Snow Cream Recipe

It's snowing like crazy here so I thought I'd share my recipe for snow cream!!!

2 ½ quarts clean snow
½ c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup sugar

Mix together

Feel free to add your favorite toppings!!!

Caramel Macchiato Starbucks copycat recipe

2 tablespoons vanilla syrup (recipe follows)

1/2 cup fresh espresso
1 cup milk
3 – 4 tablespoons caramel sauce (I used the same jarred caramel sauce that is sold as an ice cream topping)

Vanilla syrup:

2 cups water
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. To make the vanilla syrup, combine sugar and water in a sauce pan. Bring to boil over high heat and boil for 5 minutes. Let cool and add vanilla extract. Stir well and keep in a sealed container, refrigerated.

2. To make coffee, either use an espresso machine to make coffee and steam milk, or heat milk until hot, but not boiling on stove-top and transfer to a blender. Blend until frothy. For espresso, if you don’t have a machine, just make double strength coffee.

3. Add vanilla syrup, espresso or strong coffee and hot milk to mug. Add caramel sauce and serve. I add whip cream to mine =]

Gingerbread Latte

First, here's the recipe for the syrup! Once you've made it you can keep it in the fridge for more lattes!!

2 cups water

1 1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Bring all ingredients to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 mins, remove from heat!

1 cup steamed (or microwaved) milk of your choice

1/2 cup espresso (strong coffee)

1/4 cup gingerbread syrup

Stir well!

Add sweeter to your liking

Optional- top with whip cream, cinnamon, & ginger!!  

New end tables!!!

I love rustic decor and thanks to Pinterest I've gotten several good ideas! Here's the latest! I got really lucky because a friend of mine was able to get me these two spools, I already had the paint, and my bro in law was able to get me some glass cut at a great price!!! So here's my new end tables!!! 

Before 

After

We still haven't put the molding back so excuse the messy looking wall in the background! I love love love how these turned out!!!!

Cinnamon Dolce Latte Recipe

Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup cane sugar

1 cup water to a boil

 Stir making sure all sugar has resolved, remove from heat. Add 1 tablespoon cinnamon, stir ( cinnamon won't desolve)

Set aside

Microwave  1- 1 1/2 cups milk til hot (be careful it will boil over!! 

Make a shot if espresso! Here's how I did it but you can google other ways!

Boil 1/4 cup water and add 2 table spoons instant coffee!

Add 1-2 tablespoons cinnamon dolce syrup to hot milk and stir in shot of espresso! Top with whip cream and cinnamon!!!

May need to add sweetener depending on how you like your coffe!!! Enjoy!!!!

Don't forget to put the rest of the cinnamon dolce syrup in the fridge for more coffee!!!