my second ben lerner book — charming, self-affacing without being insincere, with traces of what eventually became the hatred of poetry, committed to poetry without being able to define it, drifting but not aimlessly, and so, so funny
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Irish Coffee Vanilla Extract
Disclaimer: Do not be stupid and drink vanilla extract like this. I’m not doing the math but you will very likely get alcohol poisoning.
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Maple Spelt Banana Bread
This Maple Spelt Banana Bread is simple but beautiful. It is fluffy, has a deliciously nutty flavour without nuts, which makes it suitable to your friends and family with nut and/or dairy allergy, and is just delightful with a cup of tea or coffee!
Ingredients (makes a loaf):
½ cup plain flour
1 1/2 cup spelt flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
3 over-ripe bananas
2 tablespoons demerara sugar
1/3 cup pure Canadian Maple Syrup
4 eggs
1 teaspoon Homemade Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup spelt milk
1 tablespoon pure Canadian Maple Syrup
Butter a large loaf tin, and line with baking paper. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine plain flour, spelt flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Give a good stir and set aside.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat once butter is melted; set aside.
Preheat oven to 175°C/345°F.
In a large bowl, mash bananas thoroughly with a fork. Stir in demerara sugar and half of the Maple Syrup, then add the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Finally, gradually whisk in Vanilla Extract and spelt milk.
Gently stir spelt flour mixture into banana mixture with a rubber spatula until just blended. Then, stir in remaining Maple Syrup and melted butter until well-blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf tin, and place in the middle of the warm oven. Bake at 175°C/345°F, for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Let Maple Spelt Banana Bread cool slightly before removing from the pan, and placing onto serving tray. Brush generously with Maple Syrup, to glaze.
Serve Maple Spelt Banana Bread with a nice cuppa.
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Tumblr discourse prediction
the whole "vanilla extract" is going to crash and burn quickly because of discourse about how vanilla extract business exploits people and is super expensive because is very rare and there used to be more but evil corporations and capitalism made it a rarity.
Also something something children exploitation and something something unethically sourced vanilla extract and fun-killers will take this joke and ruin it with Very Serious PSAs about vanilla extract and how we are joking about something Very Serious.
I predict this will happen during the whole February, and by March we'll have another meme.
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Iced Coffee With Cocoa Powder Recipe
Milk, Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa Powder, Brewed Coffee. This iced coffee with cocoa powder is a refreshing drink for any coffee enthusiast. Coffee and cocoa powder combine to create a rich, chocolaty flavor that is sure to please your taste buds.
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