Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I came back to my parent's house for the summer and for a snack I said I would make a grilled cheese sandwich. But my mom doesn't make it the way I do and she told me how she made it. And I have to tell  you, the way my mom makes it is exactly what it's called. And surprisingly it was actually pretty good! (And yeah, my mom eats sandwiches with a fork... I never figured out why but she does that with most of her sandwiches.)

Ingredients:

• Cheese
• 4 slices of milk bread
• A stick of unsalted butter

Directions:

• Get out your griddle and heat it over medium-low heat. Butter a little part of the griddle and lay down a slice of bread on the spot.

• Let it heat up a little bit for about a minute or two. Then lift your bread and butter the same spot again and flip your slice of bread.

• Lay down a cheese slice on two of the bread and let the cheese melt and then put your second slice of  bread on top.

-Ellenia

Pancakes

I'm now the new head of breakfast where I live so I'll have a lot more breakfast recipes from now on. Not only breakfast but just a little bit more than usual. Well if you think about a breakfast in America, I usually think of pancakes. I've actually never made pancakes so I decided to make just a really basic pancake.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp white granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 large egg

Directions:

• Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit so you can put your cooked pancakes in them so they will stay warm.
• In a large bowl, mix your flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

• In a smaller bowl, mix your milk, oil, egg, and vanilla.

• Pour your wet mixture into your dry ingredients and mix. Don't over mix and a few lumps are okay.

• Heat up your griddle to medium. Get a paper towel and dip it in some oil. Rub your paper towel to oil your griddle.

• Pour in about a ladle full of your mix onto your skillet. Wait until you start to get bubbles. Once a few of them start to pop, flip it over.

-Ellenia

2nd Blog: The Paper Box

Hey guys! I have a second blog called The Paper Box, and it's about me and the crafts I will be doing throughout my summer. Most of these crafts are from pictures off the Internet, but I will be recreating them from my point of view. I will still be putting up more baking posts every Wednesday like I have been doing but if you're ever bored, check out my second blog, The Paper Box! Thanks!
 http://hscthepaperbox.blogspot.com/

-Ellenia

Sweet Treats: Beard Papa's

Today some of my upperclassmen came to our house to eat dinner. They brought some treats with them and they were Beard Papa's cream puffs! I've been meaning to go to their booth at Americana everytime I went there but I've just never been able to for some reason. So I was thrilled when I saw the yellow package!

-Ellenia

Disney Cookie Cutters

A few days ago, my friend and her sister went to Disney Land. And her sister and I are really close and we both really like to bake, but she always tells me that she can't bake. But when she went to Disney Land she got me some cookie cutters because she knows I bake a lot! So when she comes over, we're planning on having a Disney themed movie night with all our girlfriends! ^^

Mickey Mouse Cutter

Mickey Mouse's Hand Cutter

Star Cookie Cutter

-Ellenia