Second Day of School with Pierce Sawing and a New Gluten Free Cookie Recipe

Another fun day in class this week.  One of our homework assignments was to make a piece of alternative jewelry (jewelry from found objects or objects not normally used to make jewelry).

I went to the hardware store and bought some vinyl tubing then filled the tubes with kitchen spices alternating with pieces of recipes from old cookbooks.  

Then I made a bracelet of brass and steel washers connected using bronze jumprings.

And for good measure I took a pair of earrings in made from vintage game pieces I found at Goodwill.

The other assignment due yesterday was to write our initials in various ways in circles and squares.  Here are my sketches (along with a quick sketch I made of a second piece I started in class since I'd finished sawing my initials and there was still time left).

And here’s the one I chose to use for our first lesson in pierce sawing. 

And now I will share with you what I made for breakfast this morning.  I quite often have oatmeal.  My version is that I just pour boiling water over some steel cut oats then add Craisins, chopped walnuts, some almond milk and a wee bit of maple syrup.  But today I wanted something different so here's what I invented.

Preheat oven to 350 F then put these items in a bowl:

• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/3 cup of coconut sugar

Mix, then add:

• 1 egg
• 1 cup of sunflower butter (or peanut butter or almond butter)
• A handful of Craisins

I was going to add walnuts but was too lazy to chop them.

I put ping pong ball size dabs onto a greased baking sheet then flattened them somewhat.  Baked for 10 mins.

MMMMMmmm!

To go with them I juiced some oranges we picked two days ago.

Between the cookies and the orange juice, I realize there were a ton of calories, but that breakfast held me for quite some time.  Yes, it was a splurge.