happy haunting

Leaves on the ground, sunlit sky, spooks on the wind, it's the perfect October weather.  How's the weather where you are?  Are you holding out in the storm?  Come to Colorado.  Come over for dinner.  I'll be making food with pumpkin and pumpkin cake.  Pumpkin food is the best.  Also candy.  And not dressing up like a sexy panda.  Stay warm and dry, and have a wonderful Halloween!

all the trees

Today, as promised, a FO (finished object)!  This one is for me.  I haven't knit a hat for myself in many a year, and I have never knit one that actually fit.  This feels very indulgent.  The yarn is alpaca.  The color is olive.  This is my favorite hat ever, just in time for the cool weather.

Pattern and details here.

seasons

Outside: blustering winds, changing colors, cool days beautiful sunshine
On the needles:  This hat (still) but I hope to show it to you soon
Reading: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
In the oven:  Pumpkin bread

And you ?  Are the winds changing where you are?

~ Have a lovely day in the autumn sun ~

because it is fall

More in the series of things that make my life wonderful; look out, because it's a shameless plug for being married to my favorite person ever.

These are for me, from my DH, because "It's fall, and you like fall."  I do like fall, and I like flowers.  Thanks to DH and thanks to you my friends for being so kind to me always.  Also, puppies playing in the snow outside.  Life is good.

gluten less cookies

You know what else helps?  COOKIES

I know, it hasn't snowed yet, but there has been cause for cookies around here.  This was my first real attempt at cookies sans gluten, and I must say I was very happy with the results.  Adapted slightly from the recipe here, which was just a bit fancy for my taste.

You need:

• 1 stick of butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup raw sugar (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 cup brown rice flour
• 1/2 cup amaranath flour
• 1/4 cup tapioca starch
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup chocolate chips or peanut butter M&Ms (YES)

What to do:

1. Cream together the butter and sugars.  Add vanilla and egg, mix well.
2. Add your dry ingredients, mix well. 
3. Fold in chocolate of your choice.
4. Put dough on a piece of parchment paper, and using the paper roll into a log 12 in long, 2 in thick.
5. Refrigerate for at least an hour, this helps!
6. Preheat oven to 350F, then cut your log into 1/2 in discs.
7. Place on prepared cookie sheet (re-use your parchment paper), 2 in between each cookie.
8. Bake for 10 minutes.  Let cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then cool the rest of the way on a plate.
9. Or just eat them right away!  Hooray cookies!