Food Friday – soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies…


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Good morning guys,

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I am no lover of sweets in general but there are a few sweet treats I make an exception for and chocolate chip cookies are definitely one of them. But let´s make sure they are the right ones. I don´t like crunchy at all, so I am always going for soft and chewy cookies.

Another thing I love about cookies is the versatility. You can make them with seasonal ingredients, with the classics or plain. In the end it is always the same precidure and tastes perfectly good either way.

So here is what you need for a baking sheet full of delicious cookies which ake your house smell like you are living in a bakery.

Ingredients:
– 3/4 cup brown sugar
– 1/4 cup sugar
– 1 egg
– 2 teaspoons vanilla paste
– 1 1/2 cups flour
– 1 teaspoon baking powder
– 2 teaspoons cornstarch
– pinch of salt
– 1 cup chocolate chip cookies (optional as you like)

How-To:
– melt the butter in the microwave
– add the egg, sugar and vanilla paste and whisk together
– add flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt and stir togethher
– add the chocolate chips
– portion on a plate (I use and ice cream scoop)
– put in the freezer for about 30 to 40 minutes
– preheat the oven to 175° 
– put cookie dough onto a baking tray cover with a baking sheet (about 9 per each)
– bake for 12 minutes – I only bake them for 9 minutes to make sure that they are slightly undercooked

I only let them bake for the 9 minutes cause I like them supersoft. Don´t be fooled by the consistency. They will get a lot more solid when they cool down.

Personally I love a cup of coffee with my cookie or nothing. Florian for example eats his with a glass of milk.

Do you love the classic chocolate chip cookie or do you have a special ingredient you can´t renounce.

Thanks for stopping by. Take care. See you.

And make sure you have entered my giveaway. It is your last chance today.

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As casual as I can go…

denim H&M sold out similar here / mules H&M sold out similar here and here / pullover from a local store similar here and love this one here / polka dot scarf old similar here and here / bucket bag Mango / coat H&M old similar here and here / sunnies from a local store similar here and here
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Hi guys,
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I am sharing a pretty casual look on the blog today (obviously only pretty casual for me). About a  week ago I was asked to dress casual, but what is casual in general and is it the same for everyone. It certainly works with a shirt/denim combo. I also wore one but people didn´t think of my look as casual. Long story short. If you are a person who loves to dress up everyday, all days like me it is hard to go all the way back to really be casual. There is nothing wrong with it I am just saying the lines are pretty blurred.

So my casual denim/shirt look was rounded up by a pair of white mules, a little polka dot silk scarf and a vibrant lip color. Whoopsie!!

I totally love a pearl studded sweater and got my eyes on this one I am going to order with some other pieces from SheIn. They sell the most unusal pieces and I totally love that. 

Be sure to enter last weeks giveaway.

 
Thanks for stopping by. Take care. See you.

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Wedding Wednesday – my bridal makeup and all the products I used….

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Good morning my darling friends,
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I am sharing my wedding make-up look with you today. I am very picky with make-up and if I don´t end up liking the feeling of a product on my face I have to remove it.

For this and some other reasons I decided to my wedding make-up by myself. If Duchess Kate can do it so can I, am I right? I have started months before to test out products I heard where worth the splurge to find the perfect makeup combos for my wedding makeup. 

These are my top picks for the face:
Face Cream – Clinique Acne Solutions all-over clearing treatment

Face Primer – Kiko Matte Face Base
Concealer – Lancome color
Foundation – MAC Studio Fix color
Face Powder – Maybelline Fit Me color 
Fixing Powder – MAC Translucent Powder 

Side note: I always let the product set for about 10 minutes before I put on the next one. So for example if you are using a face primer let it set before applying your concealer and same with your foundation.

Highlighter – MAC Mineralize Skinfinish
 
For the lips: 
Lip Primer – MAC Prep + Prime Lip
Liner – MAC Lip Pencil color Dervish
Lip color – Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick color Big Spender

For the eyes/brows:
Fake Lashes – Red Cherry model 747S
Lash Glue – Fing´rs
Under eye highlight – Smashbox Cali Contour Palette
Finishing spray – MAC Prep + Prime Fix Rose

I really loved my makeup and think it was the right decision doing it by myself. I also know that it was kind of colorful and bold since most brides go with a nude lipstick and just a hint of blush, but this is how I am and how I feel best so I think this was totally appropriate for me cause in the end I was the bride and had to feel as comfortable and pretty as possible. 

Thanks for stopping by. Take care. See you.
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Sinister Halloween table scape….

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Good morning friends,
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can you tell me what happened over night? Why it is freezing in the morning? As much as I love fall I am not ready for frozen car windows and super cold leather seats. I broke out my winter coat today cause it only had 1 degrees outside. Anyways let´s get to today´s post.

Are there any other holiday loving, Christmas awaiting folks over here ??


I love the holidays. Love. Love. Love. I don´t know why – maybe because of the festive mood or the family get togethers or the delicioius food or maybe everything together – I just love it. Starting with the beginning of fall there are lots of holidays coming like Halloween, Thanksgiving and of course Christmas.

So let´t start with the first one – Halloween. Usually we are at home for Halloween, watch some scary movies and hand out candy to all the trick-or-treaters on our street but last year we headed to the Europapark in Rust, Germany for their Halloween decorated theme park and their parades. It was magical and mystical all in one. Have a look at the hotel here.

So since we are sticking with our old schedule this year we are having a Halloween dinner date at home including some scary decoration and sinister foods.

I am sharing my Halloween table scape today to give you some inspiration for the most horrifying day of the year.
I got this blood drenched table runner from Galeria Kaufhof, a store I personally love. They have all kinds of place mats, kitchen towels, aprons and cotton napkins. I added a chandelier with black candles to the table cause I think this will always fit just change the color of the candles and put on some spider webs. 

The black lanterns are from Ikea and I filled them up with straw I had left from our bridesmaid boxes. Always good to keep stuff like that cause you never know when you will need it again.

The grave stone placards are from amazon. Be sure to have a look since they do have lots of interesting stuff like crows and bones and spiderwebs.

All the other things are pretty random and easy to get year round like the black cotton napkins, the napkin rings and the place mats. 

The punch I made is from Martha Stewart and I also made some hummus to serve with crackers and got some Italian antipasti  as an entrée. The main course included a steak cause I couldn´t think of a better halloween food than a bloody piece of meat on my plate.


Are you planing on celebrating a dinner date/party at home or are you going out. I love staying in and scaring the neighbours children.

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