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Picture This

There are always those times when all you want to do is sit in bed or on a couch and scroll through pages and pages of pretty, inspirational, or just plain cute pictures. I've found three tumblr pages that are my go to's for those times.

The first is called "Obervando". Some of the pictures have nice quotes while others just look cool. It's run by a guy called Axel from Argentina. He posts pictures that he has found online as well as his own texts. 

"Obervando"

The second one is "Salt Water Whispers". All the pictures posted are so beautiful and also good quality! There are also really lovely quotes around the pictures from time to time. I'm not sure what else to say about it other than the pictures are gorgeous!

"Salt Water Whispers"

The final page is called "The Pink Diary". All the pictures she posts are taken with an iPhone 5 so it just goes to show you that an expensive camera is not necessary for nice pictures. The pictures are kind of "ootd's" or "what's in my bag" but different than how you would expect. I love looking at these!

"The Pink Diary"

The Best Cookies

Hello everyone! For this post I'm going to share one of my favorite cookies recipes. I first saw these cookies in a video by Tanya Burr. I thought they looked delicious so I searched the web to find the actual recipe. It turns out they are based off of Ben's Cookies. There were a few different versions of the recipe so I'm going to give you the one that seemed to work the best for me. The measurements may seem a bit random but that's because I converted them from grams to teaspoons (tsp) and tablespoons (T). Hope you give these a go and enjoy them as much as I do!

Ingredients: (Makes about 16 cookies)

-14T butter

-1 1/3 cup baker's sugar

-1 egg

-1 1/4 cup self-rising flour

-5T 1 1/2 tsp cocoa

-1 splash of milk

-3 chocolate bars

First place softened butter into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar and mix the two until it is creamy. 

Then add one egg and mix well. Next, gradually add the flour and mix after each addition. Add the cocoa, also mixing well after each addition. Pour a splash of milk into the dough and mix. 

Now for the chocolate bars! Break them into bite size pieces and fold them into the dough. I wouldn't recommend mixing them in because then it breaks up the chocolate and you won't have the gooey chunks to bite into after they have been baked:) 

After folding in the chocolate, you can use a scoop, a spoon, or your hand to make balls of dough a little larger than a golf ball (obviously you can make them bigger depending on how large you would like them) and place them on foil covered tins. The cookies tend to spread so make sure to leave space between them!

Place them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10-12 minutes. I find that they are done at around 11 minutes. 

When you take them out, they will appear not done but let them sit for 2 minutes before removing them from the trays and they will be done. Now all that's left is to enjoy these delicious cookies! 

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Not Exactly Plain Jane has reached over 100 views and the number is continuing to increase!! Now I know that some people are probably reading this and thinking, "Psh my first blog post got over 100 views by itself!", while I know this is true for some, to me this is an accomplishment! I just wanted to say a quick little thank you to anyone who has looked at one of my posts or all of them, even if you just looked at the pictures:) I am enjoying this blog and have many more posts planned. I hope that you continue to follow Not Exactly Plain Jane! Thank you again! Xx