PW Angel Sugar Cookies . . .

Welcome to the first installment of

my attempt to cook my way through

The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

If you like cookies like we do in our house,

I think you're going to LOVE this recipe.

Angel Sugar Cookies

(p. 236)

You know it's going to be great if the recipe

calls for 2 sticks of softened butter.

cream together the eggs


1 cup canola oil
(I used vegetable oil)

1 cup sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

add the rest of the ingredients

4 cups flour
plus 2 tablespoons

1 teaspoon each

baking soda

salt

cream of tartar

refrigerate for 1 hour

Using a cookie scoop or spoon

drop the balls of cough onto an

ungreased cookie sheet.

smear butter on the bottom of a glass, then dip it in sugar

use the class to flatten the balls of dough

dipping again into the sugar each time.

Bake for 9 to 11 minutes,

until the cookies are just barely

turning brown around the edges.

These cookies are large & yummy!

So large they barely fit in my cookies jar!

Next Tuesday I'll be featuring

Edna Mae's

Sour Cream Pancakes

Random Monday Memories #4 . . .

HISTORY OF HAIRSTYLING

MY FIRST 18 YEARS

I was born bald & really didn't have

much hair until 5 years old.

I sometimes wore braided pigtails to school.

My Mother curled my hair

with rags on Saturdays so I would have

a pretty head full of curls for church.

In 3rd grade all that came to a halt

when I was given my first home perm.

I hated the whole process of getting a home permanent.

Stinky and a painful day of agony.

My Grandma Minnie treated me to a salon permanent so

I would have a great hairstyle for 8th grade graduation.

They timed the perm with the wall clock. Oops!!!

The battery was dead. My hair was badly burned.

Not a good look for a special occasion.

Finally that came to an end in high school.

I began getting curls in another way.

My friends and I actually thought it was fashionable to

wear a curler bonnet downtown on Saturday when we'd meet to hangout.

Had to have a little bit of this . . .

so we could do this . . .

and this.



Some of us were lucky to have one of these.
No hand held hairdryers yet.


Finally a miracle invention appeared in stores.

No more sleeping in curlers.
Just plug it in, heat, curl, wait 20 to 30 minutes,
remove curlers, brush out. Instant beauty!



Thanks for letting me share my memories with you!

Weekly Words To Live By #3 . . .

Leisure does body

and soul good.

~ German saying ~

Hope you're taking the time to relax today . . .

After all, Sunday is a day of rest . . .

Remember, even God rested on the 7th day . . .

Genesis 2:2-3

(New International Version)
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Have A Fabulous Friday . . .

Whether you're . . .
whipping up some new recipes in the kitchen


shopping till you drop


cleaning the house from top to bottom


or
planting your flower garden

have a glorious day!!

Change Of Plans . . .

I'll be posting my first PW recipe next week

instead of today.

Thanks for your understanding!

Have a great day.

Random Monday Memories # 3 . . .

A one and a two . . .

I was quite young when I started watching

the Lawrence Welk show on Saturday nights.

I loved the music, the themed shows, and

dancing with my sister on a throw rug.

We weren't allowed to dance around

on the freshly waxed floor, but we didn't mind

because dancing on the rug was slippery fun!

I loved listening to the close harmony of the Lennon Sisters.


Watching them through the decades gave me
pointers on hair styles and fashion.

Oh, to look like the girls in the choir!

You can certainly tell that they're

wearing 70s dresses in this picture.

This guy was a whiz on the accordion, amazing.

I could never forget Jo Ann Castle.

Her piano playing impressed me so much.

My piano teacher, Mrs. Scott, taught me several songs

out of Jo Anne's piano book.

I still have it in my attic. Maybe I should dig it out

and brush up on my honky tonk technique.

Thank you for walking down memory lane with me today!

Resurrection Sunday ! ! !

Easter blessings to you all . . .

Get Your Bonnet Ready . . .

Are you old enough to remember when

ladies and little girls wore beautiful hats on Easter Sunday?

Wouldn't it be fun if Easter bonnets

came back into style?

Enjoy your Saturday!

Friday Show & Tell . . .

* BREAKING NEWS *

* BUNNIES FINALLY MAKE DEBUT *

Hello blog friends!

Mr. Bosley Reed here.

I'm eager to introduce you to all my bunny buddies.

musical bunnies . . .


dressed up & ready for the Easter egg hunt . . .

it's so fun having a pet bunny . . .

waiting to eat some veggies . . .

bunnies in bowls . . .

gentleman farmer with an Easter greeting . . .

pretty bunnies on a cake pedestal . . .

'everybunny' welcome here . . .

Happy Easter weekend . . .

So glad you hopped by for a visit!

April Fools' Day . . .

The most wasted day of all

is that on which we have not laughed!

Happy April Fools' Day !!!!!