and so it was just perfect timing to share it while I was out of town and soaking up the ray on spring break! :) Besides…you can never go wrong with any post that involves peanut butter!

Oh and another great thing that happened Friday? Well, we had our BEST, BEST, BEST meal of the week. We went to the Chart House, yes I do know it is kind of a chain. But ohmygawd after a week of on and off, kind of disappointing food, we had our BEST food that night.

We decided to try an appetizer, and we ordered the Oysters Rockefeller, which were fantastic. For the main course, I ordered grilled swordfish, and it was fantastic. It had the perfect char on it from the grill, but still was super moist and maintained it’s awesome fishy flakiness. There was delicious rice on the side as well as yummy green beans. Yes, yummy green beans, they do exist!

To finish off the meal, we ordered two lava cakes. (We always have a separate section reserved in our tummies for desserts!) The lava cake was awesome! Perfectly warm, and super chocolatey. It was topped with vanilla ice cream and bits of chocolate and chocolate sauce. I can not even put this dessert into words. I might try to recreate it, but if I fall short, I may just cry. It was so good. The whole meal was just the best possible way for us to end the week. I would not have changed a thing. Great food. Awesome service. Beautiful restaurant and view.

Best picture...now you can't tell me you don't want some of that!

Today I am sadly coming home. It’s such a bittersweet moment leaving lovely Florida. I’ll miss the beach, sun, and fish, but it sure will be nice to get back home and in the kitchen!

Random Fact of the Day: The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles per hour.

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Chewy Coconut Cookies

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So if you happened to read last week’s “Week in Review” post, you would have seen I got a hair cut Thursday. A rare, yet essential thing for me. Anyways, my hair cut lady I used to go to was..hm, how to put this..? Different. She always had some pretty interesting stuff to tell me. The lady I go to to get my eyebrows done says some strange things sometimes too, but we’ll get to that later. 

The lady I used to go to for getting my hair cut had a very obscure conversation with me last time I saw her. To briefly summarize, she told me about her drunk driving experiences, how to get a job by “showing off my goods”, and how I should ALWAYS have a boyfriend and a backup option in case we break up.

It became quite apparent that I needed a new hair cut lady (or man, whatever works!). The only thing that was holding me back was that I still really wanted to go to the same place, I just did not want to deal with the awkwardness of seeing her again. She is totally the type to run up to you and be like “What’s wrong with you! Why aren’t you going to me anymore?!”. After a long time of not getting a hair cut, she actually asked me if I was “cheating on her”. Kind of funny I guess, but when I was 12 I was just freaked out.

Anyways, I finally got the guts to call in for an appointment and ask for a different lady. I went into the appointment biting my lip completely freaking out on whether I would see her or not, thinking what if i see her?! Ah, TOTAL awkward to the max moment. Then it came to me. Mom to the rescue! I could sooo use my wonderful mother as an excuse. My plan was to just say that my mom made the appointment and forgot who I normally see! Phew!! So then, I went into my appointment totally relaxed and ready for one of those great head massages they give you when they’re washing your hair. 

On a totally different note, I made these coconut cookies. I had not made them in like a really long time, but I remembered how awesome they were the last time I made them. They are chock full of coconut flavor. The shredded coconut really gives the cookies an amazing chewy texture that makes you want to grab another. and another. and another. and well…you know how this will end.

Chewy Coconut Cookies

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

pinch of salt

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Cream together sugars and butter. Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in coconut. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. These cookies will spread so even if they are small (teaspoonfuls) space them about 2-3 inches apart.
  3. Bake in preheated oven 8-10 minutes or until lightly toasted and edges are golden. Cool on baking sheet then finish on wire racks. Enjoy and store extras in airtight container.

Random Fact of the Day: California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.

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