Maternity Shoot

One of my friends is hav­ing her first baby…and asked me to take some pic­tures of her baby bump.  I will only post one…but enjoyed tak­ing them and hav­ing fun with my camera. 

Amish Sugar Cookies My favorite!!

Ingre­di­ents

  • 1 cup but­ter, softened
  • 1 cup veg­etable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup con­fec­tion­ers’ sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tea­spoon vanilla extract
  • 4–1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tea­spoon bak­ing soda
  • 1 tea­spoon cream of tartar

Direc­tions

  • In large bowl, beat the but­ter, oil and sug­ars. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat in vanilla. Com­bine the flour, bak­ing soda and cream of tar­tar; grad­u­ally add to creamed mixture.
  •    Drop by small tea­spoon­fuls onto ungreased bak­ing sheets. Bake at 375° for 8–10 min­utes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: about 5 dozen.

Nutri­tional Facts 1 serv­ing (2 each) equals 233 calo­ries, 14 g fat (5 g sat­u­rated fat), 31 mg cho­les­terol, 108 mg sodium, 25 g car­bo­hy­drate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Equation

Where do I fit in this equa­tion? Am I a fac­tor or a by prod­uct?  I feel as though I am the later :(