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I have to admit. When I got the email from Katy asking me to participate in Once Upon A Thread, my heart just about leaped out of my chest. I absolutely loved the spring edition of this series and am beyond thrilled to take part for this round. Katy is someone I really look up to. She is such a wonderful source of inspiration in so many ways. Her taste is impeccable, her numerous talents- envious, and her writing is intelligent and witty. Most inspiring to me…are her mothering skills which I hope to emulate one day.
he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.”
“When you give him the milk,
he’ll probably ask you for a straw.”
My little mouse didn’t ask for a napkin, although he probably should have. 🙂
I sketched the additional paper patterns and used them to make a cloth prototype out of some old bed sheets. This step allowed me to try it on my son before I cut into my more expensive corduroy. It also helped me play around with the design more effectively.
I went back and forth about using denim like the mouse’s overalls. In the end I chose to use this nice gray corduroy instead, and I’m quite happy with it.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
{from The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook with a few notes from me}
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
16 tablespoons {2 sticks} unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 1/4 c. packed light brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolks
1 TBSP. vanilla extract
1 12 oz. bag semisweet chocolate chips { I also add 1 c. of walnuts chopped}
1. Adjust oven racks to upper and lower middle positions and heat over to 325 degrees. Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl and set aside.
2. Beat butter and sugars in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until combined – 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla until combined, about 30 seconds.
3. Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly mix in the flour mixture until combined, about 30 seconds. Add in chocolate chips {and nuts}.
4. Line baking sheets with parchment. I often just spray them with a light mist of canola oil. The recipe recommends 1/4 c. sized balls for large cookies. This works great. Often larger cookies dry out because you have to cook them so long. These don’t. Still, I like to make them smaller because they are easier to eat and a more appropriate size for my kids to snack on. I use tablespoon size balls and put about 12-15 on a pan.
5. Bake for 12-17 minutes switching and rotating baking sheets halfway during baking time. Pull them out when the edges are golden but the centers are still soft and puffy. Let them cool on the baking sheets 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Enjoy!
katie says
A little tip – haunt craigslist (and freecycle, for the heck of it) for sergers. I checked at least daily for months but it paid off – I got 2 sergers (one i haven't tried yet) for $100 – including the brother 1034D that everybody has and which I must say works really really well for a cheapie serger. It was one of the best $100 I've ever spent – I can RIP through clothes (and curtains,
Christie says
Love these overalls and love the photo shoot. Adorable. Those cookies look so yummy! And my serger was $150.00 I believe. They really aren't that bad of a price…maybe a Christmas present???
smills97 says
Wow- you are CRAZY CREATIVE!!! Awesome!! So inspiring to see someone having an idea and then going for it! Love it!!
Loulou says
What a great post you did here. Love the overalls and the excellent and fun photographs! Also the cookies look yum!
Loulou @ Loulou Downtown
justbyjo says
Mmmm… must say those cookies look so adorable I would almost feel bad about eating them! …almost.
Emma Odette Barnett says
That is the cutest kid EVER! Bless. xx
Sky @ Capital B says
What a fab post, Delia! Your overalls turned out adorable and I enjoyed your thoughts on the feeling of putting effort into something- I absolutely agree 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving to you if I don't get back around here to say it later this week!
jenette or more commonly known as "j" says
Stunning stunning stunning!
Jade says
Hmm…Those cookies looks very YUMMY!
chiwei says
I love love love this book, and I’m glad someone else does too, since my friends have never heard of it! What a wonderful idea for a photo shoot – I’ll have to attempt it someday.