Peanut Butter Rolo Cookies

If you want the best cookie recipe ever well, you're welcome! :)

Ingredients:

•    1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened to room temperature

•    1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar (or light brown)

•    1/4 cup sugar

•    1 large egg

•    3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

•    1 tsp. vanilla extract

•    1/2 tsp. baking soda

•    1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

•    24 Rolos

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand alone mixer, cream the butter and sugars together. Stir in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla (in that order). Slowly mix in the baking soda and flour. Do not over mix. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take 1.5 tbsp. scoop of the chilled dough and split in half. Wrap the cookie dough around a Rolo and roll into a ball. Repeat with the rest of the dough and all 24 Rolos. Bake for 9 minutes. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

Notes:

*You may use unsalted butter in this recipe. If so, add 1/4 tsp. salt with the flour.

Makes 2-dozen cookies.

*I topped mine with chocolate for fun, and it looks more appetizing I think, but optional.

organizing important documents

When I moved out to college I started my own filing system. It has worked out really well for me! After Ryan and I got married I needed to combine our documents and make new tabs for the both of us. This is far from fancy but it treats me well. I hope you can find some extra help as well. 

First make a list of what kinds of documents you would like to file. Here are some of the ones I use.

Housing

Cars

Auto Insurance

Health Insurance

Banking

Our Jobs

Taxes

Medical

Schooling

Financial Aid

Manuels

Phone

Personal

Next file them in any order that you would like, alphabetical, categorized or color coordinated.

I filed them by categories and hopefully will be color coordinating when I have some time soon.

It may take a while to get it all set up but trust me it is well worth it!! It is so easy to find documents now and I don't loose them. 

Sundays

Need a good recipe for some chocolate chip cookies? You're welcome.

besides... I needed an excuse to use our adorable kitchenaid :)

Ingredients:

2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2-teaspoon baking soda

1 + 1/2 stick salted butter, melted & cooled (Completely cooled, people!)

1-cup brown sugar

1/2-cup sugar

1 egg + egg yolk, at room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract (none of that imitation crap.)

Chocolate chips, whatever kind you would like, as many as you would like.

Directions:

-Preheat over to 325 degrees F & melt butter, set aside to cool.

-Mix the flour & baking soda in a bowl & set aside. In another bowl, mix the cooled butter & sugars until they are combined. Add egg yolk, egg, & vanilla. Mix. Slowly add the dry ingredients. Fold in chocolate chips.

-Roll tall tablespoon balls & place on your cookie sheet. Bake for 8 to 11 minutes. Edges will be golden brown but the middle will be soft & puffy. Do not, do not, and do not over bake.

Enjoy!

Wedding Bells

Yay we are getting our pictures back! We have close to 1000 pictures so we have been getting batches of them back here and there. I am in love with them and I love reminiscing in the happiest day of our life. So Fun!

So because we have a thousand pictures I will just post a few :)