Snickerdoodles

I love the smell of cookies baking in the oven, especially Snickerdoodles. These are favorites of ours and the kids love rolling the dough in the cinnamon-sugar. Here is the recipe I use...It is from Martha Stewart's Cookies. Enjoy!

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. coarse salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups plus 2 TBSP. sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Put butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar in the bowl and mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture.

2. Stir together cinnamon and remaining 2 TBSP. sugar in a small bowl. Shape dough into balls; roll in cinnamon sugar. Place on baking sheets.


3. Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on wire racks.

It's Almost FRiGHt NiGHt!!

I'm so excited this year to decorate for halloween!! Check back soon for pictures :) For now, enjoy sights of these FRiGHtEniNg SoUls!

"TrAiL MiX"

Now that the weather is kind of cooling down here, I have been going out and walking/running/hiking the trails in our community. There are so many great trails through the desert and mountains here. I can only do it if I have my music, so I thought I would share some of the songs that I listen to while I'm out trekking through the desert. (A few of these are on the playlist at the bottom of the page)

Please share some songs that get you moving. I am always looking for motivation to get me out there...even if it's only a song :)

Airplanes - B.O.B. (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)
Cooler Than Me - Michael Posner
Glamorous - Fergie
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Down (Feat. Lil' Wayne) - Jay Sean
Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha
Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
Party In The U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
Dynamite - Taio Cruz
Fancy Footwork Chromed Step Up 3D OST
Mercy - Glee Cast
Push It - Glee Cast
Tik Tok - Ke$ha
Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida (Feat David Guetta) - Step Up 3D OST
Safety Dance (Glee Cast Version)
California Gurls - Katy Perry
Rehab - Glee Cast
Fire - Glee Cast
Love Lockdown - Kanye West
4 Minutes - Glee Cast
Fire Burning - Sean Kingston
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Live Your Life T.I. ft Rihanna Sound of Silence
Naturally - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Halo / Walking On Sunshine - Glee Cast
Like A Virgin - Glee Cast
Burning Up - Glee Cast
Breakeven - The Script
Love the Way You Lie (Clean Version) - Eminem Ft Rihana
Like A Prayer Glee Cast
Half Of My Heart - John Mayer
Eclipse Soundtrack
She & Him Album