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This Mother’s Day mom requested brunch with pancakes. So of course, we did! But not just any pancakes — pancakes with lots of toppings! We had strawberries, blueberries, maple syrup, sugar-free syrup, blueberry syrup, and last but not least….. Cinnamon Spread. This cinnamon spread is similar to what IHOP puts on their Cinnastack pancakes in …
Cinnamon Rolls are just an amazing treat. Soft, pillowy dough with sweet brown sugar and icing. These are actually easier when made the night before because then you just pull them out of the fridge and bake them without getting up at 3 am. Current book I’m reading: I’ve finished The Blackbird Girls by Anne …
Hope you are having an awesome weekend!! Here is the recipe and instructions for the snowflake cinnamon wreath that I created for Thanksgiving. A number of things I learned while making this especially if you are used to making homemade cinnamon rolls: Don’t make this ahead and put it in the fridge. Normally I make …
Book: No books! Just running lights and baking cookies this week. 🙂 The kids and I are reading the Harry Potter series, so I won’t bore you with those reviews. Photography: I have started to update my photography business cards and websites. The youngest is going to school in August, so I thought I …
Book Update: I finished “Secret Daughter” by Shilpi Somaya Gowda this week – it was really good. The book was an international bestseller and on the NY Times bestselling list. The book follows two families: an American couple wanting to adopt (the husband is from India and the wife is from California) and an Indian couple. …
Here are some Fall Favorites from last year to inspire a whole new season of baking and cooking! Apple Recipes: Slow Cooked Apple Butter Paleo Apple Muffins Apple Crisp Pizza Blueberry Applesauce Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Apple Cider Caramels Apple Pecan Muffins Apple Cinnamon Rolls Baked Apple Oatmeal Apple Crisp Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Apple …
Book Update: I’m still plowing through “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk” and agree with almost everything. Except they mention how parents don’t listen to what their kids are saying like “I’m hungry” even when the child just ate. Indeed, they could still be hungry. But sometimes kids …
Book Update: I discovered “Bake It Like You Mean It” by Gesine Bullock-Prado at the library which a book FULL of fancy cakes. I’m talking FANCY cakes. Like the beautiful cake on the cover requires 24 egg yolks for the chocolate roulade. Not even counting the vanilla cake, buttercream and ganache portions of the cake. …
Book Update: This week’s assignment in Positive Psychology is on creativity, genius and aesthetics. A very small paragraph noted Angela Duckworth’s work, which I have been reading recently including her paper “What No Child Left Behind Leaves Behind,” that grit actually outranks IQ and GPA and has been able to successfully predict with greater accuracy outcomes …
It is hot like normal summer here (upper 80’s), but it’s close enough to fall I can validate making cinnamon rolls. I loved trying the Bread machine Cinnamon Roll here which everyone says tastes like Cinnabon. I’ve never tried them at the mall, but I’ll take their word for it. Especially since it probably costs …
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