"Peanut Butter" Cookies

I'm just loving this "The Food Allergy Mama's Baking Book" by Kelly Rudnicki book! (along with her website too!) We made apple muffins last week that were quite delicious and today the kids and I made soy nut cookies. Daddy and the kids just loved them!

Soy Nut Butter Cookies

1/2 c dairy-free shortening (i used earth's balance)
1/2 c creamy soy nut butter (i used I.M. Heathy)
1/2 c granulated sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/4 c unsweetened applesauce
11/2 c flour
1/2 t baking powder
3/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, thoroughly combine the shortening, soy nut butter, sugars and applesauce. In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture and stir until just combined. Chill the dough for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Using your hands, shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place the balls onto the baking sheets. Dip a fork into some flour (i used sugar) and press the fork tines into each dough twice, making a crisscross design. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until light brown. Cool completely on the baking sheets.

Note: I cooked them for 12 minutes and they were toasty brown. Check at 10 minutes. We also added 1/2 c Enjoy Life chocolate chips.

GROUT!

Daddy brought out the grout today! WHOO HOO! We now have one complete section of our counter!

Now isn't this a better color?

Daddy having fun

Still needs a couple more passes with a wet sponge, but for the most part - DONE!

Is that the END of the tunnel I see??

I woke up this morning and went downstairs and what do I see?? Clark is actually caulking the counter top! WHOO HOO! He's even planning to grout today!?

Here is is. Working on the corner.

Okay, this looks REALLY LIGHT in color. Not liking it at all. So, I tell him this isn't going to work because it will show every flaw in the counter. He tells me I picked the color and it's too late. I say, I don't remember ever going to pick grout colors and he tells me he showed me on the computer. Well...

he takes out the practically white caulk and we go to Home Depot to choose a proper color. Here he is is making a crabby face - he really isn't crabby, I just thought it'd be funny to post. Moral of the story - Do Not Pick grout color off the computer!

Easter Soap Dispensers

Well, our Valentine soap ran out yesterday so today we picked up some new soap dispensers to make Easter soap!

Go to Target and get the generic foam soap. Take off the labels...

And decorate with Easter stickers!

They love it! You can make them for any holiday or season.

Here's Gregory's

And Bailey's! So cute.

Happy Heart Day!

Bailey and I made this earlier this month..."Be My Valentine"

Happy Valentine's Day! We had a quiet day here at home. Gregory is sick so we pretty much had a lie in bed day watching all the valentine day specials. Daddy worked on the counter while the kids and I hung out upstairs so it was almost like he had some alone time to work.

For lunch we had a Valentine Bento

Nothing too exciting. Heart shaped musubi with a couple spam hearts (I had a hard time cutting those puppies out so they only got two each!), grapes and cherry yogurt.

Gregory still in his pjs

Bailey changed into a clean pair of pjs after breakfast (after getting dressed for the day) since Gregory was going to have a pj day

Dinner - Heart shaped tostadas!

Well, that was our heart day. Should've had our heart shaped cinnamon rolls today, but since they needed to be made a day ahead (cuz I'm not a wee early morning baker) we had to make them Friday so "Heart day" breakfast came a day early. :)