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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Chocolate Custardy Goodness

After posting about my toll house pie in my facebook status today, I received a couple of requests for the recipe. This pie is rich, gooey, and chocolaty. It has the perfect combination of sweet, rich custard, complimented by the slightly salty flavor of the crust and the bittersweetness of the chocolate chips. You can make your own pie crust, or you can do what I do and used a pillsbury crust. I like making my own, but with all of the sewing and knitting I have to do, who has time?

Toll House Pie a la Kristin

3 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tbsp dark karo syrup
1 stick melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups of semisweet chips
1/2- 1 cup chopped nuts if desired
1 unbaked pie crust

Beat eggs until bubbly and foamy. Mix in flour, sugar, butter, karo syrup, and butter until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts. Poke holes in pie crust with a fork. Fill pie crust with filling. Bake in 325 degree oven (for glass pie plate; 350 for metal) for 1 hour. Cool completely and top with whipped topping. 
Note: If you do not have Karo syrup, you can do 3/4 cup white sugar and 3/4 cup of brown sugar instead.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Big white shirt, Little white dress

Yesterday, I was looking around on Ruffles and Stuff and I found a tutorial for the cutest Daddy shirt to little girl dress conversion. I love the shirring and the ties on the shoulders. Perfect whimsical touches to give a plain shirt a feminine touch. So today, during nap time, I decided to give it a try myself. Not quite sure if I am done with it. Thinking about adding a sash and/or a flower. Also, my shirring was not exactly perfect. However, I don't think it's that noticeable. Hopefully, I will get my pictures of my Monkey socks posted soon. My camera seems to eat batteries, and is in need of a good meal after my trip out of town this past weekend.