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<\/a>I couldn’t help feeling a little ambivalent about our options for future living places, mostly because I’ve only spent a significant amount of time in two places. While I still want to experience more of the world, moving back to Texas has a slew of benefits. I’ll be minutes away from The Best Grocery Store Ever<\/a>, mere hours away from my family, and finally, I’ll have access to all the delicious food I’ve been pining for these last three years.<\/p>\nSpeaking of food, the spice rearrangement revealed a dusty jar of chinese five spice powder that I’d forgotten about, which I decided to put to immediate use.<\/p>\n
Five Spice Shortbread, Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens new Cook Book<\/a><\/p>\n 1 cup salted butter Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in flours and spices. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for half an hour. On a lightly floured surface, roll to 1\/4 – 1\/2 inch thick and cut into shapes. Sprinkle with demerara and bake at 300 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.<\/p>\n Other news: Two good things happened this week: one is that I finally broke down and organized my spices, which were previously in a state of jam-packed disarray. The second is that we found out where we’re spending many years to come: … Continue reading
\n1\/4 cup powdered sugar
\n1\/4 cup turbinado
\n2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or all purpose flour, sifted
\n1\/2 cup rice flour
\n1 tsp chinese five spice power
\ndemerara, for sprinkling<\/p>\n
\n– I have been crushing pretty hard on this album<\/a>. It’s been a while since I’ve been this obsessed with one album in particular.
\n– Just made this<\/a> cake<\/a>, and it is pretty tasty.
\n– Dreaming of these shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"