Synth-Pop Star
She may be a hologram, but she’s also Ultramerica’s sweetheart.
Made in Midjourney with image prompts and the following text prompt: a holographic pop idol combining the features of Britney Spears, Gillian Anderson and Elvira, Glowing high-tech futuristic hologram, cyberpunk and blade runner aesthetics, ultrasharp detail, hyper realistic, 4k, artistic, ultra detailed, octane render, photorealistic, glowing, ultra realistic, transparent
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Hot-cross-bun chocolate chip cookies
These are the favorite chocolate-chip cookies of London’s star baker, Claire Ptak. The base recipe has her signature use of egg yolks for richness but with added crunchy bits of hot-cross buns and all the chocolate for texture and flavor. Make and freeze the dough, baking off individual cookies as and when you want them for optimum satisfaction and that fresh-baked cookie smell in your home.
Makes 18 cookies
unsalted butter 250g, softened
soft brown sugar 200g
white sugar 100g
vanilla extract 2 tsp
egg yolks 4
plain flour 315g
fine sea salt 1 tsp
bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp
stale hot-cross buns 200g (2-3 buns), toasted and torn into 2cm pieces
chocolate 300g, broken into different sized chunks (Ptak uses a mix of white, milk, and dark. You can also use chocolate Easter eggs and random bits of bars you have, which makes it fun to eat.)
Line a small baking tray or baking tin (one that will fit inside your freezer) with parchment paper.
Beat the butter and sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer until combined but not too creamy – you are not aiming for light and fluffy here, as that would make the cookies too cakey. Add the vanilla and the egg yolks, and mix well.
In another bowl weigh out the flour, salt, and bicarbonate of soda, and whisk together well. Add this to the butter-and-egg mixture, and mix until combined.
Add the hot-cross-bun pieces and all the chocolate chunks.
Scoop individual portions of cookie dough on to the lined baking tray or tin. If using spoons, pat each portion into a little ball. Cover with clingfilm and freeze for at least 1 hour, or up to a month.
When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 170C fan/gas mark 5. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper and arrange the cookies evenly on the tray, leaving enough space between each one so they have room to expand during baking (they will almost double in size). If you are baking from frozen, allow the cookies 5 minutes out of the freezer before placing in the oven.
Bake for 14 minutes or until the center of each cookie is slightly soft and underbaked but the edges are crisp and golden. Remove from the oven, rap the tray on your counter to flatten them a little, and allow to cool on the tray for 10 minutes before serving.
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Have you listened to the podcast, Welcome to Night Vale? It’s a podcast that is about a fictional desert town somewhere in the United States and its storytelling is in the form of the local community radio. It’s definitely weird.
Anyhoo, I have another plot bunny that’s inspired by WtNV that features the OC as a resident of Night Vale whose family relocated to Hawkins. And the weird stuff that goes on in Hawkins does not phase her. An alternate dimension called the Upside Down? Pfft. There’s a desert otherworld in Night Vale. OC always makes sure to be armed when going to the library. Hawkins doesn’t have a five-headed dragon? Pity.
This plot bunny is probably more along the lines of comedy. I don’t know about plot. Mostly, I’m just vibing with the story. 🤷🏻♀️
I have! I don't listen to it as much anymore but I was super into it when I did. Night Vale is such an intriguing place and I love it lol.
A place where there's no dragon, you can walk in the dog park and no angels? Sounds boring but I guess it counts as a vacation to the oc, lol. That sounds hilarious. I'm into it.
Thanks for sharing!
ridea's bday celebration (12-19th)
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