If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

Friday, February 11, 2011

Cinnamon rolls and buns from Grandpa's bread recipe


I made another batch of Grandpa's Bread yesterday.    Instead of baking it as loaves,  I made buns and cinnamon rolls. 
For the cinnamon rolls,  I rolled half of the dough, spread it with 3 T of softened butter, then sprinkled it heavily with cinnamon sugar.  I keep cinnamon sugar mixed up in a shaker for making cinnamon toast and cinnamon rolls. It is about 1 cup of sugar mixed with 3 t of cinnamon.  I don't use the whole container, I just shake it on until it looks well covered.

I also added some chopped walnuts to this batch.  Then just roll them up and slice to the size rolls desired. 
4 hamburger buns and 5 hotdog buns, cut from the other half of the recipe.  In case you are wondering,  I used about 2 cups of whole wheat flour and not quite 4 cups of white flour for this batch of bread dough, 
The rolls look little before the yeast has time to rise.
So, they rested under a towel for about an hour or more.  I think the whole wheat version takes longer to rise than when all white flour is used.

all baked and cooled. 
The cinnamon rolls got a little frosting and more walnuts on top. 
We had burgers for supper last night and for lunch today. 
Most of the cinnamon rolls and the hot dog buns went in the freezer for future meals.
My friend Terri who you probably know as Penny Ann Poundwise made some beautiful loaves of bread from this recipe and posted them  here. 

Here are my grandparents on their 33rd anniversary.

Cinnamon Burst Cherrios winner

thank you to everyone who entered.  The winner is Carol!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

why didn't I think of this sooner?


Jeff and I both take a few vitamins in the morning.  I had been opening all those bottles and dishing them out daily.  Then I saw these pill dispensers at Walgreens for 99 cents.
Now I spend about 3 minutes a week filling them up, much better than counting out vitamins every morning. 

We are buried under 8 inches of fluffy snow and this is how cold it is here
Current Conditions
-19° HI 28°
LO -8° ClearSUNRISE 07:20 am

SUNSET 06:04 pm HUMIDITY 77
Our weather
 But it is supposed to be in the 60s by Sunday.  Yea!