Sugar Cookies with Coffee Icing

Ingredients

FOR THE SUGAR COOKIES:

2-¾ cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoons Baking Powder
1 cup Butter, Softened
1-½ cup Sugar
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
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FOR THE COFFEE FROSTING:
1-½ teaspoon Instant Coffee
½ teaspoons Cinnamon
1 pinch Salt
½ cups Butter, Softened
⅓ cups Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2-½ cups Confectioner's Sugar

Preparation Instructions

For the sugar cookies:

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Combine the flour, baking soda, and baking powder (the dry ingredients) into one bowl and mix
until they are all fully incorporated.

In another bowl, add the softened butter and sugar, and cream them together until it is nice and
smooth. To that, add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated (wet
ingredients).

Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients slowly by adding in about a third of the dry
ingredients at a time and mix together, then add the second third, etc. Keep mixing until the
dough becomes a ball.

Portion one-tablespoon-sized balls of cookie dough onto a greased baking sheet and bake in the
oven for 10 minutes.

For the coffee frosting:

In a bowl, combine coffee, cinnamon, salt, butter, milk, and vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.
Then, add in the confectioner’s sugar and mix to thicken the frosting. Keep adding the sugar
until it becomes as thick as you want. For thicker frosting, add more sugar. For thinner
frosting, add less sugar.

Once it’s all mixed, it’s time to frost!

Thoughts

I think today goes back to the words of Pioneer Woman-Ree Drummond

"It ain't all that tragic..."

I find it hard today to write about everything i'm thinking. Not that you all necessarily want to know what i'm thinking but i feel bad that i haven't posted anything in awhile.

I guess it is because i feel like with every fiber of my being...

I really don't want to be here at Bob Jones University.

Wow, I can't even explain how much better I feel just really saying that, and admitting it. I'm not trying to say that I don't want to do what God wants me to do or anything like that. It's not that at all. I just have never felt like this place is where God wants me.
Ever.
Granted I think because I spent the last year here he has wanted me here so far....and there are so many good things here. This post isn't to discourage anyone from coming to Bob Jones or anything like that…It's just kind of so I can get the thoughts out of my head and heart so that maybe they will go away I guess. Before I came this year I thought that it would be easy to transfer somewhere else. I thought that staying the complete year would be good for me because it would be a way to "finish what I started," but now I just feel stuck.

I love my major here. It's amazing. I honestly cannot explain how much I love majoring in Criminal Justice and minor-ing in Biblical Counseling. That's it though. My classes and that's really it. Chapel is good, and I’ve made some amazing friends here and the best roommates I think any girl going to college could ask for...But here is not what I thought/wanted college to be like.

I wanted to be somewhere where I could learn how to sing better, play golf, compete, go out and stay out late on the weekends with friends just having good clean fun. Wanted to get a really good job, a car, go to church, and just do so much more... I'm one of those types of people to where I have these goals...and I want to meet them so badly that I will do anything to meet them. I don't like feeling hindered or held back. I think it's because I partly blame myself for coming here. I honestly didn't know enough about searching for colleges and looking to degree's I really wanted to know where to apply. I had my heart set for Masters, I wanted to so badly serve the Lord at masters... I loved the people...I loved the dorms, loved chapel, loved the dining common, loved the sports, loved the fun college nights where the college would go spend the evening watching a Disney movie on the grass...I loved going to Disneyland, and i loved the warm weather. Master's was everything I wanted in a college except one huge thing. They didn't have my major. I think I shouldn't have given up looking though...for the college that was my fit. Where I knew that "this college" was where i could grow and become even more a person of God than anywhere else i could have been at the moment.

I have a confession, sometimes I am really jealous of people back home going to college...When I see what they get to do on the weekends...When they are able to go home, have a Spring Break, have days off when they can rest during the semester….when it looks like they have what I knew I wanted in the college I went too. Maybe I am just being selfish, and I’m not seeing the big picture...I do admit that I could just be completely wrong with everything and this is where I’m supposed to be and everything...But I don't think that is it. I don't think God would have placed these desires on my heart if I wasn't supposed to go do those things.

I'm not trying to make it seem like I’m not grateful for people here. Honestly if not for John Caballero and his family I would have given up this school and this year in a heartbeat and gone home and transferred anywhere but here…No matter the cost. Also meeting Tori Fisher has made this year so much more enjoyable...There are so many other people too that i have met that are amazing. The people in my CJ classes, those I work with, roomies etc. They are all wonderful people... But BJU is not where I thought I should be to accomplish what I felt like God wanted for my life...
I do know that I could just be drained with it being the end of the semester and everything, and I would feel better about coming here to BJU again if I was able to live off campus. I guess I will get to see what the Lord does with that. I just hope that something opens up so I only have to be at BJU for classes, chapel, and a few other required activities and that would be it…
I think that is all I am thinking right now. Finals are tomorrow, and I would appreciate prayer with glorifying God with them and doing my best.

Love this picture.....

