Gutie's Goodies

Does anybody else use this app called Timehop? It just tells you whatever you did on this date in your social media history, so usually it's just embarrassing. But sometimes it makes me like painfully nostalgic. For example, the picture up there came up on my Timehop last week and it reminded me of this night three summers ago where three of my best friends and I made Cookie Monster cupcakes! They were pretty cute, and pretty tasty, and the whole night was a blast. Yesterday when 3/4 of us were reunited (sorry, Shanna! we missed you), intending to bake something, we decided to recreate these masterpieces, except on sugar cookies this time.  Grandma Myers' Sugar Cookies - originally from the cookbook First Capitol Favorites   (presented by the Young Women's Club of York ) Ingredients Cookies 1 stick of butter, room temperature 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon of vanilla ¾ cup of buttermilk ½ teaspoon of baking soda 2½ teaspoons of baking powder 2½ cups ...

Mmmmmmmmmm These goodies were a product of what I already had in the cabinets. I worked all day yesterday and didn't really feel like buying fancy ingredients and making something fussy. So I reverted to an old favorite. I promised myself I would branch out from cupcakes, and if I did relapse, it would at least be an interesting flavor or decoration...then I made vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. But I have no regrets! They're cute, they're easy, and they're always a crowd pleaser. You really can't go wrong with vanilla, especially this one. It's my old standard. The recipe comes from an awesome blog called the Cupcake Project. She makes some really insane flavors, like these absinthe cupcakes  and these salt and vinegar pork rind cupcakes with a beer glaze . While she's awesome at the crazy stuff, her recipe for the ULTIMATE vanilla cupcake  is actually perfect. You know how cake made from a boxed sometimes just tastes better than from scra...