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Guest Post: Nutella Biscoff White Chocolate Cookies from Little Accidents in the Kitchen

May 17, 2013

Hello! I’m Joey from Little Accidents in the Kitchen. I really love Sarah’s interesting creations and have been following her for some time, so I’m really really excited to be guest posting here today!

What I have for you today are some cookies. Really, who doesn’t love these little bites of heaven? But these aren’t just any cookies. They’re chock full of amazing stuff.

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Like biscoff.

Like nutella.

Like white chocolate.

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The kind of stuff that I would spoon out of a jar. Or in the case of white chocolate, eat by the handful. Don’t deny that you do it too.

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They’re already so good on their own. So what about when they’re packed into a soft, thick, chewy cookie? I don’t think I need to elaborate because you already know.

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Make sure you have a crowd around when you bake these, so that you won’t lose self control and finish the whole tray. Well, that’s what I’m supposed to tell you, but here’s a little secret…

I kept the whole tray for myself

Ingredients:
160g plain flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt

113g butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 brown sugar
1/4 cup speculoos/biscoff spread (or any cookie butter similiar in taste)
1/4 cup nutella

1 egg

1 cup white chocolate chips, divided

Method:
1. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.

2. Cream butter till smooth. Add sugars and cream till creamy and fluffy. Beat in speculoos and nutella until smooth.

3. Add the egg and beat till smooth.

4. Add flour gradually and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.

5. Stir in 3/4 cup of the white chocolate chips.

5. Scoop about a tablespoon of batter for each cookie onto a baking sheet. Then dot each mound of dough with 3-4 white chocolate chips.

6. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 10-11 minutes. The cookies will be very soft, but will firm up slightly upon cooling.

7. Let cool on the tray for about 2 minutes, or till firm enough to handle. Then transfer carefully onto a wire rack to cool completely, or till cool enough to eat.

I hope you all enjoyed the recipe! Have a great day and visit my blog if you would like to see more delicious goodies~

So happy to have you, thanks for guest posting Joey!

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Guest Post: Antique Dresser Refinish from Denise…On a Whim

May 16, 2013

Hi everyone! I’m Denise from Denise… on a whim.

My most important job is being mom to two little cuties! I’m also a graphic designer at my real job, the Treasurer for the Kent County Youth Fair at my volunteer job, and painter/blogger/sometime-creative-genius at my most fun job, On a Whim. My boyfriend, Eric, and I love creating fun upcycled projects and refinishing furniture. We’ve been taking our unique pieces to crafts shows for a little over a year now and recently rented a permanent space in a new store here in Michigan.

I am so excited to be guest posting at the wonderful Alderberry Hill today!

This is my very first guest post, so I certainly hope you enjoy our project.

I think I picked a beauty to share with you!

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My friend Karlye texted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would redo a dresser.

Of course, I said yes!

But then she came over with this gorgeous antique beauty.

Wow was about all I could think!

How lucky was I to get to work on this?!?

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For this piece, I wanted to do something just a little masculine.

The chest of drawers, without the mirror attached, just seemed to call for it.

And the piece was originally going to be a surprise gift for Karlye’s Dad.

So masculine certainly seemed to fit the bill.

She and I both knew we wanted to stain some of it.

The wood itself was a little too gorgeous to cover up!

But, since it was such a wonderful piece, I also wanted to give it a little umph!

Something more than just stain.

I immediately though of ASCP Coco.

I love it when used with dark aging wax.

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So I sanded down the trim on all four sides in order to restain those areas.

This piece also had peeling and warped veneer on the top that I decided to take off. I could tell the wood underneath the veneer would look great with some dark stain. So I set to work.

Thankfully, it came off fairly easily.

Sometimes that’s a super difficult job and absolutely no fun at all!

Here’s the chest sanded and restained.

I did not sand the inset areas or the drawer fronts, as I knew I would be using chalk paint there anyway.

