Brown Sugar Coffee Scrub

Finally, a new recipe to enjoy for Flavor of the Month! Apologies for the delayed post everyone. This month we have been consuming a lot of coffee and thought we could share some of our secrets with you all. Instead of a recipe to eat, this is a recipe is for a do-it-yourself body scrub to use in the shower. This scrub is absolutely delicious and leaves your skin soft, conditioned and moisturized. It can be used on your face or all over your body. Don't worry if you get some in your mouth too- its sweet and is ok if swallowed in small amounts. The sugar and coffee give it a rough gritty texture that feels great.

INGREDIENTS                                      ALSO

Coffee Grounds                                       A Re-purposed glass jar

Brown Sugar

White Sugar

Olive Oil

Vitamin E Oil

Tea Tree Oil

Mix together about two parts coffee grounds, one part brown sugar, and one part white sugar in a big bowl. You only need as much as will fill your jar, in fact you probably will be able to use the left over grounds from one pot of coffee. Add to this a fairly liberal amount of olive oil, maybe about a third as much Vitamin E Oil, and about 5-10 drops of Tea Tree oil. If you don't have Vitamin E Oil handy, don't worry Olive Oil by itself is also fine. I like the consistency to be moist but gritty- your own preference is what matters though. If your skin tends to be dry, add more oil. If your skin tends to be oily, increase how much coffee and sugar you use. Enjoy!

Cranberry Lemon Bars

Happy January everyone.

Sorry we have been slacking so much on the updates this month. Here's a delicious spin on classic lemon bars that will make it up to you. Have fun cooking and eating!

Ingredients:

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup powdered sugar

1 cup butter, softened

red food coloring

1 tbs. vanilla

4 eggs

1 ½ cups white sugar

½ cup fresh lemon juice

2 tbs. lemon zest (fresh grated lemon rind)

*This can also be purchased at most grocery stores dried…but I highly recommend the fresh stuff!

1/3 cup dried, sweetened cranberries

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Crust

-Mix 2 cups flour and powdered sugar together in a medium bowl. Mix in softened butter. Mix until combination becomes doughy consistency. Add desired amount of red food coloring for a desired aesthetic touch. I pressed the dough into two 8x8 in. pans, although you could use one larger pan of equal area if preferred.

-Bake crust 15-20 minutes, until browning on the edges.

Lemon Toping

-Beat together eggs, white sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest until thoroughly mixed. I beat this mixture for about one minute. Mix in dried cranberries. Pour the mixture over crust, equally amongst the 2 pans.

-Bake another 20-25 minutes, or until lemon topping has set.

-Sprinkle powdered sugar on top once bars have cooled.

Mmmm.

And check back with us soon, because we have got some fixings that will...shall I say....wake you up, using our new flavor of the month. COFFEE.

-Ianna