tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946957598737395502024-03-05T04:27:14.965-08:00Becks' NailFxHi! My name is Becks. I'm a Wife, Mom, Nurse Aide, Student Nurse, still a Barista at heart, Violinist, Swing Dancer, Decent Home Cook, Gamer, Wanna be Rocker, Geek to the extreme. I'm also very much addicted to all things related to nail polish and nail art.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-45386483621458132572013-12-01T19:00:00.001-08:002013-12-01T19:00:30.138-08:00I'm Baaaaack!I'm so happy. I'm blogging again! But that also means I'm regularly painting my nails again. Ladies and gents...the semester is ALMOST over!<br />
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So, my mom gave me this awesome gift!<br />
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Sephora came out with this great gift box from Ciaté<b>.</b><br />
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It's an Advent Calender! Of nail polish!<br />
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Being December 1, this is the day everyone starts their Advent calenders. <br />
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I love the little quote! And inside is a mini bottle of Ciaté Snow Globe. It's like little torn pieces of iridescent awesomeness in clear polish.<br />
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I started with two coats of SinfulColors Amethyst. This is one of my favorite purples that I own.<br />
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It's so hard to catch all the colors! But this is so pretty.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-14557616687232838422013-11-04T11:37:00.002-08:002013-11-04T11:37:26.889-08:00Quick! Another giveaway!So, I stumbled across this one on facebook! The Mercurial Magpie is another amazing nail artist. I could seriously look at the photos all day. She's hosting a giveway for a Messy Mansion nail plate, MM14. Messy Mansion plates are among my favorites. They're so unique!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-6558657129458171122013-11-04T08:37:00.000-08:002013-11-04T08:37:25.396-08:00Anyone out there?Hi friends. Well...school has gotten the better of me, and I've been completely slacking on my blog posts. I hope my followers out there are still followers! I appreciate you all.<br />
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I'm actually taking a break from writing a paper right now, and wanted to tell you about a great giveaway being hosted over at <a href="http://lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com/2013/10/barielle-giveaway.html">Lacquer or Leave Her</a>. I greatly admire Michelle's nail art and I love her reviews of products! She's giving away the Barielle Sophisticated Lady and Nude&Naughty Fall 2013 collections. The giveaway ends in a few days, so head on over and enter!<br />
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Hopefully I'll be back soon with some nail art for you all.<br />
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BecksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-86562648061665972052013-09-29T17:06:00.003-07:002013-09-29T17:06:36.058-07:00Un-girly!Today's challenge in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistamping/">Adventures in Stamping</a> is Un-girly! No pink, no hearts, none of that. I had to admit, I got pretty excited with this one. I DO own pink nail polish, but it's only out of necessity for certain designs and holidays. I'd wear dark colors every day if I could.<br />
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Nothing really special or fancy here, just some basic stamping over a dark color.<br />
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I got this plate from <a href="http://vividlacquer.etsy.com/">VividLacquer</a>, VL009 I now own a few of her plates...she always comes up with really great images on her plates. I used the fingerprint image. </div>
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I stamped that image on all my nails using one of Salley Hansen's new Fall 2013 colors, Insta-Dri Red-io Active. It's a really great metallic red to stamp with. See how well it shows up over this dark base?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-33776132410928125112013-09-21T18:56:00.003-07:002013-09-21T18:56:48.400-07:00AIS Challenege - AutumnWhhaaaat? ANOTHER post?!?! Yes, you all are so very lucky. :) Also, I am just not interested in doing anything other than relaxing and doing my nails.<br />
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I went ahead tonight and did the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistamping/">Adventures in Stamping</a> Sunday challenge, which is Autumn this week. I love the fall so much. Ok, I hate the hay-fever that comes with it...but this time of year is my favorite, and I am always so thankful that I live in an area where you can experience the true beauty of fall. Plus we have the added bonus of bonfires, Halloween, and pumpkin and apple everything! Ah...I so love it.<br /><br />
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A great fall mani! I'll be doing a lot of these, I'm sure!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-44067780305791604782013-09-20T19:05:00.003-07:002013-09-20T19:05:58.229-07:00It's Friday!Whew! What a week. It's been a bit since my last post, but ALSO a WEEK since I last did my nails! What?!?! Well, last weekend ended with me having food poisoning, so I was preoccupied. Then this past week was so crazy with school and clinical...nails just weren't on the priority list.<br /><br />BUT IT'S FRIDAY! I have some homework to do, but I can afford to have a free night or two this weekend. I think I've earned it.<br />
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So, here are some fun Friday-night nails...perfect for staying in and doing nothing, lol!<br />
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I started with two coats of SinfulShine with Gel Tech in Dark Room. It's a BlackBlack. Opaque in one coat, but I wanted it solid, smooth, and super shiny, so I went with two coats.<br />
