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beansideIt's Monday and I want to go back to bed. I slept pretty well, but I still am sleepy. I'm drinking my coffee and hope to wake up at some point before 8am.
Considering how badly I was expecting the weekend to be due to Covid shot, I was pleasantly surprised with the reality. Saturday was a true day of rest. I never bothered to get out of my nightgown and just made like a kitty and loafed. Then at night, we played some D&D, and that was good. Sunday was my domestic day, where I made both Korean Beef Noodles (which were very tasty, definitely would make again) and Dutch Butter cake (SO freaking good, recipe will be beneath the cut at the bottom of the post). Then, we had game which was super fun, and my now 9th level wizard got to try out his newest spell. Y'all if you play a spellcaster, Steel Wind Strike is SO good. It's seriously a fight-ender. It was 100% overkill, and had the enemies been more hearty, it probably would have just pissed them off and gotten my character's ass kicked. But my wizard is a little bit impulsive, and is very much a proponent of not starting shit, but most certainly finishing it.
It should be a quiet week at work, with some tasty tasty OT. We have both a team meeting, which runs from 5-6:30, giving me 2 extra hours, plus I work on Saturday for 4 hours, plus a nominal shift differential.
Downside, tomorrow will be a long day.
Next weekend, we have a few games, so that's something to look forward to, and on Wednesday,poisontaster and I will get together to go over what we want to cover in our Demystifying D&D panel for CONfab.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself together for work. Everyone have the very best Monday that you can!
Ingredients
2/3 cups of butter
1 cup white sugar
11/2 teaspoons almond extract - as per choice
1 egg well beaten
11/2 cups of white floured
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Optional:
1/2 cup of sliced almonds
1 extra egg
In a medium bowl mix together butter, sugar, and almond extract
Add beaten egg
Sift flour and baking powder then add to the bowl and mix well - then add to bowl mixing with the wet ingredients - it will be a heavy dough
Add dough to your pan. Dough will perfectly fit a 9" cake pan, or will make approximately 10 cupcakes.
Optional:
Beat the other egg in a separate dish and add a 2 teaspoons of water
With a pastry brush egg wash all over the dough and spread evenly
Sprinkle with dice almonds or make a design with the almonds
Bake at 350 degrees depending on over for 30-35 minutes
If you don't like almonds or are allergic, this would work just as well with lemon or rum or vanilla extract. I didn't bother with the egg wash or sprinkling the almonds, and I did not feel the lack.
Considering how badly I was expecting the weekend to be due to Covid shot, I was pleasantly surprised with the reality. Saturday was a true day of rest. I never bothered to get out of my nightgown and just made like a kitty and loafed. Then at night, we played some D&D, and that was good. Sunday was my domestic day, where I made both Korean Beef Noodles (which were very tasty, definitely would make again) and Dutch Butter cake (SO freaking good, recipe will be beneath the cut at the bottom of the post). Then, we had game which was super fun, and my now 9th level wizard got to try out his newest spell. Y'all if you play a spellcaster, Steel Wind Strike is SO good. It's seriously a fight-ender. It was 100% overkill, and had the enemies been more hearty, it probably would have just pissed them off and gotten my character's ass kicked. But my wizard is a little bit impulsive, and is very much a proponent of not starting shit, but most certainly finishing it.
It should be a quiet week at work, with some tasty tasty OT. We have both a team meeting, which runs from 5-6:30, giving me 2 extra hours, plus I work on Saturday for 4 hours, plus a nominal shift differential.
Downside, tomorrow will be a long day.
Next weekend, we have a few games, so that's something to look forward to, and on Wednesday,
poisontaster and I will get together to go over what we want to cover in our Demystifying D&D panel for CONfab. Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself together for work. Everyone have the very best Monday that you can!
Ingredients
2/3 cups of butter
1 cup white sugar
11/2 teaspoons almond extract - as per choice
1 egg well beaten
11/2 cups of white floured
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Optional:
1/2 cup of sliced almonds
1 extra egg
In a medium bowl mix together butter, sugar, and almond extract
Add beaten egg
Sift flour and baking powder then add to the bowl and mix well - then add to bowl mixing with the wet ingredients - it will be a heavy dough
Add dough to your pan. Dough will perfectly fit a 9" cake pan, or will make approximately 10 cupcakes.
Optional:
Beat the other egg in a separate dish and add a 2 teaspoons of water
With a pastry brush egg wash all over the dough and spread evenly
Sprinkle with dice almonds or make a design with the almonds
Bake at 350 degrees depending on over for 30-35 minutes
If you don't like almonds or are allergic, this would work just as well with lemon or rum or vanilla extract. I didn't bother with the egg wash or sprinkling the almonds, and I did not feel the lack.
