My Hair Journey... Take Two!

      Last year, June 2009, I made the decision to go creamy crack free, for those of you that have no idea what I am talking about it is the decision to go chemical free, NO RELAXERS AT ALL!! For an entire year, I surprised myself by going completely natural.. I really didn't believe I could do it and I did... While on my journey I researched every website I could find and found one that took my interest instantly. I became completely OBSESSED!! The MopTopMaven(http://www.moptopmaven.blogspot.com/) became my hair muse. Even though I had a ways to go with my hair looking even anything identical to what her hair looked like, I was inspired...  Until....Summer HIT.... FLORIDA.... THE DREADED HEAT.... DID ME IN... I go home every summer and I was challenged BIG TIME! The humidity KILLED MY HAIR.. My hair texture is.... uuhmm... well, lets just say that my hair is as tight as wool and water is not its BEST FRIEND... I FOUGHT AND THE HAIR FOUGHT BACK.. AND LETS JUST SAY IT WON because I GAVE IN... I succumbed to the creamy crack . I sat in my hairstylist chair for one hour pleading with her to put the creamy crack in, while she pleaded with me NOT TOO!  Needless to say,  I regretted the decision the moment I was dry.. I felt like a failure.. I felt like I had failed all my natural hair sistas of the world. So, here I go again.... The last time I had a relaXer was July and I REFUSE TO PUT ANOTHER ONE IN.. I PLEDGE TO BE CREAMY CRACK FREE!!!! So, I plead again, on bended  knee to all my NATURAL SISTAS TO HELP ME SUCCEED ON THIS JOURNEY ONCE AGAIN! SO HERE I GO AGAIN, HAIR JOURNEY TAKE TWO!!!!

My HAIR MUSE!! I HEART HER!! TAKE A LOOK AT HER WEBSITE-(http://www.moptopmaven.blogspot.com/)



Take Home Thursday

  I saw this recipe on a fellow bloggers site: www.moptopmaven.blogspot.com and I couldn't just read the post and walk away.. I had to TAKE THIS HOME.... I love cookies, especially chocolate chip and sugar butter cookies but I couldn't resist this recipe. I will be putting my baking skills to the test come this weekend. Take a look at what I found:

Snickerdoodle Cookies!!!!

    Yummy, right????

Below you will find the recipe. Who is going to join me, in making this recipe?Leave me a comment on how well your cookies tasted!!! Did you think it was easy or not and how did you like the snickerdoodle cookie??

Snickerdoodle Recipe - Yields 4 Dozen [Adapted From RecipeZaar] : 

2¾ cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl.
• Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.  
• Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.
• Chill dough, and chill an un-greased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
• Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl.
• Scoop 1 inch globs of dough into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture.
• Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture.
• Place on chilled un-greased cookie sheet, and bake 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan immediately.   

** Cool dough and pan in between batches**

   

Thanks Moptop Maven for this recipe!!!!