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Then I stamped with Wistonia plate W111 with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mundo.deunas.31?fref=ts">Mundo de Uñas </a> special stamping polish in Fuschia. If you're looking into some awesome, affordable, stamping polishes...this is what you want. So many of her polishes stamp over black, and her black and white stamping polishes are the best out there, in my oh so humble opinion. Leave a comment if you're interested in finding out how to order them.<br />
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I'm trying to be better about moisturizing the ol' cuticles...all that handwashing at clinical is catching up.<br />
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So, pretty great color over black, isn't it? I love it. :)<br />
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BecksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-85166706047529223552013-09-08T19:18:00.000-07:002013-09-08T19:18:20.272-07:00Glizy GlamWell, it's Sunday. You all know what that means! Sunday challenge over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistamping/">Adventures in Stamping</a>. Today's challenge, is 'glizy glam'. I'll be honest...I SERIOUSLY debated participating in this week's challenge. I knew I was going to want to do something with sparkle. But, I have to have my nails nekkid by Wednesday for clinical...and I HATE removing glitter polish. It's such a pain. But...my desire to have sparkly nails won out! So here we are. :)<br />
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Ooooh I love this. It doesn't show up in the photos very well, but it's like looking at ruby slippers.<br />
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I stuck with all Kleancolor polishes for this mani. Why? Well...I have a lot of them, and they deserve to be used. Warning...they stink. Really smell bad. But they're super cheap, and they come in HUNDREDS of different colors/finishes. I started with a base of Red Alert(81).<br />
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Then, I added two coats of Chunky Holo Scarlet(231). It has the most wonderful shimmer. Hopefully there will be some sun before I have to take the polish off, and I can do an update so you all can see the sparkle!<br />
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I then stamped with a fauxnad plate. It's like a <a href="http://www.konadnailart.com/">Konad</a> only....not. I used plate m69.<br />
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I stamped using Kleancolor Metallic Black(168). A lot of Kleancolors stamp really well, especially the metallics line. <br />
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Glizy glam, right? Well, of course I broke out the nail bling! I got a large set of these Cheeky nail gems on amazon for a steal. There are lots of really cheap ways to get fun nail art additions. Just leave me a comment if you're interested in finding some.<br />
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I added a little red gem to the center of each flower. Ah...it's so pretty! I added the little embellishment on each of my nails.<br />
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BecksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-47005220302020701842013-09-01T13:38:00.000-07:002013-09-01T13:38:07.364-07:00Tone on Tone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: start;">It's Sunday, and that means it's time for the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistamping/" style="text-align: start;">Adventures in Stamping</a><span style="text-align: start;"> Sunday challenge! Today it's Tone on Tone, meaning that you need to stamp in the same color tone that you chose for you base coat.</span></div>
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I chose a Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polish. These are typically all around good polishes, and stamp really well. I picked a great light purple called Grape Race.<br />
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I then painted over each nail with a matte top coat. A lot of polish lines now have matte top coats. I got this Fresh Paint matte top coat at Five Below, 3 for $5.<br />
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Mattes dry REALLY fast. So I was ready pretty quickly to move on to my stamping. I chose a cute xoxoxo image on Vivid Lacquer's plate VL001. Check out her etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/VividLacquer?ref=shop_sugg">HERE!</a> She has a lot of fun and really unique images on the plates she has made. I stamped the image on to each of my nails in Grape Race.<br />
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And here's the end result! It's a subtle look, but one that I really like and think is fun. I have a feeling I'm going to be doing this with dark colors a lot this fall and winter. :)<br />
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BecksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-3412256048426955312013-08-30T20:16:00.000-07:002013-08-30T20:19:33.485-07:00Nail Art Society!!!Well, the first week of the semester is at an end. One down, fourteen to go!<br />
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But, today was exciting. When I got home I found my August Nail Art Society bag in the mail! :D Very exciting. <a href="https://shop.nailartsociety.com/">Nail Art Society</a> is a monthly subscription service for nail art goodies. You pay a small fee, and each month they send you a bag full of fun things! NAS, as it's referred to on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NailArtSociety">Facebook</a>, recently went through an overhaul. They took a couple months off, and oh boy, was it worth it! Here's my review of the August bag. I'm personally subscribed to NAS, and am simply offering my honest opinion.<br />
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And here we are! ORLY paints! There are two brochures outlining the Orly line, a postcard featuring a NAS guru, a tutorial postcard, water decals, stickers, and four Orly paints.</div>
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Here's the tutorial, giving some ideas on how to use the items in the bag.<br />
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These Orly paints are special. They are water based paints! This is very exciting, because if you're doing a design, and you mess up, it's MUCH easier to remove than regular nail polish. I got white, silver, black, and a very vibrant blue.</div>
