Homemade Soft Pretzels

I made these!!

Let me tell you, they weren't very hard to make at all!

Thanks to Alton Brown, i found his soft pretzel recipe online and followed the steps...and 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm delicious soft pretzels that taste exactly like store bought ones, or the ones you get in the mall!! seriously!!

go to this link for the recipe!

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/

before/after

 Before/After Silver polishing!

My dear friend Ramona taught me a trick to polishing silver without silver polish or cream!

A-MAZING!

all you need is:

a large pot

aluminum foil- good amount folded in half

baking soda- 1-2 tsp

salt- pinch

water- enough to cover silver

soft cloth

here's my silver plate before:

Instructions:

1.  Place enough water in the pot that will cover your item completely in water. 

add aluminum foil, baking soda and salt and bring to a boil

2. add your silver item and set a timer for 2 minutes. make sure it's touching the aluminum foil.  Watch before your very eyes the transformation!

Seriously, the shine from the foil transfers to the silver!! It's amazing, and the foil looks really yucky and dull, almost gray/black when you are done!!

3. Take it out and carefully buff the silver piece with a clean cloth!

4. Ta-Da!!

AMAZING!! 

i should have taken chemistry.....but i'm sure glad she did :)

have fun "polishing!"