Baking again

Moved from cookies to muffins today.  The apple-oat with cinnamon muffins smells so yummy when baking.  They look a lot more appetizing than my cookies.  The taste testers, Moku, Happy and now little Maki, loved them!  Froze the muffins and will be sharing with friends who have dogs.  Cakes next!!

Now! you tell me...Japanese skin care tip #1

Japanese women have such beautiful, porcelain skin.  Want to know why?  Here's what we didn't learn early in life:

Anti aging skin care tip #1:  Never wash your face by applying cleanser and rubbing your skin with your hands.  This only pulls and stretches your skin!  Proper way:  using a japanese facial net, create thick, creamy foam with cleanser.  If yours doesn't foam up, get one that does--this is critical!  Now with a cup or more of foam, gently apply to your face, now you have created a thick cushion of cleanser between your hands and your facial skin.  Massage your face with the foam to clean your skin, not pulling and tugging anymore! 

Continue for entire face and neck area (if desired) for 5-10 minutes.  You've just given yourself a mini facial and the result is super clean skin with no stretching delicate facial skin and muscles.  Apply toner and/or moisturizer by pressing on to face in a upward motion, do not  pull or push.  Pat, pat, pat.

Still baking--Chicken thins wafers

Sidetracked by life...and dogs had to finish the remaining inventory of cookies.  Have been searching for a cookie press and cookie stamps.  Finally found a cookie press.  First attempt at making cookies in shapes was not so successful.  Must work out dough consistency.  This is a great press, it can also be a cake/frosting tube.  Am planning to experiment with frosting cookies now.  Colors too!

Success!  the new puppy, Maki (Shiba Inu) loves these!  Toby--well.....

6 0.K. then!

Just dawned on me that dogs are carnivores and prefer MEAT to sweets!  Duh? Why am I baking things that appeal to me?  Tweaked the recipe and created Bacon Scones.  Flavored with beef bullion and real bacon bits!  Sounds yukky but Moku gobbled the first one, Happy sniffed and actually took one, Toby even nibbled, but didn't eat the whole thing.  There may be hope yet....to be continued



Wish I could eat these!  Wouldn't you get all of these if they were baked especially for dogs?

Hot out of the oven--Bacon Pinwheels.  Whole wheat, a little honey and bits of real bacon.

Next career...

(whole wheat parmesan twists & pretzels)

I love to bake!  But at this stage in my life, the baked goodies don't love me...(sigh).  So I decided to bake for my dogs.  At least I'm not tempted to taste the treats.  Beginning with simple biscuit-like recipes.  My goal is to bake and decorate cakes, cupcakes and other goodies that look so irresistably yummy!

6-0 Digs

My friend Bernie, the Garden Guy is an expert on anything that grows in dirt!  He's a true green thumb, and is a veritable encyclopedia of plant nowledge.  Ask him, he'll have the answer!  By the way, he's 60-ish too.