It's been a REALLY long time since I have written a blog post. I would love to say that I will make a better effort to post more. But I'm not going to say that..... since it might not happen.
However.... just because I have been EXTREMELY lazy about posting, certainly doesn't mean that I have been lazy about crafting!
I have many things on the go at the moment. One of those things being ..... my WEDDING!! I am engaged and planning to DIY a lot of the stuff. However I don't want to post certain things on the blog, since a certain groom-to-be might see them ;)
Also... I have already started MANY of my gifts for my 'Completely Crafted Christmas' but can't post THOSE either.
On a completely different topic, Thanksgiving just passed and I had fun making these SUPER cute sugar cookie leaves (thanks Pinterest!).
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| the sugar cookie dough is food colouring dyed |
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| separated |
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| and smushed together |
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| cut out. this batch made 12 leaves and one pumpkin (the pumpkin was for test-tasting purposes!) |
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| baked! |
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| and decorated with a mixture of green, yellow, orange and red sugar |
And I have been addicted lately to pumpkin spiced lattes.
Steven and I went to get a coffee at Starbucks the other day and I thought I would get a pumpkin spice latte (so that I could try to steal their recipe!). WELL.... it's a good thing I've discovered how to make my own! A tall pumpkin spice latte cost $3.95! Yikes!
Here's how I made mine:
I started off by making a pumpkin spice sugar syrup by straining 3/4 cup of water through a fillable tea bag (you can buy these at bulk tea stores) filled with 1 tbsp of pumpkin spice.
By straining the water through the tea bag this avoids having any gritty spices in your drink!
**You might be able to use a coffee filter. I haven't tried it... but I don't see why this wouldn't work.
Then I dissolved the flavoured water and 3/4 of a cup of white sugar in a pot on the oven. Once it is dissolved... remove it from the heat.
Now you have pumpkin spice simple syrup! (This made about a cup of syrup)
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| pumpkin spice sugar syrup |
The coffee: I used a Rainforest Espresso K-cup in the Keurig machine and brewed 4oz.
*you could use any type of espresso- they even make instant expresso powder.
*I'm sure you could even try REALLY strong brewed coffee
The milk/cream:
I happen to have a milk frother. I bought on the sale rack of a kitchen store. DON'T go out and buy one just for this. You could just whisk the heated milk!
I put 3/4 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of 5% cream in the frother and heated it for about 2 min in the microwave and then frothed it.
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| heated milk and cream ready to be frothed |
The syrup:
I added 2-3 tbsp of the sugar syrup to the coffee.
I poured the milk into the coffee and stirred and then added whipped cream (a must!) and sprinkled a little more pumpkin spice on top.
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| mmmmm..... whipped cream |
I think it tastes delicious!! You will have to play around with amounts of sugar and the types of coffee. But here is a starting point! Definitely worth trying to make your own. Your piggy bank will thank you :)
Enjoy!
~Becca
