May the 4th be with you!

As you all know I'm a huge Star Wars nerd A New Hope is my all time favourite movie also. We own all versions of Star Wars prequel and original trilogy yes i bought them all on eBay even the side adventures of C3PO and R2 lol


 Last year i did a few Star Wars recipes i thought i would share you with you again on this Star Wars day! Be sure to check out the sale at Hot Topic Her Universe has some new tanks and this princess Leia hoodie i just ordered so cute! 

Ashley Eckstein made a whole line of geek chic clothes for women she's also the voice of Ahsoka on The Clone Wars show on Cartoon Network. Love her!

 Just a warning these are not apart of my clean recipes this was before i started eating clean.

May the force be with you! 

Star Wars Neapolitan pancakes from last Star Wars day!

Wookiee Cookies 

Yoda Oreos

Skywalker Smoothie

Obi-Wan Kebabs

Jedi Juice Pops 

Stormtrooper Sandies 

Chocolate Darth Vader Cookies 

my vintage Star Wars buttons they aren't the tiny ones they are huge! 

Chocolate Darth Vader Cookies

All i can think of when i see these cookie is "come to the dark side we have cookies"lol these remind me fudgy chocolate cookies, i thought they would turn out more wafer thin and crispy. i love the way the came out i did have to buy some black gel colouring icing online i couldn't find it at the store at all what is the world coming to? its Halloween time! now that i have done Yoda,Stormtroopers, and Darth Vader cookies i have one more left... Boba Fett i still don't have a idea for that yet. 

2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dutch-process cocoa 
1/2 tsp salt1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
black gel food colouring (i used a whole tube)

Preheat oven to 350. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Whisk together the flour,cocoa, and salt; set aside.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light an fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.

 Add the flour mixture at low speed. 

Work in food colouring with your hands to desired darkness. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough on a lightly floured and cocoa-ed surface. (the flour wont mess with the colour of the cookies)

Cut the cookies with Darth Vader cutter.

Freeze cut cookies 5 minutes.

Bake 9 mins. 

Stormtrooper Sandies

As most of you know today the Blu ray Star Wars box set came out today! i was lucky enough to get it yesterday from amazon i geeked out all day and night on star wars i watched all of the bonus discs. i must say i had goosebumps when i put in A New Hope which is my favourite movie of all time, the sound is so clear and the picture amazing of course! i decided to make these cookies today, excuse the lighting in the photos we haven't had any sun in days its pretty gloomy outside which i love but not for photos. This cookie recipe is from the star wars cookbook and everyone knows i have done many recipes from the cookbook i still haven't made everything yet! Click here to see all of the pass recipes i have done from the Star Wars Cookbook.

before going into the oven

3/ cup butter 

1 1/4 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

Confectioners' sugar

Put the butter in a bowl. With an electric mixer set on high speed, beat the butter until soft and light in colour.

Gradually add the sugar in a slow,steady stream, and beat until creamy and lemon yellow. Then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and stir just until blended. 

Put the flour and salt into a sifter and sift them into a small bowl. Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating it in with the mixer on low speed until it is fully incorporated. the dough will become very stiff and you may have to knead the last bit of flour by hand.With your hands, pat the dough into a ball and flatten the ball into a thick disk. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.

preheat oven to 400 remove dough from the fridge and unwrap. Dust your work surface with flour. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough 

Using cookie cutters of any shape you like, cut cookies out of the dough. Carefully transfer the cookies to the baking sheet, leaving a little space around each one. 

slip baking sheets into oven and bake until cookies begin to brown, 8 to 10 mins. Transfer the cookies to cooling racks with a spatula and allow them to cool. Sift a little confectioners' sugar over the cookies.

Jedi Juice Pops

i made these the other day from the star wars cookbook of course they are easily made with a dixie cup and sticks. i find these are the easiest way next to Popsicle molds which annoy me. thinkgeek has fake lightsaber pop molds they use for a April fools joke. when you go to buy them it says April fools lol. i would totally buy them if they were real of course.

any fresh fruit or frozen (such as strawberries,bananas,oranges or grapes cut into chunks.)

fruit juice such as cranberry,apple,lemonade,or orange juice. (i used OJ)

1. put fruit on the bottom of pop molds or paper cups

for the paper cups i put foil over the top and put the stick through so it would stay in while freezing. or you can wait to push them in the cups.

2. freeze for 2 hours or more.

Skywalker Smoothie

as promised the Skywalker smoothie! i tried it out the other night and loved it! i got the recipe from the star wars cookbook. of course this is just a regular smoothie nothing special also easy to remember. i also cut my bananas up and froze them this time so they wouldn't get all mushy and gross which i hate! check out my other Star Wars recipes here!

• 1 cup organic fresh or frozen strawberries
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup pineapple or orange juice (I used pineapple juice)
• 4 ice cubes

If you are using fresh strawberries, cut off their stems with a knife. Put the fresh or frozen berries in a blender.

