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my life was made for no one else to live it but me. and it's time iStart living FOR me! iAm a storyteller and a writer, and one iWill be legendary!
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Ingredients:
PANCAKES:
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 Tablespoon canola oil
1 large egg, lightly beatenCINNAMON FILLING:
1/2 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamonCREAM CHEESE GLAZE:
4 Tablespoons butter
2 ounces cream cheese
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractDirections:
1. Prepare pancake batter: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk in milk, oil and egg, just until batter is moistened (a few small lumps are fine).
2. In a medium bowl, mix butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Scoop the filling into a small zip baggie and set aside. You don’t want this to remain super-liquidy. It’s best if it becomes a consistency similar to toothpaste.
3. In a medium, microwave-safe bowl- heat butter and cream cheese until melted. Whisk together until smooth; whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla extract; set aside.
4. Heat large skillet over medium-low heat. Spray with nonstick spray. Scoop about 3/4 cup batter onto the skillet. Snip the corner of your baggie of filling and squeeze a spiral of the filling onto the top of the pancake. When bubbles begin to appear on the surface, flip carefully with a thin spatula, and cook until browned on the underside, 1 to 2 minutes more. Transfer to a baking sheet or platter and keep in a warm oven until ready to serve.
5. When ready to serve, spoon warmed glaze onto the top of each pancake.
Tips:
*Keep the heat low or your pancakes might cook up too quickly. Don’t flip them until you see those bubbles starting to pop on top. Flip them with a wide spatula so you can grasp the whole thing without batter and filling dripping all over the place!
*It’s best if you pour the batter onto your skillet, wait a minute or so and then swirl the cinnamon onto the batter. That’ll give it a chance to set a little before you add the swirl.
*If your baggie of filling begins to get too thick, just pop it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it up again. On that same note, it shouldn’t be too runny. The consistency of soft toothpaste is perfect. If it’s melty and runny, it will tend to run all over your pancakes. Once you micro it, let it sit on the counter at room temp for a while until it thickens slightly.
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Just A Thought: What If I Die Today?
hello tumblrloves. iWas just going through tumblr browsing on this beautiful Wednesday morning and a thought came across my mind and iWas left thinking, “what if i die today? would my family be proud of the print iLeft on the Earth? and do they truly know ‘me’”? now my first initial thought was, iThink they’d be proud of me. iMean not because of all that I’ve accomplished, but all the things I’ve done to change others lives and etc. but then the second half baffled me. do my family really know the real ‘me’.
there re people out there that can speculate and say “does anybody know fully anybody?” which is a good question, but me and my family are kinda of like day and night, one cant begin nor end without the other, but they really don’t know me. iCould tell you fact on fact on fact about each of my family members, but could they tell you anything about me? it’s either A-im secretive B-they dont care much to know about me C-they’re too busy D-…. and the answer is D. iMean iKnow they love and care about me and they only want what’s best for me, but they don’t really take the time to ask me about myself which is weird now that iThink about it. im 20 growing on 21, and majority of my family still thinks my virgin. I BE HAVIN THE BOO DADDY 1-3 TIMES A WEEK! smh. iShould try to get to know my family better.
if iWere to die today and all they have left of me was memories and my Tumblr..my Tumblr would explain everything about me and it would reveal everything about me..my dreams, loves, thoughts, my sense of humor, my sex life (kinda, gotta keep it secretive), my mistakes, my triumphs, my love of music, my love of writing, my love of singing and musical theater, my lack of friends, my love life, my grieving process, everything. im glad iActually thought of this because it shed new light on not myself, but actually have available I’ve myself to my family. lol.
iChallenge everyone who reads this, to go back and look at some of your Tumblr post, and think about why you reblog, posted, or wrote what you did on your blog and think to yourself, “if iDied today, and all my family had was my Tumblr to remember me by, would they see me in it? do they really know who iAm?” and trust me, you’d be surprise with what you come up with. iKnow this probably wont reach no further than the 50-something followers iHave on here and majority of you won’t read this because it;s super long, but the ones that do, iChallenge you to do this, and when you do, write about your experience and reblog this post so your followers can see my experience with this.
:)
xoxo
-MyNijahDarling!!
