Just Rissalena

I'm a grown-ass, married woman who loves video games, sci-fi and fantasy, and pretty much anything geek.

[rissalena]

This whole time, I thought I was obsessed with Lucanis Dellamorte because he reminds me of Ezio Auditore, but I've just realized it's because he actually reminds me of Inigo Montoya.

[locusimperium]

[swan-archive]

locusimperium:

A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic. 

Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day. 

Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.

Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy.  Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour. 

Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick.  Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.

[brawltogethernow]

So I tried this recipe.

And it is GREAT.

It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.

[davetheshady]

Life hack: add white chocolate chips and sea salt

[mxxnlit-witch]

I made these today for the equinox with sea salt caramel chips and they are simply amazing. Let’s see how long they last with six people in the house!

[dduane]

Noting for later (as we need more butter for this, and probably won’t do a grocery shopping till the weekend).

[amyamychan]

The OP version of this has become my go-to cookie for basically all things and I have a whole cohort of friends and colleagues who would murder each other to get them. Haven’t tried any add ons yet, since the base recipe is SO GOOD.

[rissalena]

I'm coming back to talk about this recipe. It's become my go-to "I need to make something quickly" recipe, and I've taken to adding butterscotch chips to the top. I brought into work a couple of weeks ago and my coworkers lost their minds. Every single one of them went out of their way to ask me about them, and not in a polite "Oh, that was so nice of you to make these" kind of way, but in a sort of half-crazed, "tell me your secrets" kind of way.

[powerbottombrucespringsteen]

The universal human experience of packing underwear for a vacation like you’re going to shit yourself every day

[rissalena]

Ok, I was just on vacation and very deliberately did not do this, I packed two extra pairs, but that was it, because I kept telling myself that I would not need a dozen extra pairs of underwear. But then there was weather and all the flights were canceled and I ended up being there for a few days more than expected and was definitely out of clean underwear by the last day, so you'd better fucking believe I will be going back to packing a dozen extra pairs of underwear every time I travel.

[high-quality-tiktoks]

What a quirky little recipe

[suppuration]

“I’m going to eat all of these :)”

[ispyspookymansion]

if you want me to consume a new media you MUST catch me at the exact moment when the stars are aligned and the air pressure is equal to the current degree of the sun’s peak against the horizon and all the cosmic energies are perfectly unified (aka my old interest is fading out) or i will nod and say “im adding that to my list!” Knowing theres no chance i will check it out

[rissalena]

That is literally the exact phrase I use

[onthegreenlandsea-deactivated20]

i don't want a career, i want to do crafts

[phantomrose96]

Yes I want to write this fic. No I don't want to figure out what happens in it. Also no I don't want to write it <3

[rissalena]

I don't want to write it. I want to have written it.

[locusimperium]

[swan-archive]

locusimperium:

A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic. 

Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day. 

Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.

Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy.  Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour. 

Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick.  Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.

[brawltogethernow]

So I tried this recipe.

And it is GREAT.

It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.

[davetheshady]

Life hack: add white chocolate chips and sea salt

[mxxnlit-witch]

I made these today for the equinox with sea salt caramel chips and they are simply amazing. Let’s see how long they last with six people in the house!

[dduane]

Noting for later (as we need more butter for this, and probably won’t do a grocery shopping till the weekend).

[amyamychan]

The OP version of this has become my go-to cookie for basically all things and I have a whole cohort of friends and colleagues who would murder each other to get them. Haven’t tried any add ons yet, since the base recipe is SO GOOD.

[mysharona1987]

Macron has absolutely fucking had it with the anti vaxxers.

[dnd-homebrew5e]

[mentalcentral]

friendly reminder that it's not a bad thing if you switch between hobbies a lot! some people like to stick to a handful of hobbies over years and others like to try out a different hobby every other week. it's ok!!! hobbies are meant to be fun and you don't have to feel bad for losing interest or changing your mind regularly!

[micdotcom]

[i-am-mx-monster]

I will reblog this every time I see it.

[alittlemonster]

FUCK YEA

[221bshrlocked]

Why do you reblog your own fics so much?

Because someone might as well!? And look at this. Look. At. This.

Does this look right to you??

These are just the last three fics I wrote. I appreciate the likes, believe me I do, but you have to understand. Likes do nothing for content creators. It’s the reblogs. Because that’s how you find shit on your dashboard. Through reblogs. Not likes. This isn’t twitter or tiktok or instagram. This is a website that’s run by the reblog system.

Reblogging helps content creators put their stuff out there. Why do you think so many people stopped writing fanfic and creating beautiful fanart and edits? It’s because they put in hours of work and don’t get nearly enough notes for their masterpieces. Yes we do this because we enjoy it but like...some validation won’t hurt. A boost of confidence here and there might be all someone needs to finish whatever thing they started and left.

Anyway, I’m still going to reblog my shit...

[raewritesfiction]

I think I’m gonna restart blogging my own shit.

[221bshrlocked]

WRITERS. ARTISTS. EDITORS.

REBLOG YOUR OWN WORK.

THERE IS NO SHAME IN IT.

[kinkybazsmolsnow]

And still there'd be people who'd not REBLOG this post

[brattybookclub]

good PSA that the best way to support your content creators is to REBLOG

[dduane]

This.

[noseforahtwo]

Reblog this and tag with the things you absolutely won't buy generic/ off-brand. Mine are Crisco, PuffsPlus w Lotion, and Wheat Thins.

[rissalena]

They remastered the smiley face out of Garrus's armor, and honestly, I'm a little sad about it.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[official-lucifers-child]

shoutout to this dude who singlehandedly encapsulated literally every amazing thing ever in one single clip

[kwermaid28]

This is art

[wifeacrossthesea]

[lady-feral]

the THUNDERCLAP

[rissalena]

Yeesssss! I was just looking for this yesterday and today, like magic, it showed up!

[snoopysfriendwoodstock]

people really measure out their spices? you’re really going to take out your little ¼ teaspoon? you’re afraid your food is going to taste too good?

[troutminge]

In this house we just fuckin pour those bastard powders until the food changes colour and it feels spiritually correct

[rissalena]

Little story about how adding spice should just be felt, not measured:

I once made a carrot cake and brought it to work, and my boss told me it was the best carrot cake he'd ever had and asked for the recipe. It's just from a Better Homes and Garden cookbook, so I gave it to him, and he told me it was the EXACT same recipe he'd gotten from his mother, so how come mine was so much better? I really had no idea, and then I realized, and was like "Oh, I don't go by the quantity it says for the spices, I just kind of dump them in until it feels right", which is clearly the only way to measure spices.