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Ice Climbing: It's Kick-AXE
Ice climbing is a lot like rock climbing - Instead of grabbing on to cracks and rock ledges with your hands, you dig tools into ice and frozen waterfalls that have formed over the rock.
Obviously, you'll need to love being in the cold if you want to learn to ice climb. Don't go out and buy all the expensive equipment to ice climb just yet.
Penguin Ice Box Buddy
PENGUIN ICE BOX BUDDIES
cool ice mold
Cool rubbery molds that add a touch of whimsy to your festive table. A conversation piece (dare we say ice-breaker?) to get your party started. Drop your icy shape in a punch bowl or pitcher and see the smile surface.
Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches With Ginger Cookies
Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches With Ginger Cookies
From Martha Stewart
For ice cream:
5 large ripe peaches (about 2 pounds)
4 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons peach schnapps*
2 1/4 cups milk*
2 2/3 cups heavy cream
8 large egg yolks
1 pinch of salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For cookies:
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 large egg whites, room temperature
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 tablespoon minced crystallized ginger*
Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream & Almond Puff Pastry Sandwiches
Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream & Almond Puff Pastry Sandwiches
Modified from Batch Family Mountain and Epicurious
For the ice cream:
1 1/2 cups sliced Bing, Lapin or Sweetheart cherries
1 pint whipping cream
1 pint half and half
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup shaved dark chocolate (or to taste)
For the puff pastry:
1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup sliced almonds (I was lazy and processed mine in a food processor)
1 large egg white
Two's Ice Cream Sandwich Trio
Looks like Yum and I are not the only 2 people who are crazy about ice cream sandwiches this summer. When I went for cocktails and tapas at Two last Friday with my gal pals we ordered the trio of ice cream sandwiches. They were delicioso!
Chocolate Cookie & Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches
Chocolate Cookie & Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches
Modified from Dave Lieberman
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed light brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 pint vanilla ice cream
A brief tutorial on cupcakes and buttercream icing.
I needed to make a small batch of cupcakes for a man at church, so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to both try out The Pioneer Woman's Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever and to show you a small tutorial on how I make buttercream icing and how to pipe it onto cupcakes. I felt the need to try this recipe because I have heard so many wonderful things about it, but I wanted to try it in cupcake form, so I halved the recipe. Here's the recipe and the following pictures that I took during the process.
Tutorial on filling and icing a cake
A couple of weeks ago when I made the black and white cake, I took a bunch of pictures while I was working on the bottom cake tier to share here how I usually go about filling and icing a layer cake. 1. Start by baking a cake.Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979
Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 Michael Asher - January 1, 2009 11:31 AM Thirty years of sea ice data. The record begins at 1979, the year satellite observations began (Source: Arctic Research Center, University of Illinois) Rapid growth spurt leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago. Thanks to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close.Pure Ice Nail Polish 3 day review blog.
I want you all to follow me on this three day update on Pure Ice nail polish. I've been hearing mixed reviews on this brand and since it was only $2.00 (it used to be only a dollar). I just had to try it out myself.
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