to find peace, you have to look for the quiet places. Lots of things in life will shout at you and demand your attention. But you can’t let them keep turning your head.
“cookies are slightly golden around the edges and set. Remove cookies from pans; cool completely on wire racks. 6. While the cookies are cooling, make the cream cheese glaze. Mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, and extract in a medium bowl. Using a spoon, drizzle the glaze over the cooled cookies. Let cookies sit until glaze hardens up. Serve!”
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
“a small bowl and stir. 2. Add the cold butter in chunks and break it up with your fingers in the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. 3. Top the muffins with the remaining peaches and with a spoonful of the streusel topping. 4. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.”
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
“People don’t do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do the right thing because the world doesn’t make sense if you don’t.”
― Bastard Out of Carolina
― Bastard Out of Carolina
“I wish you enough,” she whispered in my ear. “Enough sun to light up your days, enough rain that you appreciate the sun. Enough joy to strengthen your soul, enough pain that you can appreciate life’s small moments of happiness. And enough friends that you can manage a farewell now and then.”
― The Red Address Book
― The Red Address Book
“For the streusel topping ¼ cup all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons white sugar ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon cinnamon 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter Directions For the muffins 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a large muffin tin with 12 muffin cups. 2. Dump peaches into sauce pan and add brown sugar and rum, bring to a boil. Turn down to low until all liquid is reduced. Let cool. 3. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar to a large bowl and whisk together to combine. 4. Add ¾ c of the peaches and stir well to coat. 5. Add the milk, egg, oil and vanilla extract, and stir together with a rubber spatula just until the flour disappears. 6. Portion the batter out into the muffin cups evenly (about ¾ full). For the topping 1. Combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon and baking powder in”
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
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