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Here’s a picture of the Coco on those insets.

No wax yet…

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And same with the drawers. Just paint, no wax…

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This is a close up of the drawer with distressing and wax.

Love that it has the keyhole too!

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The side with distressing and wax…

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I chose Minwax stain in Jacobean because it’s really pretty dark and I wanted dark for this piece.

Once I had the body done, I got out the mirror.

I sanded the base for that and restained it.

Then I painted the mirror frame in Coco.

I’m loving how it turned out!

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Somewhere along the line, Karlye’s Dad found out about the project and he told Karlye that she could keep the Chest of Drawers.

Lucky girl!

Once I found that out, I knew I wanted to do something a little feminine with the drawer knobs.

I decided to make a trip to Hobby Lobby to look at their awesome selection of knobs and pulls.

I saw these and knew they would be perfect.

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The white gives the piece just a little pop of color and yet coordinates so nicely with the Coco and dark stain.

And the dark chocolate swirls are just the perfect feminine touch for this piece!

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I also bought this little birdie candleholder when I was there.

It’s so delicate and my favorite color.

I just couldn’t resist!

I think this piece turned out just how I had envisioned…

masculine with a soft side.

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I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this great chest of drawers today.

I’ve certainly enjoyed sharing it with Alderberry Hill! Thank you so much, Sarah, for giving me the opportunity to share with your readers!

I would love it if you drop by Denise… on a whim to say hello and see some of our other projects and to connect with me via bloglovin’, facebook, google+, pinterest, hometalk or instagram!

Thanks for guest posting Denise, this piece is beautiful!

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Guest Post: Lemonhead Cookies from A Peek into My Paradise

May 15, 2013

Hi! I’m Cathy, from A Peek Into My Paradise. I am super excited to be writing my first guest post for Sarah today! Thank you Sarah for having me!

I little about me. I have been married to my husband Dave for 29 years. We have two grown children, 26 and 22. We recently joined the empty nest club. I am a Christian who loves to read, spoil my two Shih Tzu’s, cook – bake – make anything with food, travel (we are HUGE Disney fans) and I have been known to flash people! I have been saving memories for years through photography and scrapbooking. Through the years friends and family would ask me, “How did you do that?” or “Can I have the recipe?”. In September of 2012, my first post went live on A Peek Into My Paradise.

Over at my piece of the blogosphere, A Peek Into My Paradise, I share a little bit of everything; recipes (Peanut Butter Cup Banana Pancakes), scrapbooking (My Story of Us Album), Disneyland and Travel Tips (One of my most popular Disneyland Posts), DIY (My Daughters Cinnamon Roll Wedding Cake) and so much more! I hope you will come visit me, pour yourself a cold drink, put your feet up, relax and check out my recipes, projects and take A Peek Into My Paradise.

Let’s get on to today’s post. I am super excited to share one of my favorite cookie recipes for Lemonhead Cookies.

I love lemon! As a matter of fact, one of my hubby’s favorite stories to share is the time I made lemon chicken for dinner the first year we were married. I didn’t think the amount of lemon juice the recipe called for was enough. So, I added more lemon..and a bit more…and it still didn’t look like enough.

Dinner was served, and with his eyes watering he made it through a few a few bites of lemon chicken. The lemon was SO strong he tells the tale, “I puckered for a week”! It wasn’t THAT bad.

Ok, it was strong, but lemony!

As I said, I love lemon! OMG! Amazing!

Wakes up your taste buds!

One of my favorites is lemon bars. So when I saw this recipe on

Pinterest I knew I had to try it soon. I was just waiting for an

event. I knew if I just made these for home

I would risk eating them ALL!

Thank you to the author of Blissful Roots blog for sharing Lemonhead Cookies with the world! Lemonhead cookies have the soft inside with a slightly crispy outside and bits of lemony heaven in every bite with Lemonhead pieces.

“They taste so fresh” – My Cousin

If you love lemon – you have to try these!