"Delicious Color & Cookies"........

The most "appetizingly" pretty kitchen & cupboard!....
Happy Friday Dear Friends, Well it has been a week of "cleaning out" & "getting rid of"!....& Oh! it feels so good!.....I have been going through stored boxes, drawers & every conceivable "cubbyhole"... ridding our home of no-longer-needed stuff"!......Along with all that I have been going through all my magazines, some of which just need to be discarded, so I'm sure, like many of you, I am leafing through each, tearing out ideas & photos & projects I must save.....As I was perusing,... I happened to notice a pattern..I kept ripping out photos of rooms all having this marvelous "dijon-mustard" color!! Well, .....I guess I love it!!??......I know I have made a point of letting you all know how ready I am for all white surroundings, with little color...but somewhere inside I must have a deep-seeded love affair going with this color!? Who knew?.....but I do so appreciate it's delicious hue!.....So after thumbing through magazine after magazine....I found myself in the kitchen whipping up a batch of "Moms's Brown Sugar Bars"..... coincidentally they have a very similar shade to this "new" beloved color of mine!?......"Color & Cookies"....a delicious combination you too may wish to try!.......

Such a cozy, little room......

And this bathroom would feel "warm" even during the coldest winter!

Amazing cabinetry.....beautiful color.....

And such a "yummy" ceiling".......what a charming background for this barrel shade.....

Note: Thought you may enjoy trying a new cookie recipe....This one comes from my dear friend Laura, who always has the best cookie recipes!!!

MOM'S BROWN SUGAR BARS:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1 large egg

1 t. vanilla

2 cups flour

1/2 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

1 12 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds

* Beat butter and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy. Add egg & vanilla, beating until blended.

* Combine flour, baking soda & salt: gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended.

* Press dough into an ungreased 15x10 jelly roll pan.

* Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Place pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle chocolate morsels evenly over warm cookie. Let stand 5 minutes; spread chocolate evenly over top. Sprinkle with almonds. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.