12.29.10
Winter Break: Day 3 (Nothing good can come of it)
Last week was the winter solstice which signals the beginning of winter. For me, we’ve been in winter mode ever since the beginning of the month when the temperature started dropping below 50 degrees. My children know me well. They know not to even THINK about asking mommy to go outside with them when it’s cold out! On Sunday, the thermometer registered 26 degrees and Gabby accidentally forgot who she was talking to when she asked me if I wanted to go outside and play. The look on my face must have said it all because she quickly said, “Oh that’s right. Mommy doesn’t do cold.” GOOD GIRL!
So being trapped in the house by the cold, what’s a girl to do? Answer?? BAKE!!
I’ve already baked 3 batches of Christmas cookies and a wide variety of casseroles and such. And have been officially declared by all three of my children as (to use Ben’s words) “the BEST COOKER”!
But today, I took my baking to a whole new level when I found a clone of the Cinnabon cinnamon buns that I love so much that you find at the mall or at the airport. I was a little skeptical at first because copycat recipes sometimes don’t really taste like the real thing. And just by looking at the recipe, this was going to be no small feat! This thing was going to take nearly all morning to make baking them from scratch and using yeast and bread flour.
But hey! I’ve got time on my hands. Why not give it the ole’ college try? I pulled out my rolling pin and my baking pans and got to work.
For the record, can I just state that the icing for the buns is SPOT-ON! It tastes EXACTLY like the Cinnabon icing! Heck! I’d eat the icing just by itself! It’s just that good! To make sure I didn’t waste any, I really slathered the icing on too! HA! And can I also go on record saying that you will certainly become a fattie trying to eat a whole one of these puppies! I was able to exercise great restraint and only eat HALF of one and that was a miracle considering how good those buns had the entire house smelling!! And even though this was my first attempt at doing cinnamon buns from scratch, I think they came out pretty good! What do you think?
Absolutely NOTHING GOOD can come of this. Stuck in the house in winter with some warm cinnamon buns and a glass of milk?? Nothing good can possibly come of this! And can I just state for the record, that when I die, I want one of these babies in my hand!!