yummy little almond sandwich cookies

Today I stumbled upon Pillsbury's flickr photostream (ahh! Pillsbury has a flickr photostream!) which is just page after page of mouthwatering photos accompanied by the recipes to bring those lovely photos to life in your own home. Perhaps the most yummy-looking are the aptly named Yummy Little Almond Sandwich Cookies. (I mean, come on, it has yummy in the title!)

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INGREDIENTS

Cookies
1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Filling
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
4 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 drop red food color

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in flour and almond extract until well blended.

2. Shape dough into 180 (1/2-inch) balls. Place balls 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press bottom of glass dipped into granulated sugar on each ball until 1/4 inch thick; prick top of each with a fork.

3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes until set but not brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until smooth and creamy. Spread about 1 teaspoon filling on bottoms of half of the cookies. Top each with another cookie, bottom side down; press gently. Store in refrigerator.

old age

I found a really awesome vintage shop on etsy today, Old Age. It seems like mostly 60's and 70's dresses... really terrific dresses. The third one down reminds me of something Barbara Eden would wear in a later episode of I Dream of Jeannie when she was out in public with Major Nelson sans the pink genie costume.

Vintage 60's Lace Illusion Formal Cocktail dress

Vintage 60's Blue Mod Party Mini Dress

Vintage Mod Floral/Brown Mini Dress

Vintage color block Angel Sleeve Grecian Mini Dress

Half Awake

Sometimes

Outskirts

May

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Photography by Erin Tyner,
from her Half Awake series.

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A couple of things I really want to steal, er, um, BUY!

Herringbone Tweed Jacket from Charlotte Russe ($38.39)

Trista Stripe Dress from dELiAs ($44.50)

Of course BOTH are too much for me to afford, but I still WANT them...hmm, now here is where I would put my plans to break into the warehouses. But, of course I am an honest, law-abiding citizen and would never even THINK to do that!

...I'll just continue to pine after them FOREVER!

-Millie

*Tomorrow, midnight, wear dark clothes, bring a chisel!*

Find it Cheaper {Miss Darling Dress}

Urban Outfitters - $98.00
Modcloth - $79.99

Okay, so $80 still isn't quite a steal (at least not with my bank account balance) but it's a heck of a lot better than $100! Hey, I just realized this is the first time Modcloth was on the cheaper end of Find it Cheaper..

flying sofa brooch

I think this is one of the most fabulous things ever.
Flying sofa brooch by HairySock - $39.99

Find it Cheaper

The Hopleaf dress - Modcloth - $62.99
The Plumfield dress - Modcloth- $62.99

This find it cheaper is kind of tricky... it's not really easy to get these dresses at a discount, but the effort is really worthwhile because of the ridiculous amount of money you would save.

I found the dresses available wholesale at Theme Clothing for $23.00 each. At Modcloth they are $63. You need to have an account to view them (just having a wordpress account works) and -- here is the tricky part -- you have to buy 2 smalls, 2 mediums and 1 large. Eek. BUT if you have friends who all love these dresses and fit these sizes you get the dresses 60% off of what Modcloth asks! If you want them desperately & don't have friends who do- you could always leave comments on this post stating what size you'd like, and if we get the right amount of people for each size you could do a collaborative order. I for one think it's worth it for the savings :) Or if you have the ready cash, you could just buy the five dresses & sell the four you don't use on your blog or ebay. You could even make money by just marking it up $5-$10 a dress, and it would still be 50% off of what Modcloth is asking.

FYI though, you might want to check out my previous post on this dress style, and how it isn't meant for the curvy figure...

I promise the next Find it Cheaper will be a lot easier to buy!!