More baking......... :)

Ok - I might be going overboard for me with the baking but with the schools closed today and it being 27 degrees this morning it was a perfect morning for experimenting with a new recipe I found! :)

So... here it is: Chocolate-Cherry-Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls

its from a yummy looking Southern Living Magazine I splurged on for myself!

Now- dried cherries - did not have any and the recipe came out super anyway but I can imagine that the cherries would have been divine in this recipe - and may stock up on them next time I am at the store. :)

This recipe calls for the frozen biscuits instead of making your own dough - (pretty cool) makes it very easy! I guess it's one of those 'semi-homemade' recipes :)

After the biscuits thawed we were to roll them/pat/squish them together to make a rectangle of the dough. Then slather them with the 80z package of cream cheese. (Patrick did not like the cream cheese) Had to make him some cereal for breakfast... this is normal for 'the boy'.

After the cream cheese came the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture...ooh smelled so yummy while baking. :)

Rachel was my helper and then she took over the camera when I was cutting the rolls.

Oh - don't forget the chocolate chips! The recipe called for a CUP of chocolate chips!

WoW - finished product! IT was wonderful - definitely a keeper recipe! Oh My - that's all I can say.. they were wonderful I had a big glass of milk and children had hot chocolate... nice way to start the cold, cold morning!

Oops forgot - we did a powder sugar/milk icing on top - it was wonderful pouring it over the top of the hot cinnamon rolls.

New Year... and more blogging...

A new year - and I want to get back into baking and cooking like I used to do - so.... what a way to start - Dream Scones. They were very easy to make - but some new techniques for me - they had me 'grate' the butter into the dish - which was a lot easier than chopping and trying to not 'melt' the butter while cutting it up. :)

Rachel surprised me with a chocolate cookbook - now- the cookbook is not made of chocolate but every recipe in it has cocoa in it in some way shape or form so this was our first recipe to make! OH - my - the house smells wonderful right now! :)
See all that yummy butter in there? It was a bit dry and not balling up so I added a teaspoon more of buttermilk and it was perfect. Then divide the batter into four parts and then roll out and divide each quarter into quarters hence the .....

many many scones.... wish I could share them but the kiddos actually took most of them to school to share with their teachers. :)

Look how wonderful they popped up to - and so rich but not as sweet as you'd think - just yummy!

This was the moon yesterday morning - so beautiful and something I always take a moment and pay attention too - don't know why - but I'm always fascinated with the sky and it's beauty :) But I wanted to share it with you!

Have a wonderful day and a great New Year!