mandazi

today after school i made delicious mandazi!

mandazi is essentially an african doughnut.

 here's the recipe if you want to try it!
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 Tablespoons melted butter
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder

mix all the ingredients together & add more flour if it's too sticky. roll the dough out,
cut into pieces and fry in hot oil until both sides are golden brown.
(some of mine got a little too much heat ;))

cover in powdered sugar & you're done!

mandazi is popular in Kenya & often served at bed & breakfasts.

interesting tidbit for the day.

enjoy. xo

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recap:

out to coffee with jesse

cheesecake factory for valentine's

staring contest with pepper

antique shopping by myself ($5 vintage purse.. oh yeah)

gluten-free baking for my good friend

intense studying of greek mythology

xo

valentine's ♥

happy valentines day everyone!

this year is my second year with jesse ♥ as my valentine!

it was a little bit of a downer finding out we both had closing shifts pretty much all week long,

so on my day off on monday i decided to visit him & bring him something to celebrate.

but what?

 i bought these pans a few days before (aren't they cute!?) 

& the noodles below.

what would be sweeter than a heart shaped meal? : )

i was on a bit of a time crunch however, so i had to make four different things at once.

maggie jumped on board to help, thank God!

couldn't have finished without her!

i finished with shell pasta lasagna, salad with strawberry poppyseed dressing, a strawberry muffin,

& an oversized rice krispy treat!

all the while i had this furry face staring at me waiting for me to drop something

(strawberries are his favorite!)

when everything was baked & cooled i drove out to meet jesse on his 

10 minute break which was WAY too short : (

he liked the food!!

i stayed a little while, sipped coffee & worked on some psychology notes.

I left after they closed, & made it home around 10:30. 

Around 11 my doorbell rang & who was standing there holding THESE?

they are SO delicious!

: ) 

hope you all had a lovely holiday!

pumpkin muffins with pepper

 pepper looooves helping!

aka getting in the way..

also made a gluten free loaf for Jennifer... 

i hope it tastes ok!

xo