Simply Pink Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

  

  Yay for being girly!  In a very chic, light-pinkish sort of way.  I am in love with this frosting, and this cake.  I had many a fingerful of the most beautiful batter in the world...seriously, I love pretty cake batters.  Fluffy yet dense, flecked with vanilla bean...my gosh. 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

  Ohhhh cookies.  Oh life.  I've been perusing the CIA's website for hours, trying to decide if I really want to dive into this cooking/baking realm of life.  Can I make a living out of it?  Can I get through 4 years of intensive (and expensive) cooking school, states away from my home?  Possibly the furthest away I've ever been alone?  The northern Midwest section of America has been my little globe for such a long time.  We're talking Hyde Park, NY, now; and possibly some crazy educational trips to Europe for school.

Peppermint Semifreddo

  I'm eating the leftovers of this, right now.  The only healthy thing I've done this post-Christmas week is exercise and eat two salads.  Inbetween that...sugar.  Too much sugar. 

Peanut Brittle (Crispy Bites of Heaven)

  I don't know why I avoided peanut brittle for so long...I guess in contrast to so many other favorite goodies it was often overlooked.  Brittle?  There's nothing appetizing about brittle, at all.  I like peanuts, I like crumbly, I like chewy...but brittle?  Whatever, I don't know who decided to name it such, but it kept me from becoming a fan for too long. 

Blackberry Lemon Scones and a Revelation (Indigo Scones)

  

  First post!  First things first (that saying doesn't make much sense to me...), you should know an important fact about me.  It has to do with the blog name.  Why Indigo Scones?  It's a little reference to a problem of mine: perfectionism.  I dream up huge goals, I tackle them, and sometimes I fall short.  Sometimes, I let it get to me more than it should.  Sometimes, I get into a huge funk over seemingly insignificant things.  Sometimes, I have a hard time letting things go.