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Cinammon Rolls 101
Courtesy of PioneerWomanCooks.com

This Recipe is actually eaiser than it looks, it just takes a while to make

A warning. If you follow these instructions and wind up delivering these cinnamon rolls to your friends, be prepared for any of the following to occur:
1. They’ll call you after they’ve taken the first bite and profess their eternal love for every ounce of your body, even your toe jam and love handles.
2. They’ll pass out after the first bite, hit their head on the kitchen counter, sustain a concussion, and sue you for damages, despite the fact that the one bite they tasted of your cinnamon roll was the single most profound culinary experience in their miserable little life.
3. They’ll call you and ask for the recipe, saying, "HOW did you make those?"
4. They’ll call you and propose marriage.
5. They’ll start humping the cinnamon roll pan, get maple frosting all over their pants, and send you the bill for the dry cleaning.
6. Did I just say that?
Let’s start by making the dough.

Mix 1 quart of whole milk, 1 cup of vegetable oil, and 1 cup of sugar in a pan. "Scald" the mixture (heat until just before the boiling point.) Turn off heat and leave to cool 45 minutes to 1 hour. Go fold laundry or sculpt or play Twister with your mailman or something.
When the mixture is lukewarm to warm, but NOT hot, sprinkle in 2 packages Active Dry Yeast.
Let this sit for a few minutes so the yeast gets all warm and moist and happy.
Then add 8 cups of all-purpose flour.
Stir mixture together. Cover and let sit for at least an hour. Go throw away the rest of your wrapping paper or build a Lego Rottweiler or do Yoga or watch Home Shopping Network and order a frozen pizza oven for your counter top or some cellulite cream.
Now add 1 more cup of flour…
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder…
And 1 "scant" (less than a full) teaspoon baking soda and 1 heaping tablespoon of salt.
Stir mixture together. At this point, you could cover the dough and put it in the fridge until you need it—overnight or even a day or two, if necessary. Just keep your eye on it and if it starts to splurge out of the pan, just punch it down. Or, of course, you can just go ahead and make the rolls.
Let’s do that, shall we?
Sprinkle surface of clean table generously with flour.
Take half the dough and form a rough rectangle.
Then roll the dough thin, maintaining a general rectangular shape. Rectangle should increase in both width and length as you roll it out.
Now drizzle 1 1/2 to 2 cups melted butter over the dough.( use half for half the dough) Don’t be shy; lay it on thick, baby. You know you want it.
Oh, by the way? This is not non-caloric. In case anyone asks.
Now sprinkle 1 cup of sugar over the butter…(again only 1/2 of the sugar
…followed by a generous sprinkling of cinnamon.
Now, starting at the opposite end, begin rolling the dough in a neat line toward you. Keep the roll relatively tight as you go. Some of the butter/sugar/cinnamon mixture may ooze out toward the end, but that’s no big deal.
Next, pinch the seam to the roll to seal it
Spread 1 tablespoon of melted butter in seven round, foil cake or pie pans. Then begin cutting rolls approximately 3/4 to 1 inch thick and laying them in the buttered pans. Repeat this process with the other half of the dough. This recipe makes approximately seven pans of rolls.
Let the rolls sit for 20 to 30 minutes to rise, then bake at 400 degrees until light golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes.





½ Lb Butter
½ lb (8 oz) Cream Cheese
1 Lb Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp Vanilla extract

Allow butter and Cream Cheese to come to room temperature. Beat butter and cream cheese in a bowl until creamed together ( if you have a Kitchenaid mixer all the better but if you don’t, don’t worry about it) Gradually add the powdered sugar until it is all combined adding the Vanilla with the last bit. Mix until completely blended

To make true Cinnabon icing beat icing at least 12 minutes until light and fluffy and add ½ tsp lemon juice to make icing very white



To a mixing bowl, add 1 bag of powdered sugar.
To this, add about 2 teaspoons maple flavoring…
1/2 cup milk...
1/4 cup melted butter…
…and 1/4 cup of brewed coffee. Also add 1/8 teaspoon (a generous pinch) salt.

Then mix all ingredients together
The mixture should be thick but pourable. Taste and adjust as needed.
Generously drizzle frosting over warm rolls after you pull them out of the oven. And take a walk on the wild side. Don’t be afraid to drown them puppies. Be sure to get frosting around the perimeter of the pan, too, so the icing will coat the outside of the rolls.
The frosting will settle in and become one with the cinnamon rolls.
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omg that made me hungry.......

Line a glass pan with a generous amount of tinfoil, and place boneless skinless chicken breast in it

Sprinkle on the chicken:
salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, a generous amount of Italian seasoning, 1-2 large globs of butter (or whatever you prefer)

Wrap it all up in the tinfoil, so it is completely covered in the pan.
Bake at 375f. until chicken is done.

With this make some bread sticks, I usually just get the kind in the can you pop open and lay on a cookie sheet.

When chicken is finished cooking, open up the tinfoil, but don’t let the butter and chicken juice fall out of the foil. If you use the right amount of butter, then you will have a nice butter sauce sitting under the chicken, this is used to dip the bread stick in! you can put it in a bowl

Just before serving cover the top in parmesan cheese.

That sounds really good! If you can give me a better idea of how much of which seasoning (i'm a cooking n00b) i'd love to try it!

great homemade garlic bread recipie:

-french bread (can be a whole loaf, or you can cut some off a loaf for smaller servings)
-garlic (i prefer fresh, but you can also use minced)
-garlic salt
-1 stick of margarine/ butter
-parmesan cheese


ok, you can either make a loaf of standard french bread or cheat and buy one from the store xd If you do buy one, make sure the crust isn't too hard, as it will get hard when cooked.

-cut the bread in half
-thinly slice a stick of butter and cover both sides of the bread with it (it may not need the whole stick, it just depends on how much bread there is xd )
-thinly slice the garlic nad lay on top of the butter
-sprinkle on some garlic salt
-add some parmesan cheese on top

place the two sides face up on a cookie sheet and cook at about 400 degrees or until the edges are a crispy brown

-note: if you like the bread a little less crispy, wrap it in aluminum foil and it won't get as hard)

then enjoy~

I make a recipe that a friend of mine called FRIDAY NIGHT CASSEROLE....the first time I heard what was in it, I thought YUCK, but tried it and it was good.......my girls love it smile

You need boxed macaroni and cheese, enough prepared for your family
Browned and drained ground beef, about 1-2 pounds
Seasonings that you prefer
Jar or can of spaghetti sauce, your preference
A package of shredded cheese of your choice

Combine all ingredients in a bowl, saving some cheese for the top. Spray a casserole pan with cooking spray and pour mix into the pan. Cover with shredded cheese and then foil or a covered casserole top. (If you have one) Bake in a 350 degree over for 20-30 minutes, just until heated through and ENJOY smile