Easter Eggs and Fluffy Bunny Rabbits :)

Please click this link to see pictures of baby bunnies that will make you want to go, "AWWWWWW Must have Bunny NOW"


:D

Here is a sample picture...

http://alwayswithbutter.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-eggs-baby-bunnies.html#more

Friends :) Something Very Important

Fish Tacos, Living Gallery and Corban University

Yesterday I went to Living Gallery you can find out more here.

http://livinggallery.bju.edu/production.php

It's a huge production done here at Bob Jones University and is amazing. Words cannot describe this production. This years Living Gallery tackled the question "Why bad things happen to people," and "How does a 'loving' God send people to hell." Both very good questions to ask and Living Gallery did a good job of giving an answer.

Today I have been thinking about what to write about considering I have a lot of my mind. With school closely coming to an end, I am excited to see summer. Currently I am looking into transferring to Corban University in Salem, Oregon. I have not quite been happy here at BJU and I get to visit the Corban in about 2 weeks. I am excited to see what the Lord has in store. It's interesting looking at other schools, and seeing what all they have to offer. I was a little worried about Corban because they don't have anything involved with Biblical Counseling like here at BJU. But as of looking at my "Checksheet" (to graduate here at BJU) a few days ago i have realized that the class I am taking this semester is my last class in counseling I will be taking in order to graduate. I know if I end up going to Corban there are many things I will miss here in South Carolina but I figure that I will be able to come and visit during the summer if things work all out.

This weekend I have 2 huge papers to turn in on Monday. (Blegh) It will be a long weekend. Hopefully going shooting tomorrow with some friends will help me take out some of my bitterness about 5-10 page papers :)

I got a wonderful birthday package today from my family at home :) It contained wonderful things and i'm excited to be eating chocolate for the rest of my life from everyone at home :) I love my family :)

In closing I will post a recipe that I will hopefully be making over the weekend.

FISH TACOS!!!!!!

6 whole Talapia Fillets (or Other Mild Flaky White Fish)
2 Tablespoons Hot Sauce (I Use Frank's Red Hot)
Canola Oil
Lime Juice, To Drizzle On Grilled Fish
12 whole Corn Tortillas
1 cup Southwest Slaw (see My Recipe Box)
¼ cups Cilantro, Chopped Medium-fine
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FOR THE MARINADE:
⅓ cups Canola Oil
2 whole Limes, Juiced
1 teaspoon Garlic Salt
2 Tablespoons Adobo Sauce (from A Can Of Chipotles In Adobo)
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FOR THE AVOCADO CREAM:
1 whole Large Hass Avocado, Peeled, Seeded And Diced (I Recommend Calavo)
1 cup Sour Cream
1 whole Lime, Juiced
2 teaspoons Your Favorite Hot Sauce
1 teaspoon Garlic Salt


DIRECTIONS

Important: Make sure the fish is fresh! It should be firm, with good color, and a clean briny (not fishy) smell.
If you can’t find talapia, any mild white flaky fish would work. Mahi mahi, cod, red snapper, or halibut would be fine.

Combine all of the marinade ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk to combine.

Put the fish in a gallon zip-top bag and add the marindade.

Slosh the fish and the marinade gently in the bag to ensure that all of the fish is coated.

Seal the bag (removing the excess air) and set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.

Mash the avocado on a cutting board with the side of your knife.

Combine all of the avocado cream ingredients in an medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine, then
cover and refrigerate.

Tip: The marinade and/or avocado cream can be made up to a day in advance. (Then proceed to try a few spoonfuls and die in avocado cream blissfulness)




Start your grill and prepare for direct cooking over a hot fire (450-500º).

Remove the fish from the marinade and drain well.

Pat each filet dry with a paper towel.

Smear each side of each filet with a teaspoon of hot sauce, applying it as evenly as you can.

Oil the grill grate and both sides of the fish lightly with the canola oil. The oil on the grate
will smoke, so wait for it to dissipate.

Put the fish on the grill and cook for three minutes.

Flip the fish over and cook for another minute.

Move the fish to a warm platter, drizzle the fish with lime juice, and cover the platter with
plastic wrap.




Quickly warm each tortilla on the grill.

To serve, offset two tortillas by half, smear the inside with avocado cream, add some fish
chunks (separated with forks), then top with about two tablespoons of slaw and some cilantro.

Or, serve it family-style so that everyone can build their own.

Enjoy!

Coconut Cake is on the mind....

AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH

You know those moments where you just want to cook something but you can't? Specifically why you can't is because you are in Barge staring at the different tiles on the ceiling? Granted maybe not all of you can relate with me in this moment because not every reader of my blog has been stuck in Barge (BJU's hospital/infirmary) counting the tile on the ceiling....So please


One of my readers...

Bake this cake for me? Than tell me how it went? :)

I have been told that Coconut Cake is a Southern Staple during easter....Granted I can't remember who told me that, but i'm sure someone did.


Here is the glorious Recipe...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/coconut-cake-recipe/index.html

Now I don't want any comments from people who think Coconut is EVIL.....Because then...

I will be tempted to call you....Evil....


and i have to be nice on my blog :D


Please go make Coconut Cake for me!!!



