We made PICARONES

Picarones 

A Peruvian dessert

Source: The Friend Magazine, December 2015

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

2 cups canned pumpkin puree

vegetable oil for frying

1. Mix all the ingredients except for the pumpkin. Then add the pumpkin puree and stir until smooth

2. Put about 2 inches of oil in a heavy skillet. Heat over medium-high until about 350 degrees. 

3. Use a spatula to scrape the dough into a large resealable plastic bag. Twist the top of the bag to push down the dough. Snip off one corner of the bag. 

4. Squeeze the dough into circles in the heated oil. Fry the circles until golden brown, about 60 seconds on each side. Drain on paper towels. 

5. Choose a topping. We went with powdered sugar but you could drizzle honey, sprinkle cinnamon sugar or try whipped cream. Mmm

                                 After watching a tutorial on food photography I can safely say I know how to make food look super unappetizing. :) It is not really fair though. In the class the teacher was using all natural light and was not cooking food that looks like big brown worms in the end. You will just have to take my word for it that picarones are yummy and taste like pumpkin doughnuts. Add in the powdered sugar and mmm! 

Ted ate the picarones long enough to let me take a picture of him eating and then he raced back to watching our nightly Christmas movie. Tonight it was The Christmas Story. A classic! I could watch this movie over and over. I love that both boys are watching. My little Ralphie and Randy :) 

Once again, could Tidus be more smiley? He is so happy! What a wonderful couple of kids I have. Some point in the future they will inform me of how annoying it is that I am constantly taking pictures of them but until that point I get to flaunt my handsome little guys as much as I want. 

This is a universal baby thing, but I love Tidus on his belly and I set toys all around him. His little head bobbles back and forth taking in all the new sights. I imagine he is thinking about what he needs to do to grab the toys. Hmm, what are these? The toys in this picture were all Ted's as a baby. He has even found a new love for the stacking rings. In fact, I am constantly searching the apartment to find where Ted has taken the rings off to. Tidus finds joy in the simple pleasure of knocking over the ring tower.