i like brown men

Yep, I like my men brown, not pasty doughy white. Gingerbread men that is, what were you thinking??

Baking fever has definitely docked itself in my brain for now. Gonna make these adorable little brown men this weekend with the kids....

Howabout joining in the fun?

6 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped

½ cup butter, softened

2/3 cup granulated sugar

½ cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp ground ginger

¾ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp ground cloves

1 egg

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

Decorative icing

1. Melt chocolate in microwave.

2. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 secs. Beat in the melted chocolate, granulated sugar, brown sugar, ginger, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves, scrapping sides of bowl occasionally.

3. Beat in egg until well combined. Beat in as much of the flour as possible with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Divide dough in half.

4. Preheat oven to 175C. Lightly grease or line cookie sheets with wax paper, set aside. On lightly floured surface, roll half the dough at a time until 1/8 inch thick. Using a 2 ½ to 3 inch people-shaped cutter, cut the dough, rerolling scraps as necessary. Place 1 inch apart on prepared cookie sheets.

5. Bake for 10 mins or until edges are set. Cool then decorate.

Bung Mokhtar: I’m being sexually harassed

This was a headline in The Star today.

Abang Bung (Bang-Bung for short), reality check puh-leeeaase!!!

today i love # 2 : brownies

They're chewy, they're chunky chocolatey, they're sweet, they're heavenly. Enuff said. Fullstop.

P/s
Just made a batch last nite but they're finished now, all eaten up....sorry, none left for you.

stressed out

This colleague of mine is so damn stressed out right now. 

Poor babe. I bet if she's given the chance, she"ll change jobs at the drop of a hat. I dont blame her though, the portfolio she's handling is so full of crap the mere mention of it makes me cringe. Why cant management be more transparent in its direction? Sumtimes it just seems that we are all heading for a crash & burn with faulty brakes.

today i hate # 1: weapons

On BBC's website today : "US President Barack Obama has said he does not rule out arming the rebels seeking to overthrow Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi".


WTF?????!!!!!!

Does he really think that pushing in more weapons will solve the problem? I think this idea is even worse than having ground troops in! Now I'm beginning to wonder....what is the real gameplan here?