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  • Key Lime Cheesecake with Savannah Smiles Crust

    Key Lime Cheesecake with Savannah Smiles Crust

     

     

    Did you realize the Thin Mint is the THIRD MOST SOLD COOKIE IN THE US? Given that only two commercial bakers produce Girl Scout cookies and they’re only around for a few fleeting sweet, sweet weeks, that’s mind-blowing.

    I’m over the thin mint, myself. I’m all about the Savannah Smiles. Savannah Smiles are pretty much cookie crack. Light and lemony with a dusting of powdered sugar, they are delicious and refreshing and filled with rainbows and stardust and David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who and all those other good things in the world.

    We loved them so much we made a buttery, lemony crust out of them. And then put some key lime cheesecake filling on top. And then ate it up like it was available for a limited time only… which it is, and that’s a good thing. Otherwise I’d weigh a million pounds and my heart would explode.

    Here’s your ticket to once-a-year heaven.

     

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    Key Lime Cheesecake with Savannah Smiles Crust

    Key Lime Cheesecake with Savannah Smiles Crust

    Ingredients

    • 2 1/2 cups Savannah Smiles crumbs (One box + 12 cookies)
    • 7 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
    • one tablespoon butter for the pan
    • 3 (12 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
    • 1 ½ cups sugar
    • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 9 tablespoons key lime juice
    • 4 eggs
    • 3 tablespoons sour cream

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter pan liberally with your tablespoon of butter.
    2. Combine Savannah Smile crumbs and butter.
    3. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and partially up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
    4. Bake crust for 5 minutes, then refrigerate.
    5. In large mixing bowl or in standing mixer (recommended), beat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth.
    6. Add vanilla and key lime juice and mix well.
    7. Add eggs, one at a time.
    8. Add sour cream and mix by hand.
    9. Slowly pour into pan.
    10. Bake 45 minutes (cheesecake will still jiggle in the very middle).
    11. Turn off oven and resist temptation to take out cheesecake. That sucker needs 30 minutes rest time to firm up.
    12. After the time is up place pan on wire rack until room temperature.
    13. Once at room temp, stick in fridge for about 4 hours.
    14. Serve. Savor. Enjoy.

    Notes

    Pulverizing the cookies into crumbs was easy: just take a rolling pin to the still-sealed bag. When the crumbs are small enough, cut off one corner of the bag to empty; then feed your +12 cookies into the bag, fold over, and commence with the rolling pin.

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  • One Word for 2013: LEAP

    One Word for 2013: LEAP

     

     

     

     

    If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in business because we’d be cynical: ‘It’s gonna go wrong.’ Or ‘She’s going to hurt me.’ Or ‘I had a couple of bad love affairs so therefore …’

    Well, that’s nonsense. You’re going to miss life. You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.

    -Ray Bradbury

     

    cass leap

     

    Back at the beginning of the year, when normal people begin new things, the overwhelming trend was deciding on your “one word” for 2013.

    My “one word” was LEAP. I’m one of those people who suffer from paralysis by analysis. I pick and pick and stress and worry and comparison shop and basically waste a shit ton of time, considering that I almost always go with my first instinct anyway. All that extra time is just me undermining and second-guessing myself.

     

    maverick leap

     

    One such example is this here blog. I bought the domain a looooong time ago. The blog design was done probably a year ago.

    The launching? I was aiming for Jan 1 2013.

    Today is April 1 2013.

    This is my April Fool’s gift to myself.

    I’m leaping. Ready or not. Here we go.

     

    Jake leap

     

     

    Leaping takes confidence. It takes faith that you can build wings on the way down.

    But look at photos of anyone leaping: you’ll see fear. You’ll see excitement. You’ll see exhilaration and joy.

    You won’t see boredom or stagnation or furrowed brow.

    Leaping is living, and that’s what I need right now.

     

    robin leap

     

     

    Hang out with me and see where I land.

     

     

  • Blog Like a Honey Badger

    Blog Like a Honey Badger

    Melanie from Blogging Basics 101 asked, oh, forever and a day ago what it means to blog like a honey badger.

    Some people had things to say. Unsurprisingly I was one of those people.

    She graciously sent me the list to post here because she is generally awesome like that (and you should follow her on Twitter and Pinterest because she brings the mega awesome there).

     

    What does it mean to blog like a Honey Badger?

     

    1. Honey badger bloggers do all the work to create the best trends. They knows there are jackals out there lurking around, waiting to collect their scraps, but the honey badger blogger don’t give a shit. (Kelly from Partially Motivated)
    2. Honey badger blogger don’t care about your stats, Google Friend Counts, private invites, or page rank. (Robin, Honey Badger Mom)
    3. Honey badger blogger don’t care if you have 100 followers or 10,000 followers on twitter. Honey Badger will eat your followers. (Emily from Colorado Moms)
    4. Honey badger bloggers are hungry little bastards, never running out of energy to blog. (Kelly from Partially Motivated)
    5. Honey badger bloggers write like they’re the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom. Look at that honey badger blogger! She’s really pretty badass. (Robin, Honey Badger Mom)
    6. Honey badger bloggers aren’t afraid to read or talk about anything no matter how nasty the shit is. (Kelly from Partially Motivated)
    7. Honey badger bloggers don’t apologize for anything they write. (Andrea Updyke from Lil Kid Things)
    8. When Honey Badger Mom writes, she doesn’t hold back. So when you you get that feeling she is talking about you, she is. (Heather from Cool and Hip, I am Not)
    9. Venomous snakes are always out there trying to steal their ideas or smack down the honey badger bloggers for being so awesome. But the honey badger bloggers don’t care. They just smack the shit out of the snake, bite their heads off and move on. (Kelly from Partially Motivated)
    10. Sometimes a honey badger blogger really does care. A lot. Bite her all you want, spew your toxins, knock her out. She’s just gonna get back up because sometimes things need to be said or done. SO SAY THEM. DO THEM. (Robin, Honey Badger Mom)