Bacon Banana Cookies

Got this recipe from Epicurious.com. It was such a hit with my husband’s coworkers that I wanted to save it here forever. 

 YIELD

Yields 30 cookies

INGREDIENTS

1. • 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
   • 2 teaspoons baking powder
   • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
   • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
   • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
   • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
   • 1 1/4 cups sugar
   • 2 large eggs
   • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   • 4 bananas, mashed (about 1 1/3 cups)
   • 1/2 pound bacon, cooked crisp, chopped

PREPARATION

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
   2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon, and the salt.
   3. In a medium mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream together the butter and 1 cup of the sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until they are fully incorporated. Beat in the vanilla. Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture, then stir in the mashed bananas, beating well after each addition. Fold in the bacon.
   4. Stir together the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the remaining cinnamon.
   5. Drop the dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheet 1 inch apart. Sprinkle generously with the cinnamon-sugar and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until slightly browned. Allow the cookies to cool completely before storing in an airtight container. Cookies will keep for 5 to 7 days.

Rock-hard bananas? Ripen them quickly for Bacon Banana Cookies by placing the peeled fruit on a parchment-lined baking sheet and cooking them in a 400°F oven for 10 minutes until they are soft. Next time you make banana bread, try stirring 4 slices cooked and chopped bacon into the batter.

How many triangles?

A lot of people are having trouble counting the correct number so here's a nice visual for you!

Original Image:

 

Triangle breakdown:

So the total is 27!

HOLY CURLS!!!!

So my hair is stick straight and never wants to hold a curl. I can try to curl my hair with a curling iron, start at the left side of my face but by the time I get to the right side (while spraying the curled sections with hairspray), the left side will be straight again. So after coming across this blog post I just had to give it a try and boy did it work!!!!! Here are my pics of my hair :)

No-Heat Curls: Headband Style

 Day 2: Headband out

 

My trick was to dampen my hair first, put in Suave Professionals: Captivating Curls Mousse, put it up in the headband, and then finish with Garnier Fructis: Flexible Control Anti-Humidity Hairspray. The headband style was a style I knew I wouldn't mind wearing out in public so Monday morning I did my hair, went to class, did errands around town and then slept with the headband still in. Tuesday morning, I took it out before my morning class and HOLY CURLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sprayed with some more hairspray for more hold after taking it out.) Let me tell you, these curls stayed in from 10 am- 3 pm. That's when the curls finally started losing life so I put my hair up in a ponytail, it still had curl but not as much as it did earlier and those curls stayed in until I took a shower at 10 pm!!!!

If you have stick straight hair and are looking for a non-permanent way to put in curls for a day, I HIGHLY recommend this trick!!!!! Oh and P.S.- I got TONS of compliments on my hair, both the headband style AND the curls!!

All packed up and waiting for my love to come home so we can go home to Alamogordo.
I<3Aaron

Watching Soul Surfer. God I love surfing movies!
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Glad Aaron's driving... Leaves me free to watch the best lightning storm i've seen in years!
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Just saw a sign in Prairie, Texas for a "Redneck Yunk Yard" Lmao
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