CV of Justin Lang

Ingredients

• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup chocolate chunks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in an 8 inch cast iron skillet set over medium-low heat. Stir in sugars and vanilla and remove from heat. Let rest until pan is warm, but no longer very hot, about 5 minutes.

2. Crack an egg onto the butter and sugar mixture, and use a fork to whisk it well into the mixture. Place flour, baking soda, and salt on top, and very carefully stir into the mixture until smooth and well-mixed. Stir in chocolate chunks. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until starting to turn golden on the top and around the edges, but soft in the center. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

This might be considered a present idea.  But this is more of a reminder for me.  While I can certainly get this style of shoe, (which i love by the way) and off brand from a shoe store around here. I want to support my name brand shoe company. And doesn’t it feel good to buy american once and a while?

You can pick a pair of size 10 from Online Boot Store for just $65.95. just for safety sake: Justin Men’s Oak Brown Cowhide Oxford Style: J191

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• 42 Oreos (~1 package), 30 left whole, and 12 coarsely chopped
• 2 pounds cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
• 1 cup sour cream
• Pinch of salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners or grease well with non-stick baking spray. Place 1 whole cookie in the bottom of each cup.

2. With an electric mixer on medium high speed, beat cream cheese until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Gradually add sugar, and beat until combined. Beat in vanilla.

3. Drizzle in eggs, a bit at a time, beating to combine and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in sour cream and salt. Stir in chopped cookies by hand.

4. Divide batter evenly among cookie-lined cups, filling each almost to the top. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, about 22 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Refrigerate at least 4 hours (or up to overnight). Remove from tins just before serving.

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We went Christmas tree hunting this year with Griffin and Olivia.  If they had their way, we would have been done 10 minutes into the hunt with every other tree “looking good”. But our fearless leader Renee was on the hunt for the perfect tree. Not only did it have to be a specific kind, but it had to have strong branches!

In the end, we found the perfect tree with soggy feet but spirits still high as that meant it was tractor time! Yes, the highlight was the tractor ride to take the tree back to the car and get it strapped to the top.  I think there was a cup of hot apple cider thrown in there.  Hell if I know, I was tasked with strapping the tree down.

After that, it was time to get home, trim the tree and get the lights on it, but not before pizza.  Now the fun part begins, getting presents under the tree!

Ok, this is going to seem like a weird one… I have always wanted a pair of Justin Boots.  Why, because we share the same awesome name! Plus they are an american company that deserves our support!  I’m sure the other questions is why boots.  Yeah, it would be a first for me! I have heard that they are seriously comfortable boots. Maybe it’s me wanting to connect with my childhood of when I wanted to be a cowboy. Maybe I just want to look like a bad ass… well, MORE of a badass.

You can pick these specific boots up at the Online Boot Store for just $107.95 with FREE ground shipping! I wear a size 10 width D.

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Instructions

I know what you are thinking… what the hell happened to the iPad?!  Nothing, I still love my iPad and my Dodocase.  I recently got a Kindle Fire for development work and of course, a cool new tool! ;)  One thing I like about the Kindle Fire is the size, it is a bit smaller at 7″ screen compared to the iPad.  I certainly do a lot more work functions and day-to-day things on the iPad, it is nice to have the Kindle for reading and testing Droid apps out on.

Regardless… Dodocase just announced that they have a Dodo for the Kindle Fire, so of course, being a loyal customer and lover of all things Dodo, I had to pick one up!  I don’t know what it is about Dodo, maybe it is the custom work, the old world book binding, the look and feel of a moleskin case… It’s probably all of those and more.

I cannot wait to get my next Dodo from the nest!!! Please hurry mother Dodo, I can’t contain myself!

Ingredients

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 tbsp softened butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar (maybe more)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar (maybe more)
• Pretzels
• 1 bag  semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Combine peanut butter and softened butter in a large bowl with a fork or whisk, or in a stand mixer.  Add the sugars and mix to combine.  At this point if the filling will roll easily into balls without sticking to your hands you’re ready to go.  If not, add a little more of each sugar until you reach a consistency that is easy to roll (I used about 3/4 cup of each sugar).

Use a teaspoon measure to scoop the filling.  Roll each portion into a small ball, then sandwich them between two whole pretzels.  When all the balls are rolled and successfully sandwiched, stick the whole tray in the freezer for about half an hour.

Pour the chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and heat at 30-second intervals, stirring occasionally until completely melted.  Remove the pretzel sandwiches from the freezer and quickly dip each half-way into the melted chocolate.  Return to the tray and repeat with remaining sandwiches.  When all are dipped, return the tray to the freezer to set up completely.  Store the sandwiches in the refrigerator until serving time.