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My blackout poem is an expression of how I feel when I create.

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For a few years now I've made a sort of mini scrapbook for my cousin. Since she can't read, I figure that the best card that I can make her is one with lots of pictures. She didn't fully understand it last year, but this year it was so cool to see her recognize all the things she loved.

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I made this for thanksgiving with all the adjectives that I loved about that person on the leaves. Really cute and fun!

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Every Christmas I make peppermint bark. It's one of my aunt's favorites! It's a SUPER easy recipe!
Here's the link for the recipe
https://lifefamilyfun.com/peppermint-white-chocolate-bark/

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Over quarantine, I started doing origami. I'm not great at it, but this channel had really cute things, and they made it easy.

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Hello! My name is Alice and I make cute origami! You can find many videos of how to make origami animals, bookmarks, boxes, cute greeting cards and many other DIY on my channel! Subscribe to the channel and create with me!

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My dad and brother took me with them while they were fishing. I have no interest in fishing... so I grabbed my phone and took pictures instead.

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I made these incredible watermelon cookies a while ago. They were SO delicious, but they took a while to decorate. The image is the link to the recipe.

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Watermelon Sugar Cookies

Author: Sally

Yield: 50 cookies 1x

Description
It doesn't get any cuter than these watermelon sugar cookies! Made with a delicious buttery sugar cookie dough and royal icing, everyone will flip for them.

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat on medium-high speed until creamed, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, and watermelon extract (if using) and beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine.

3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. If the dough seems too soft, you can add 1 Tablespoon more flour until it is a better consistency for rolling.

4. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Roll each portion out onto a piece of parchment paper or a lightly floured silicone baking mat (I prefer the nonstick silicone mat) to about 1/4″ thickness. The rolled-out dough can be any shape, as long as it is evenly ¼-inch thick.

5. Stack the pieces, with parchment paper between the two, onto a baking sheet and refrigerate for at least 1-2 hours and up to 2 days. If chilling for more than a couple hours, cover the top dough piece with a single piece of parchment paper.

6. Once chilled, preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Remove one of the dough pieces from the refrigerator and using a 3-inch circle cookie cutter, cut into circles. Re-roll the remaining dough and continue cutting until all is used. Repeat with 2nd dough piece. Cut each circle in half to form slices.

7. Arrange cookies on a baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. Make sure you rotate the baking sheet halfway through bake time. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.

8. Make either icing: Prepare the royal icing or easy glaze icing. Spoon 1/2 of the icing into a separate bowl. Tint it pink using a couple drops of gel food coloring. Tint half of the remaining icing green using a couple drops of gel food coloring. Leave remaining icing white. Add green icing to a piping bag fitted with round icing tip #5. Line green icing around the round bottom of each cookie. Place baking sheet in the refrigerator to set the icing for 15 minutes. Add white icing to a piping bag fitted with the same round icing tip. Line white icing right above green icing. Place baking sheet in the refrigerator to set the icing for 15 minutes. Add pink icing to a piping bag fitted with the same round icing tip. Pipe pink icing onto the rest of the watermelon slice. Top with mini chocolate chips as "seeds."

9. Icing completely dries in about 2 hours at room temperature. Decorated or plain cookies stay fresh covered at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Notes

1. Freezing Instructions: Plain or decorated sugar cookies freeze well up to 3 months. Wait for the icing to set completely before layering between sheets of parchment paper in a freezer-friendly container. To thaw, thaw in the refrigerator or at room temperature. You can also freeze the cookie dough for up to 3 months before rolling it out. Prepare the dough through step 3, divide in half, flatten both halves into a disk as we do with pie crust, wrap each in plastic wrap, then freeze. To thaw, thaw the disks in the refrigerator, then bring to room temperature for about 1 hour. Roll out the dough as directed in step 4, then chill as directed in step 5- no need to chill for 1-2 hours, 45 minutes should be plenty.

2. Watermelon Flavor: The watermelon flavoring is pretty similar to the flavor of a watermelon jolly rancher. It's tasty, but if that's not your thing, try using 1 teaspoon of either lemon or orange extract instead. You can find those in the baking aisle of any major grocery store.

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Watermelon Sugar Cookies - Sally's Baking Addiction

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Author: Sally Yield: 50 cookies 1x It doesn't get any cuter than these watermelon sugar cookies! Made with a delicious buttery sugar cookie dough and royal icing, everyone will flip for them. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.

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Box-mix angel food cake... Still hard to make, surprisingly, but really good!

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Really cool and fun watercolor project
Check it out here: https://www.letsmakeart.com/pages/ballerina-project

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Appreciating the beauty of the front yard

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Here's the link for the tutorial!
https://www.letsmakeart.com/pages/love-our-earth-project

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Taking a moment out of my day to notice something that looks cool

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A children's book on how to help with creativity

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The story of how I became a baker from beginning to now. Recipes are linked in here too!

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How to decorate a super cute watermelon envelope!