Sounds Good: Maple Snickerdoodles

This is a fabulous recipe I have from my days up in Vermont:

Maple Snickerdoodles, don't be cheap, get the real Vermont maple not some High Fructose garbage. You'll taste the difference. 

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 cup margarine, softened
3 cups white sugar
1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons REAL maple syrup (NOT GARBAGE)
2 egg
1/2 cup maple sugar 

Preheat oven to 350 F

You're gonna need 2 large bowls for this recipe (makes a lot of cookies) and a small bowl (1 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup Maple sugar)

1st Bowl:

Flour, baking powder/Soda and cinnamon 

2nd Bowl: Softened Margarine gets lightly whipped with 2 cups of Sugar until well mixed and fluffy. Mix eggs, and Maple until incorporated. 

Gradually incorporate 1st Bowl into 2nd. 


Now if you've ever made snickerdoodles you know what to do: Make little golf ball size balls and roll em in the sugar. 

UNGREASED COOKIE SHEET

Cook for about 10 minutes. They will be a bit gooey because of maple let em cool a good 10 minutes on racks before you snack on em! 

NECI Graduation Saturday June 21 (Beginning of the day)

The big tent where it will all take place.

A grande tenda onde tudo vai acontecer.
The last of the group. Nearly 30 us started in March 2006. Only 7 of us actually made it to graduation. However, several opted to move on to the Bachelor's program. 

Os ultimos do grupo. Quase 30 de nos comeceu em Marco 2006. So 7 atualmente se formou. Porem, algums decidiram fazer o grau maior de 4 anos. 
After signing in and getting my jacket, I walked upstairs to get in line to walk to the tent. 

Depois cadastrando, recebendo minha jaqueta, eu subi para entrar na linha para andar para a tenda. 
Walking in alphabetical order to the tent (from the hotel), to begin the ceremony. 

Andando em ordem alphabetica para a tenda (do hotel), para comecar a formatura. 
Walking in the tent to get things started. It's bit low, I had to duck. 

Entrando na tenda para comecar o ceremonia. A tenda e' baiao, tive que baixar minha cabeca. 

NECI Graduation Saturday June 21 (Middle of the day)

Waiting to walk to the front to receive my diploma.

Esperando para andar para frente para receber meu diploma.
Me on the stage in the background receiving my diploma.

Eu no balco recebendo meu diploma.
My group of students throwing our chef's hat. I'm in the back on the right next to someone wearing sunglasses. You can only barely see my head. 

Meu grupo de alunos jogando nossos chapeus de Chef. Estou atraz, ao lado de alguem com oculos escuro. So pode ver minha cabeca. 
Me with my diploma. 

Eu com meu diploma. 
Gma Betsy, Eli, Sophie and Me after the ceremony finally ended. Time to eat!

Vovo Betsy, Eli, Sophie e Eu depois da ceramonia finalmente terminou. Esta na hora de comer!

NECI Graduation Saturday June 21 (end of the day)

End of the graduation ceremony. The Speckarts, The Glenns, and Gma Betsy.

O fim da formatura. Os Speckarts, os Glenns, e Vovo Betsy. 
Sophie playing with a balloon after the ceremony. 

Sophie brincando com um balao depois da formatura. 
Lisiane and I pose for the camera after I officially graduate. 

Lisiane e Eu fizemos uma pose para a camera depois que eu me formei. 

Lisiane and Sophie pose in front of the beautiful background of the Green Mountains.

Lisiane e Sophie fazem uma pose em frente da linda paisagem das Montanhas Verde.
Poor Sophie she had a very long hard day that started at 6:30 am and ended at about 2:30 pm.

Sophie tadinha, teve um dia bem comprido e dificil que comecou as 6:30 e terminou mais ou menos 14:30.  

We visit Shelbourne Farms Sunday June 22 (The beginning of the trip)

The tractor takes out to the farm.

O trator leva a gente pela fazenda
Shelbourne Farm from the tractor.

A Fazenda Shelbourne do trator.
Eli trying to catch a chicken.

Eli tentando pegar uma galinha.
MMM Creme Friache. A baby goat just a day old. I named him "Goat cheese" in french.

MMM Creme Friache. Um bebe de Cabra que nasceu um dia antes. Eu chamei ele "Quejo de cabra" em frances.
MMMM Cornish Hens. Baby chickens.

Pintinhos.

We visit Shelbourne Farms Sunday June 22 (Middle of the Trip)

Lisiane putting sun block on Sophie. It's bright outside. 

Lisiane coloquando protetor solar, estava brilhando fora.
Lisiane and Sophie playing on the tractor, Sophie's hair was blowing in the wind.

Lisiane and Sophie brincando no trator, e o cabelo de Sophie ficou voando com vento.
MMMM baby bacon!

Eli playing on the rocking horse.

Eli brincando no carvalo de pau. 
MMMM VEAL! The Glenn family and a young volunteer holding a baby calf. 

MMMM carne de bezerro! A Familia Glenn e uma joven voluntaria segurando o bezerrinho. 

We visit Shelbourne Farms Sunday June 22 (end of the trip)

Eli learns how to milk a goat.

Eli aprendendo como tirar leite da cabra

Me learning how to milk a goat. It isn't as easy as it looks. 

If you grab her wrong it can hurt her. 

Eu aprendendo como tirar leite da cabra. Nao e' tao facil como parece. 

Se pega no lugar errado pode machucar.

The cousins chillin out. Sophie is saying hi to Clara, while Eli relaxes. 

Os primos relaxando. Sophie dizendo OI para Clara enquanto Eli relaxa. 

Feeding the sheep. They flocked to me every time I tried to drop pellets in their bowls. 

Dando comida aos carneiros. Ficarem loco cada ves que tentei encher as tijelas de comida

Sophie wanted to walk around in the trunk. 

Sophie queria andar no porta mala.