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It is blue...my camera here made it look purple. Sorry about that. They each have a striper brush, which is also great.<br />
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I also got one pack of butterfly nail stickers, and one pack of water decals. They're both butterfly themed, and just gorgeous.<br />
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So, the bag was well worth the subscription fee, which is $9.95/mo plus about $5 shipping. They send you a confirmation email when your bag is shipped, so you get to stalk the tracking.<br /><br />I'll be the first to admit...I'm not very good at free hand designs. But with these Orly striper paints, I'm excited to try. </div>
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Guaranteed nail mail each month for me! So fun. :D</div>
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It's Sunday! I spent most of the day wrecked with sinus issues, so things could have been better. Fall semester also begins tomorrow (although I have Mondays off), so today is very bittersweet. But, in the nail art world, for those who enjoy stamping, Sunday is also challenge day!</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/aistamping/">Adventures in Stamping</a> is the facebook group that started it all for me. I learned everything I know about stamping from the amazing talented people over there. Every Sunday a poll is posted for us to vote on possible themes. The voting closes on Wednesday, and then Sunday we post our challenge manis. I've gotten so much inspiration from browsing through all the photos posted in AiS. </div>
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My base is a metallic sandy color. The brand is Kleancolor, and the color is 42 Sandstone. Kleancolors smell terrible, but they're great polish and you can get them very cheap online, often less than $2 a bottle including shipping. Here's a bottle shot, and you can see the color on my nails.</div>
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I stamped with a couple different images from the Pueen Love Elements collections. I used two images, both found on #33.<br />
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I stamped with an extremely vivid green from my favorite stamping polish maker, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mundo-de-U%C3%B1as/137070309792522">Mundo de Uñas</a>. Her stamping polishes are thick and extremely opaque. Many of her stamping polish stamp wonderfully over black. Bonus, they're SO affordable! This is her stamping polish no. 8, Esmeralda<br />
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Isn't this fun? I know the base looks more gold in the photo, but in person it's just a shimmery neutral color, with a vivid pop of green. For some added shimmer, I topped the whole mani off with Oh, Baby, by Pure Ice. I like to think of it as my poor-man's holographic topcoat.</div>
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Summer is definitely coming to an end, although I don't think the heat is going without a fight. I'm going to miss my free time, but I'm so ready to be done with school. One more year!</div>
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Base coat, a light polish for your base color, 2-3 polishes with which to create your water marble, top coat, tape, toothpicks or dotting tool, small cup with room temperature water, paper towels, and whatever items you use to clean up the polish around your nail. I use a small glass cup, cotton swabs, and a cheap cosmetic brush to get close to the nail bed. My favorite is the E.L.F. Professional Concealer Brush. You can get one of these brushes at Target for $1!</div>
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Apply your base coat, and then apply your color. I chose white, as it would make the colors I chose for my water marble really pop. I chose three polishes from China Glaze- That's Shore Bright, Too Yacht to Handle, and Sun of a Peach.<br />
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Apply tape surrounding your nail, to help with clean up in the end. There are lots of other methods other than tape, however this is my favorite.<br />
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When you're ready to begin, line up your polishes near your cup of room temperature water, on the paper towel. The water needs to be room temperature so the drops of water spread the way you want them to.<br />
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Alternating polishes, create your bulls-eye.<br />
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Using your toothpick or dotting tool, lightly drag the tip across the bulls-eye, creating the effect you're looking for. Quickly clean off the polish off your toothpick or dotting tool in between each drag. You'll want to keep the end sharp and gunk-free. Make sure you don't play with the polish too much...I've found that if you play around with the design too much, the colors tend to get muddy. Here, less is more!<br />
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When you've gotten a design you like, position your nail over the section you want. Dip your nail into the water, making sure to completely submerge your nail. Keeping your nail in the water, lightly blow on the remaining polish that's on top of the water. Spin your toothpick between your fingers while in the water to pick up the leftover polish. When the surface of the water is mostly clear, pull your finger out of the water.<br />
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There it is! The image is on my nail and the tape. You can see the polish swirled around the toothpick and barely any polish is left on the water.<br />
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Here's my water marble. You want to let it dry a bit before you take the tape off, to avoid any boo-boos.<br />
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See how much the tape helped? Barely any clean up left to do. Since there wasn't much of a mess, I just used my ELF brush and cleaned up.<br />
