Today's experiments.

So today I tried the cold coffee brew and the sugar cubes I made yesterday. They both were pretty easy to make, but both had to sit over night. First sugar cubes.

These are just, sugar with a bit of water, put them in the mold and let them harden over night. They where hard to get out the mold, and the bottom of it didn't harden. But they did turn out useful. I probably won't make them in a mold, unless having a tea party. I did make some today in cube shape, and will post about them tomorrow.

Here is the clod brew coffee with milk and a cute sugar cube. This brew was a bit strong for me. I am hoping to perfect it in the future. For now I will add more milk and sugar :)

Here was the process;

Get a jar of water and mix in coffee. 

I used a little over 1/2 cup coffee with one quart water. Let it sit over night.

 

The next day filter the grounds out, I used a filter over a strainer. 

I did have to use a few filters. 

This is a long process take your time and only pour in a little at a time.

 

I cleaned out the jar and reused it.

Place in the fridge and get it all chilly.

 

Pour some into a glass.

Mix with sugar and milk or cream, and drink up. Yum!

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Pumpkin Spice Cookie Icing

This is the best cookie icing I ever made. I took a recipe I had and tweaked it a bit. I wish I would have taken photos of the process, but with a little one you're not focused on taking photos as much as having fun and not making a huge mess. 

* 1/3 of pumpkin spice cream cheese tub

* 4 tablespoons stick butter, room temperature

* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

* 2 cups powder sugar

In a mixer, use the paddle. Mix the cream cheese and butter till smooth. Add vanilla. Mix in the powder sugar one 1/2 cup at a time. This is crucial, if you don't it will be hard to mix and cluppy. Mix well until smooooooooooth. I let it mix for about 5-10 minutes. I also added some red and yellow food coloring, a drop at a time, to give it a more orange look. Let the cookies sit out for a bit to harden the frosting, so you can stack them. You can put them in the fridge to do this, but I don't care for cold cookies.

Oh nos! She bit me! Must be cause I am so tasty! 

Now I must get this jar to store all my cookies in.