<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3100193.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4479" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P3100193-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>My 85 year-old great aunt aka Auntie I called my mother day.  She was in the middle of a recipe and had a question.

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My sister had gifted Auntie I with <a href="http://www.philosophy.com/bath-and-body/bath-category/bath-bathandshowergels" target="_blank"><strong>Philosophy </strong></a>bath &amp; shower gel for Christmas, and she was baking the scrumptious recipe plastered on the bottle.

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This was Auntie I's question to my mother:  Did the Philosophy bottle contents go into the recipe itself, or was it to be used as a "glaze" on the cookies?

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Hee hee hee!

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My mother explained to her that it was body lotion, and no, it wasn't the kinky edible kind.  Nor was it an ingredient in a recipe.

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Auntie I still didn't understand why a recipe graced the bottle.

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You gotta have a gimmick!  Right, Auntie I?  And Philosophy's brilliant packaging is one heck of clever gimmick.

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I heart Philosophy products.  I've used them for years, and they make fabulous gifts.  I don't know of one woman who doesn't swoon over Philosophy.

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I also don't know one woman who has ever tried making the recipe on the bottle.  Until Auntie I.

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And me.  On Day 165.

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In the midst of my 4 day O2 cleanse, I chose the recipe from my old bottle of Pumpkin Spice Muffin shower gel (leftover from the fall.)  This O2 cleanse meant boosting my antioxidant to new heights, and pumpkin is an antioxidant superstar.

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I gathered the ingredients for my Philosophy Superstar Pumpkin Spice Muffins.  I needed to alter the recipe a bit to suit my eating habits.  I've done this a lot.  I'm practically a professional.  Here was my plan:

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Substitute white flour with wheat flour.

Cut the amount of sugar in half and then substitute agave syrup accordingly.

Cut down on the salt.  Are you trying to bring on a heart attack, Philosophy?

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