I have been baking again...

I was on the way home at lunch yesterday and happened to drive past a lottery sign that said it was up to 170 million dollars. 170 million dollars divided by half...yep I could live on that. I could live on half of that. even half of that. DO I really deserve the lottery? You always hear about that family that was about to lose the home, out of work, needed a hand that won...what about the moderate middle class unwed couple? Do they ever get their fairy tail? I had a dream a couple of weeks ago that I was a contestant on a game show where the prize was 10 million dollars and I won. I went up to everyone that I worked for and told them I quit but then went into my bosses office and told her I would still work part time just to help out..doesn't that make me deserving of winning the lottery? That I was even benevolent in my dreams... What does a girl have to do around here to retire at 20 something?

So I started thinking what would I do if I could win the lottery? I would have to have something to do with my time. But I would want to be able to work by my own rules. So I would own my own store. I would sell all kinds of stuff...of course in this fantasy I would be an expert sewer and furniture rehab-er along with just a talented all around fabu lady who wore skirts and rode bicycles to work and her puppy rode in the basket. Again this is of course a million dollar fantasy...

So back to reality. I baked again this weekend! I am really into taking recipes and picking them apart and making them better and really thinking about what i could add to make it better. I judge all my successes and failures by whether O.B.C. has seconds. In this case...he just kept sneaking them. I would say..success!

Also had the chance to check out a highly recommended show...RuPaul's Drag Race. Pat was down here doing his draft and he wanted me to sit down here with him so I said fine and popped on the LoGo network. If I have to listen to "Going Once, Going Twice, Sold" two hundred times...you best believe that I going to be watching a man with a Brazilian and hot pants do the splits while singing the classic "Two of Hearts".

Harry Belafonte Cookies

So good there are going to have you singing DAy-o...me say DAy-o....

1/2 cup reduced fat peanut butter

1/2 cup butter softened

Mix the two with a mixer until creamy.

Add in

1/2 Cup packed brown sugar

1/2 Cup white sugar

Mix together with mixer.

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 medium egg

Mix together with mixer

1 Cup flour

Mix together with mixer

1/4 Cup flour fold with spatula

Squish

1 medium banana

Mix togehter with mixer

Add

1/2 Cup more flour to dry out the batter

Round into 1 inch balls

Coat with sugar

Press fork into each cookies to criss cross

Place on ungreased cookie sheets

Bake for 6-8 minutes in 375 oven

*BAKERS TIP! When baking anything in the oven, 1/2 way through the bake, rotate cookie sheets, pans, bread pans etc., 180 degrees! Your baking will turn out much more even!