2014 NaBloPoMo: Monday Nov 10

[maybe_amanda101]

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How is it the 10th of November? How???
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Target has the best reasonably priced Christmas decor (including this and this).

I want all of it. I bought none of it.

Today. (The season is young...)
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Pinterest decided I'd want to know how to bleach pine cones. Why? What purpose could bleached pine cones serve? What about me made their algorithm think "oh yeah, she want the pine cones, and she wants them bleached!"

But I clicked, didn't I? Of course I did.

Odds are, there will be at least one bleached pine cone in my future. Just so I can see if it can be done.

Curse you, Pinterest!
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We have an actual topic today!

What knowledge do you have that others don't? Write a "how to" post about anything you've got skills for, small or large

I have some knowledge, but most of it is not of the 'that others don't' variety. But I do have a recipe for the easiest, most delicious dessert that you can whip up in no time. Amaze your friends, baffle your enemies, be the hero of the party!


Caramel Apple Dip
Ingredients
1 8 oz package cream cheese
1 16 oz container prepared caramel sauce (ice cream sauce, THIS STUFF
1 package of Skor bits
6 to 8 large apples (any kind will do, but Granny Smiths or other tart apples are the best for this)
1 tbsp (approx) lemon juice

Directions
1 Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.  (Use a mixer, or just mix the crap out of it with a fork)
2 Spread beaten cream cheese on a plate or platter until it is smooth and of even depth.
3 Drizzle/spread room-temperature caramel sauce over cream cheese.
4 Sprinkle Skor bits over the top.
(Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate if not serving right away.)
5 Cut apples into 8  to 12 slices (depending on how big the apples are.  You want chunky slices). Remove the core (Buy one of these things - they cost like $5).
6 Leave the skin on - that makes it healthy!
7 Toss the apple slices with lemon juice to help prevent browning.
8. Serve it to your unsuspecting guests. They will love you for it, because is is insanely delicious.

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And you?

Comments

[denyeverything1.livejournal.com]

And you?

I'd tell you, but I have to run to the store right now to buy cream cheese, caramel and apples omg. ::waves::

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

It's sooooooo good.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

But how would caramel-covered bleached pine cones taste?

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

That's a project for another day. Or you can check with Pinteres - someone is bound to have tried it.

[ropo.livejournal.com]

LOL at the pine cones... what makes it weird is that they bleach them and they they paint them. I was like, couldn't you just ... paint it white in the first place? Why'd you have to bleach it?

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

My point exactly. I mean, if I really really really needed a white pine cone, the nice people at Plaid or Krylon or Rustoleum ("other brands are available," she said, proving she listens to/watches a lot of BBC) have made that super easy. And there's no smelly bleach involved.