Peel the banana. Break it into pieces and add them to the blender. Then add the fruit juice and ice cubes.

Put the lid on the blender. Make sure it fits tightly. Turn on the blender first at low speed, then increase to high speed. Blend until smooth and frothy, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the blender and wait until it stops. With a wooden spoon, check to see that the fruit is thoroughly blended. If not, repeat this step.

Pour into 2 glasses and serve immediately.

me with the cookbook and smoothie.

Yoda Oreos

so i finally bought those star wars cookie cutters i saw them last year at Williams-Sonoma. i didn't get them then bc i didn't think i would use them the way your suppose to I'm not into the iced cookies. but these are prefect if only i had some bantha milk (you only get this if you are a star wars fan).

i got the wonderful green tint from green tea powder you can find it in the Asian section at the grocery store. they didn't have it at mine so i ordered a 1oz tin on eBay. i think using green food colouring would make it him to green. i think i will also do the cookies without the filling they taste wonderful by themselves. when i saw this recipe on justJENN recipes i had to do them she did a whole star wars party i love it!

ingredients (cookie):
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
1 Tablespoon matcha (green tea powder)
2 teaspoons of lemon zest
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg

ingredients (filling):
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

how cute is he? i love Yoda!

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, matcha and lemon zest. To me, the lemon just adds a little something, almost undetectable, yet adds so much flavor. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until combined. Add the egg.

Slowly add in the flour until it is incorporated. The dough will form quickly, and when it starts to pull away from the bowl.

 Split the dough into two and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill until you are ready to use.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prep baking sheets 

Start rolling out the dough.  Roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.

Use your cutter to cut out the shapes and transfer onto a baking sheet.Bake for 8-10 minutes

make icing In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter while carefully adding the powdered sugar. Add the vanilla and beat until creamy.

Using a piping bag or a spatula, place the filling on the side of one cookie. Use another cookie to press on top and form your Yoda Oreo.

i bought the star wars plate set at pottery barn kids.

i could take photos of these all day!

Happy Star Wars Day!

yes i made star wars pancakes! i made them with my sandwich cutters i got last month from williams-sonoma. they also have pancake molds but these work great! you have to make the pancake then use the cutter. i made neapolitan pancakes this morning i found on for the love of cooking. 

Neapolitan Pancakes:

Recipe by For the Love of Cooking.

2 cups of pancake mix
1 cup of milk
1 egg
1 vanilla bean
Strawberries, diced into small pieces
Milk chocolate chocolate chips

Combine the pancake mix, milk and egg together in a bowl. Slice the vanilla bean down the center then using the dull side of the knife, scrape all the seeds out of each side of the bean. Add the seeds to the pancake batter.

Pour about 1/4 cup of batter per pancake onto a hot nonstick griddle or skillet. Top each pancake with pieces of the strawberry and chocolate chips.

Cook 2 minutes or until the tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over; cook 2 more minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Served slathered in butter and topped with maple syrup. Enjoy.

Wookiee Cookies

a fun fact about me I'm a huge Star Wars nerd! basically my whole family is my dad is the biggest! i love all science fiction including Star Trek! i have both star wars cookbooks the 2nd one is from the prequel trilogy. it isn't as good as the 1st one. i bought it years ago even before i really starting cooking and baking. this cookie was probably the 1st cookie i made from scratch then. i love the greedo burritos i have the recipe on here! i also collect star wars stuff i just bought the sandwich cutter from williams-sonoma . i haven't gotten them in the mail yet.

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

1. Preheat the oven to 375º

2. Put the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Stir with the wooden spoon until well mixed. Set aside.

3. Put the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in another mixing bowl. Using the electric mixer set on high speed, beat together until well blended and creamy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and stir with the wooden spoon until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips.

4. Scoop up a rounded tablespoonful of the dough and drop onto a baking sheet. Repeat until you have used up all the dough. Be sure to leave about 1 inch between the cookies because they spread as they bake.

5. Using pot holders, put the baking sheets in the oven. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

6. Again, using pot holders, remove the baking sheets from the oven. Lift the cookies from the baking sheets with a spatula, and place on cooling racks. Let cool completely. 

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Greedo's Burritos

this recipe is from the star wars cookbook i got a long time ago in a galaxy far far away lol. anyways i use to make this all the time before i even met my husband. my husband and i love star wars and any mexican food.

this cookbook has some awesome recipes! 

1 can black beans
1 cup grated cheese
shredded lettuce
1 tomato
1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
1 1/2 pound ground beef
flour torts
1/2 cup black olives

preheat oven to 350
open can of beans and drain the liquid into the sink.set aside.
put the oil in the skillet brown the beef on medium heat
wrap torts in foil put into oven for 5 to 10 mins
add the beans to the meat stirring until beans are heated through
take torts out of oven
put all of your toppings on the tort. we also put on guac and sour cream.