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Add your super shiny, quick dry topcoat, and you're good to go! (If you have questions about top coats and base coats, leave a comment and I'll tell you my preferences.)<br />
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Isn't this great? I just love water marbles. Each nail is different. And I think these colors go great together. It's a perfect way to end the summer.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-31600171234732563622012-02-25T19:45:00.000-08:002012-02-25T19:45:22.789-08:00Vegan Fried Apple SundaeThere is little else that is as enjoyable as a big family <strike>gorge-fest</strike> meal. Tonight, my brother and I cooked big pans of veggies and meat (I cooked the meat, D cooked the veggies) and we made fajitas. It was pretty delicious. But, if I do say so myself, my favorite part was dessert.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Heat your skillet and melt the butter. Once it's melted add in the rest of your ingredients, stir and make sure the apple chunks are all coated. Saute until your apples reach your desired done-ness. We went for still crispy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, I made a vegan caramel sauce. Again, this is a pretty standard recipe, just replace your dairy ingredients with vegan replacements.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">First, combine 1/4 cup soy milk with the arrowroot and set it aside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Melt the vegan butter in a saucepan, stir in the brown sugar. Add the remaining 1/2 cup soy milk. Bring to a boil and boil for about 4 minutes, stirring. Make sure to avoid burning or boiling over.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Take the pan off the heat and immediately add the soy milk/arrowroot combo. This sauce will keep in the fridge for about a week. If it lasts that long. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This, of course, screams for vanilla ice cream. D's favorite is Purely Decadent brand. It's made with coconut milk. So get your tortilla cup, spoon in some fried apples. Add a scoop..or several..of ice cream, and then top with your caramel sauce!</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-91980926993135846602012-02-04T11:27:00.000-08:002012-02-04T11:35:15.162-08:00The Bestest Chocolate Chip Cookies EverI've been pretty sick the past couple of days, but I've graduated from a lump in the bed to a lump at my computer. Such progress. Being sick always makes me feel down and depressed, so I thought I'd leave you all something that always cheers everyone up - Chocolate Chip Cookies. <br />
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I love to cook, but I really love baking. The way the house smells when you've got some kind of delicious treat in the oven always gives me such a happy, loving feeling.<br />
I've been baking chocolate chip cookies for as long as I can remember. Every time I baked them, I'd tweek the recipe just a bit until I found The Perfect Recipe. Also, in my opinion, ingredients are key. <br />
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Most of my ideas came from this recipe, and I give credit where credit is due. <br />
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<a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/blue-ribbon-chocolate-chip-cookies-39689">Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies</a><br />
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Here is my final, and pretty darn perfect, chocolate chip cookie recipe. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*2 teaspoons baking soda</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*2 cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*1/2 cup white sugar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> *4 eggs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*2 teaspoons vanilla extract</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*4 cups milk chocolate chips<br />
You can add nuts if you like them in your cookies, but I never do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
Directions<br />
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix the flour and baking soda, set aside.<br />
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the<br />
instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Blend in the flour mixture.<br />
Finally, stir in the chocolate chips. Drop cookies by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased<br />
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3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
Here are my tips and tricks:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Get unsalted sweet cream butter and dark brown sugar. The richness of both ingredients<br />
make a huge difference in the flavor of the cookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Because of the richness of the cookie batter, I prefer to use milk chocolate chips rather<br />
than semi-sweet. But that flavor profile is up to you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Only bake the cookies until the very edges are golden brown. The cookies will stay soft<br />
much, much longer that way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Adding the instant vanilla pudding mix is what finally did it for me. It helps keep the<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14664213904008382685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94695759873739550.post-78338009063151024702012-01-28T08:31:00.000-08:002012-01-28T08:34:56.764-08:00On the BandwagonSo, I've been toying with the idea of getting a blog for awhile. Always stopping me...who on earth could possible want to read my ramblings. Well, I finally decided - I just don't care. I don't know how much this will be used for documenting everyday, mundane life. But...I would like a place were I could post stuff. Upload my recipes so I have them collected somewhere (free). Post things that I find funny. And so on.<br />
And so I begin with a recipe. A friend gave me this, and I've tweeked it here and there till it's just the way I love it. Hubs adores it, and it always seems to be gone whenever I'm packing up the crock pot to go home. So here it is.<br />
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