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Boots + Pie = Today

9/28/2011

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The Boots are Finished!

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Here they are! Lovely, no? I finished the second one mere minutes ago and am thrilled to be able to share it! I'll be scanning in my pattern pieces and writing up the tutorial the rest of this week- yay fun!
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I used a double layer of heavy cotton/hemp canvas for the sole. The print is one of Jessica Jones' (from How About Orange) that I bought a few months ago and have been itching to use. The boot is fully lined with fleece for a warm cozy (potentially sockless) foot!
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My original pattern needed several modifications to accommodate my sweet boy's exceedingly pudgy feet, ankles, and calves. I've never seen a foot with such depth (captured above by Dad's fisheye lens).
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He posed in his new boots ever so briefly before climbing away, ditching Mom, Dad, and boots alike.

Dessert

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I'm not quite sure how to describe this recipe except to say that it is amazing and so fattening it actually burns calories. I modified the original (found here), so if you read/try this recipe, but think it would be better with more butter and sugar, you should check it out.
It combines the delicious flavors of chocolate, nut butters, nutella, and graham crackers to create something beautiful and amazing, but I personally might add some kind of salty crunch next time. Perhaps some broken up pretzels, or Chex, or something like that.

Ingredients
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 C brown sugar
1/3 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 C graham cracker crumbs
1/2 C Nutella
1 C nut butter (I used part almond part cashew)
2 pinches sea salt

Add sugars to melted butter and stir until smoothish. Add vanilla, graham cracker crumbs, and salt and stir to combine. Mix in Nutella and nut butter.
Press into a pie pan, cover, and put in the freezer to set while you make the chocolate frosting.

Frosting Ingredients
1 1/2 C chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)
1/4 C butter
1/4 C milk or cream (I used half and half)
1/2 tsp vanilla

Melt chocolate chips in microwave, taking care not to scorch. Stir in butter, microwave for a few seconds if it starts to get unworkable. Add milk and vanilla, stir until smooth.
Remove pan from freezer, pour chocolate frosting on, and put back in freezer for 1/2 hour to set.
Eat it up and love it!
1 Comment
Mutti
9/28/2011 10:58:25 am

I see potential gifts for cold adult feet that want to be warm and sockless.......

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    My name is Ansley Knoch. I am the creator of Rispok, a line of accessories for big and little people made from repurposed materials. I live in Madison, Wisconsin with my husband, Fred, and our son, also Fred, better known as 5.

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