thank God it's Friday, or a new day for that matter! :)

 Brighten turned 5 earlier this month....

here's some pics.

 And this is the recipe for the cake i made! it's the EASIEST cake ever, it's called DUMP cake because you only use 1 bowl and dump it all in! 

easy.

and very very delicious.

easy shortbread

Hey people! 

This is another post on an easy-peasy cookie/bar

recipe with only 4 ingredients...(and my husband loves them!)

super simple.

shortbread!

1 cup butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

and that's it!

you can always add an ingredient at the end to make it different...

like i added 1/2 choc chips to spice it up!

or some lemon zest....

easy.

 kids love to help!

 Cream together the butter and sugar

 Add the flour and salt and mix till it looks uniform and crumbly.

pat it in an Ungreased (i love how easy that is!)

 8X8 pan

poke a fork all over it

and cook! 

325 for 25 min

happy baking!

enjoy the winter! 

don't have flour?

Want to make cookies?

But you don't have flour?

look no further! 

these are peanut butter cookies with only 4 ingredients!

i know,

i couldn't believe it either.

but it's true!

All you need is : 
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar (1 cup of sugar if you have unsweetened pb)
1 tsp. baking soda
combine and make like normal cookies! 
oven on 350 for 10 min
sooooo easy. 
~we prefer them because they taste MORE peanut buttery than the other peanut butter cookies your mom makes...seriously!
~also you can make these for your gluten-free friends and they will LOVE you!!! :)

you're welcome!

 i got the original recipe from joy the baker here:

http://joythebaker.com/2009/04/flourless-peanut-butter-cookies/