Sarcasm

[imaginarycircus]

I'm having a great time. If life gets anymore fun I might just expire from joy. I really don't things could get worse unless we find out I have a brain tumor better!

Just venting. Moving stress, health stress (but nothing new), packing stress, job stress, marriage Stress. Plus a lot of people I know are suddenly getting divorced. I imagine in a few weeks things will be a lot better.

Please tell me something nice or something you are up to? Even if it is boring? I just want to think about other people for a while?!

Comments

[piperki.livejournal.com]

LOLZ. Hey, you wouldn't happen to have a fantastically sinful shortbread recipe, would you?

I saw the Dumbledore thing over at copperbadge. Showed it to the Scholar and he gave me the Spock eyebrow.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

:D

I like Ina Garten's recipe:

3/4 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and 1 cup of sugar until they are just combined. Add the vanilla. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and salt; then add them to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dump onto a surface dusted with flour and roll shape into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut with a 3-inch heart-shaped cutter. Place the hearts on an ungreased sheet pan and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Note: The edges of the shortbread are ever so slightly sharper if you chill the cookies before baking them. I cut out the cookies days ahead and bake them the day I serve them.