<3

Short shower heads

For all of you tall people you understand what those 3 little words mean. "Short shower heads."
Today i got experience the Barge showers, and I looked desperately for a comic strip that could portray what it was like, but I couldn't find one. It reminded me a little bit of what it was like on the Europe trip (Jasleen will know what I am talking about) :D Those are such good memories.

I was looking through some stuff for easter and I found this amazing popcorn recipe from Heather Cristo at

http://www.heatherchristo.com/cooks/2011/04/17/candied-popcorn-for-easter/

Granted I might be violating some sorta copyright thing by copying the pictures onto my profile...I will have to look into that and see if i'm violating blogger rights or something. :)


I will look into that later :)

Hope you get a chance to make something fun for Easter!

What to write about today

Today I get to experience Barge for the first time all year. Barge is BJU's hospital and I have to admit its really nice to be here because its nice and quiet...:D As of 11.00pm last night I ended up not being able to breathe through my nose anymore and I didn't sleep all night long. Around 630 I decided to go to Barge because my roommate Sarah said that you can get in through the back door as long as you ring the doorbell. :)

I've been here ever since. It's nice. I'm enjoying the drugs they give out here :D

Since i've had some downtime I got a chance to think a little bit about my birthday next week. I'm trying to decide on what I want to do, and I wouldn't mind some ideas from you on good bday ideas?
I'm think Lasagna, French bread, and Caesar salad? :)

Today as i've been looking through recipes I found this amazing recipe.

http://annies-eats.com/

They are Chicken Egg Rolls.. They look amazing :D Just click the link and you'll find out

Maybe if you make them your day will go better?

75 pounds of potatoes, Lobster, and Cheesecake

Yesterday was a crazy Saturday. This is why the title of my blog only contains food items.

I and the beautiful Sarah Finch got to peel and chop for potato salad 75 pounds of potatoes yesterday. It was almost the worst experience of my life a maturing experience. Unfortunately there is no photographic evidence of what we did because,

1. I didn't think you wanted to stare at pruned fingers
2. I didn't have a camera
3. I didn't have a camera

I also got to go to an amazing restaurant yesterday to make up for the experience. Due to a wonderful coupon I got to have Lobster. :D I gracefully got to wolf eat it in a very ladylike fashion, according to my boyfriends amusement, i'm sure. I think that was about all that happened yesterday that i wish to have evidence of on the internet.

Today is Sunday and it was wonderful being at church this morning. I had the privilege of praising the Lord by watching around 10 people being baptized. It almost brought me to tears seeing what the Lord was starting to do in the lives of people that ranged from the age young (4-5) to older (maybe 40's?)It's been awhile since i've been able to see people being baptized and I really can't say how much it blessed my heart.

Then I went over to the Caballero's and made Coconut Almond Cheesecake :D I would have a picture of that but by the time i thought about taking a picture....it was already in the oven, and I have no desire for that piece of beauty to "fall." So for the sake of me, and others that will partake of its goodness there is no picture....

For You. :D

My only piece of advice to you now is to hurry into the kitchen and make yourself an amazing cheesecake that when you eat will give you a glimpse of what heaven will be like....

I shall leave you on that note :)

Please enjoy your Sunday!

Dorm Life

Dorm life:

What does it teach you?


I’m sure many people have different theories/valid reasons….

Maybe the most logical one is that it teaches you to live with other people and helps you be more Christ-like, which is true. What about the reason that it, “Will help you when you eventually get married live with your spouse.”


I have serious doubts about that.

SERIOUS doubts…Does that mean your husband will act like how we women act in the dorms? I would love some feedback on this from any of you experiences dorm people that are now married maybe?:D


Meanwhile, I really want to cook these….Don’t they look amazing???!

These beautiful cupcakes are to me such a cute reminder of Easter coming up :) A celebration of Jesus' Resurrection is a wonderful thing to remember and think about.

They can be found at...

http://bakeat350.blogspot.com/ :)

Updates in the life of Ariell Eneix

Hello Blogger World!

I am sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. I guess for awhile I had lost my passion for writing. I think the main reason I have decided to start blogging again is because I have started following so many blogs.  It is a great way to become addicted to things.

Here are my top 5

www.thepioneerwoman.com

www.stylemepretty.com

http://iammommy.typepad.com/i_am_baker/

www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com

http://catalogliving.net/


I hope you can enjoy those blogs as much as I do!

A short update on my life is that currently I am going to Bob Jones University in South Carolina. My major is Criminal Justice and my minor is Biblical Counseling. I love both of them. I love LOVE LOVE my major and I am still figuring out whether or not I love my BC classes. My best friend is still Elea Chinalski and I’m still utterly close with Jasleen Kaler and Megan Timmerman from HS  They all are so wonderful to me and the best Godly girlies I could ever have in my life. I have acquired a new addition in my life though, and have gotten another best friend. He is my boyfriend John Caballero who I have known for five years, and who is an incredibly Godly man who I love being with.

I think that is the most time I have now for an update!


Have a beautiful day :)



Eat some chocolate :)