Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time:       Bake Time:     Amount:

15 mins         8-10 mins      20 cookies

Ingredients 

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 granulated sugar

1 cup packed light-brown sugar

1 teaspoon salt 

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 

2 large eggs 

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Usually, I have to double the recipes I find but this one is perfect! Not too many cookies but not too little either! Soft and chewy just how I like it! 

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter with both sugars; beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; add the salt, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until well mixed, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
2. Drop heaping tablespoon-size balls of dough about 2 inches apart on buttered baking sheets.
3. Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool on baking sheet 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

Original recipe: http://www.marthastewart.com/344840/soft-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies

Banana Bread Recipe

  Prep Time:       Bake Time:           Amount: One Loaf

  10 mins            55-60 mins                                           

Easy to make! Simple! Easy to clean up! 

Best bananas for this recipe is over ripe bananas. The yellow should be mostly brown and the banana should be starting to brown on the inside.

Ingredients

4-6 ripe bananas 

2/3 cup melted butter

2 teaspoons baking soda 

2 pinches of salt

1 cup sugar (2 cups if you want more sweetness) 

2 large eggs, beaten 

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

3 cups all-purpose flour 

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C), and butter a 9 5/8 X 5 1/5 X 2 3/4 inch loaf pan
2. In mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth. Add butter, mix well
3. mix in baking soda, and salt. Stir in the sugar, and beaten eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix in flour. 
4. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50mins to an hour at 350°F (175°C), or until a tester comes out clean. 
5. Remove the banana bread from the oven. Let cool completely on rack. Remove from pan, slice and serve. 

Original recipe: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

Writers Block!

Ugh! I cant seem to think of anything creative to write in my books or for songs and I'm trying so hard! BLEHHH I can't even think of what to write here! It's killing me!

SG

My Favorite Quote

This has to be by far my favorite quote. 

I found it about a year ago and fell in love with it!

Rant about New Year's Day

Happy New Year! I guess. You know what I hate? New Year's Day. Do you want to know why I hate new year's day? Because of New Year Resolutions. 2% of New Year resolutions actually get done, and people think it's the only time to do anything big that they want to accomplish. People make these big goals that they want to accomplish in a year. most of the time they get overwhelmed, or it's not even possible for them to accomplish in a year, or they just weren't prepared nor ready to start their goals. They made such big expectations of themselves that they can't uphold then they get sad then they think "well this year is a total bust" but it's not. They could still do something just maybe something not as big, or set some realistic goals for themself later on in the year but they don't. They wait till next year to do the exact same fucking thing over and over. So that's why I hate New Years Day, or I guess New years month.

Good Girl Bad Ass

Charlotte is a shy little good girl in her new school. With her nerdy appearance, no one seems to notice her. Then the bad boy of the school notices her and then shit breaks loose and she practically jumps out of her shell and acts like herself for once.



Go on my Wattpad account to read the first two chapters.
https://www.wattpad.com/user/StephanieGraceBrokop

"Are you alright?"

"Are you alright?" He asked me examining my face. 

"Do you think I'm alright? I almost lost you today! I.. I can't lose you. I can't imagine life without you! I'm terrified to lose you! That fire could have killed you! What if it did? What then? What am I suppose to do then? I don't think I can live without you... You have become the most consistent thing in my life! I can't lose you. I don't know what I would do if I lost you..." 


"You would move on. You would finish school. You would get a good paying job and you would move on." 


"Adam, I wouldn't be able to. I would want to die. I would rather it be me. I can't lose you. Holy hell if I lost you I would cry for months. I would stand on the top of buildings wanting to jump just so I could see you again. You mean more than anything to me. I can't lose you. I just can't." 

He pulls me close to him and starts to run his fingers through my hair. "You think that I could lose you? If it was you I would feel the exact same way but I would have to move on somehow." 


"You're stronger than me. You always have been. You could survive, I couldn't. I would cry myself to sleep every night. I would go back to cutting. I would never leave the house. I would become useless to society. I would die of sadness and depression. I couldn't do it. I refuse to do it."


"Samantha, you're stronger than you think you are. You're stronger than me. You could do it. But you don't have to for now. It's okay. We're both okay." 


We lay down in bed and Adam slowly falls asleep. I lay there, eyes wide open as tears fall down my cheeks. He almost died today. He almost died today.