Cooking
It's silly, I know; but if I don't provide Matt with some sort of breakfast food, he just won't eat. Some time ago, I allowed Pop Tarts to be taken to work, because at least it meant he was eating.
Then I decided Pop Tarts were too sugary, too processed and preserved, and that I was going to have to take charge.
It's one thing to make 'cheesy eggs', pancakes, waffles or French toast for Alex each morning. I can do it right there, each time. For Matt, I need to make something that can last the entire week, and that he can take with him.
I've made scones, coffee cakes, muffins, and more. This week, it was Gale Gand's Cinnamon Buns.
They take a bit of work.
Prepare the dough, let it sit in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Roll out, cover with butter and cinnamon sugar, put it back in the fridge. Prepare 'schmear', and put in bottom of muffin tin. Cut rolls, put on top of 'schmear'. Let them sit around again. Finally, bake. Top with icing, if you want...we didn't.
After Matt went to bed, I put the cooled rolls in plastic containers; five to a bin. In the morning, I told him to take one of the containers to work. He'd already extracted one, so he went off to work.
In his email later that day, he lamented bringing only one...they were really good, and he wished he had more.
My reply? "When will people learn to listen to me?"
The rolls are sweet enough without the icing, so unless you prefer sugar overload...skip it.
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Sweet Starts
It's silly, I know; but if I don't provide Matt with some sort of breakfast food, he just won't eat. Some time ago, I allowed Pop Tarts to be taken to work, because at least it meant he was eating.
Then I decided Pop Tarts were too sugary, too processed and preserved, and that I was going to have to take charge.
It's one thing to make 'cheesy eggs', pancakes, waffles or French toast for Alex each morning. I can do it right there, each time. For Matt, I need to make something that can last the entire week, and that he can take with him.
I've made scones, coffee cakes, muffins, and more. This week, it was Gale Gand's Cinnamon Buns.
They take a bit of work.
Prepare the dough, let it sit in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Roll out, cover with butter and cinnamon sugar, put it back in the fridge. Prepare 'schmear', and put in bottom of muffin tin. Cut rolls, put on top of 'schmear'. Let them sit around again. Finally, bake. Top with icing, if you want...we didn't.
After Matt went to bed, I put the cooled rolls in plastic containers; five to a bin. In the morning, I told him to take one of the containers to work. He'd already extracted one, so he went off to work.
In his email later that day, he lamented bringing only one...they were really good, and he wished he had more.
My reply? "When will people learn to listen to me?"
The rolls are sweet enough without the icing, so unless you prefer sugar overload...skip it.
- Spiced Rolls: My First Daring Bakers Challenge
I think the sound I made following breadchick's invitation to join the Daring Baker's was something like 'whooo!'. I'd seen posts for previous challenges on some of my favorite blogs, and couldn't help but think 'this...
- Fresh Ginger Muffins
I've been a neglectful wife. A good wife takes care of her husband, being sure to meet his needs. And I've been lacking in that area lately. Hey, gutter-brain; you can cut that out right now. I'm talking about breakfast. I've already...
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The time: Tuesday morning, 1:21 am. The scene: My kitchen "Oh, crap...Matt doesn't have anything for breakfast! But it's so late...no, I'm sure I can find something to make that won't keep me up all night. I hope." I keep crazy hours....
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I inagurated the roasting tin: what better to make than CINNAMON BUNS! And cinnamon buns for the extra lesson our fantastic teacher in immunology had offered to give us just before our exam, just to make sure we had things down right. When we'd finished...