Cinnamon Rolls...or white bread

I use it to make cinnamon rolls, bread and cinnamon swirl bread.  It does make a lot (hard to halve with just one egg) but we just freeze the loaves or invite people over. 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c powdered milk
4 cups boiling water
1/2 c sugar
2 T salt
1/2 c oil
2 packets yeast
12 cups flour
1 egg, beaten

Directions:
1. Scald dry milk with boiling water, add sugar, salt, oil and let cool.
2. While cooling, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water and add 1tsp sugar.
3. Put cooled milk mixture in mixing bowl, add 4 cups flour gradually and mix to develop gluten.
4. Add beaten egg and yeast mixture and blend throughly
5. Add flour 1 cup at a time, beating after each cup.  Knead when dough is too stiff to beat.  (Add flour until dough is the right consistency, not sticky but not too dry. Should be near 12cups flour total in recipe)  Knead 8-10 minutes.
6. Spread dough with light coat of oil and let rise twice. First time: 2 hours.  Second time: 40 minutes
7. For bread, divide into loaf size portions, back about 12 minutes at 400F (204c) degrees until brown and then turn down heat to 350F (176c) and back 25 minutes.

*For cinnamon rolls, after the dough has risen a second time, roll the dough into a rectangle.  Spread entire surface with a generous amount of butter (just softened, not completely melted butter or you'll get soggy rolls).  Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon sugar (1/2c sugar to 1T cinnamon).  Roll up, pinch the edge and cut about 1 in slices with string, dental floss or softly with a knife.

Put in pans and let rise again, about 1 hour. I like to put them in the fridge overnight.  When they rise overnight they can be placed in the oven first thin in the morning. Bake at 325F (160c) until lightly golden (about 20 minutes). Frost when warm if desired.

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Over the weekend I went to a party and tasted sopapilla cheesecakes. They were fantastic! Like so amazing. You need to try them. Found here. 

Sopapilla Cheesecake

3 cans Pillsbury butter crescent rolls
2 (8oz) packages cream cheese (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup butter (melted)
Cinnamon & sugar
(this recipe has so many possibilities, you could add raisins or nuts or whatever you want inside with the filling. I think these would even taste good with some syrup and make it like a pancake! be creative!)

Instructions:

Unrolled and spread 1 & 1/2 can crescent rolls on bottom of un-greased pan. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over crescent rolls. Unroll and spread remaining crescent rolls over mixture. Spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. 

One-Ingredient Homemade Ice Cream

I heard about a one-ingredient ice cream from another blogger and was pretty skeptical. I looked it up and decided to try it; it's only one ingredient so I wouldn't be spending lots of time or money on it.
All you do is chop up four very ripe bananas and freeze them. Then blend them up in a blender, and you've got ice cream! It's pretty cool, and we really enjoyed it. We mixed in some Oreo crumbs, and it was delicious. It's an easy, healthy dessert!
Go to the recipe to see pictures and other mix in ideas.

Divine Fudge Cookie Rounds

Homemade Fudge Rounds

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

2 eggs 

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa

1 teaspoon baking soda  

1. Heat oven to 350

2. In the a large bowl cream butter and sugar on medium until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time mixing after each addition. Mix in vanilla.

3. Mix in flour and baking soda, adding slowly to the mixture. Beat until combined.

4. Drop spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 7-9 minutes. 

5. Remove baking sheets to cooling racks and remove cookies after a few minutes to continue cooling.

...While cookies cool, make your filling.

Filling:

1/2 cup shortening 

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
3 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons warm water

1. In a medium bowl, beat the shortening and butter on medium speed until smooth and combined. Beat in vanilla. 

2. Add cocoa powder and powdered sugar and beat on low until just combined. Add water and beat on medium high for about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.

Once cookies have cooled, pipe or spread filling on the flat side of half of them. Gently press another cookie on top of the filling.
For the stripes, microwave 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a microwave safe bowl, stirring every 15 seconds until smooth. Drizzle or pipe on top of Fudge Rounds. Refrigerate until chocolate is set. *I used white chocolate chips to give it color.

Cinnamon Apple Crumble

This is probably my husband and my favorite dessert. At least it's our treat to ourselves every once in awhile. It's magnificent. After we have this for dessert, we'll also eat it for breakfast the next couple of days. We warm it up in the microwave; it's the perfect wake up.


Cinnamon Apple Crumble
1 package Rhodes Anytime!™ Cinnamon Rolls, thawed; it is easiest to work with slightly cool rolls. (I've also used two of the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls in a can which are cheaper but not as soft.)
1 can (21 oz) apple pie filling 

Topping:
½ cup sugar
1 cup flour
½ cup butter, softened

1.      Remove thawed cinnamon rolls from package and place on a cutting board. Cut into bite-sized pieces.
2.      Cut apples in pie filling into smaller pieces. While it's still in the can I use a knife to slice up the big pieces.3.      Combine cut up rolls and apple pie filling.
4.      Place cut up rolls and pie filling in a greased 9x13 pan.

For topping:
1.      Combine sugar and flour.
2.      Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
3.      Sprinkle over rolls and apple pie filling.
4.      Bake at 350°F 40-45 minutes.
5.      Top with frosting packet from cinnamon rolls, if desired, before serving.

Enjoy!


Heather

Rolo Cookies

Okay....I haven't yet posted a dessert and lets be honest- desserts is why I cook.

MMMMMMM! I love dessert!

These little cookies are just so easy! And delicious!

And yes....Rolos as in the candy!

1 cake mix- chocolate fudge

1 egg

1/4 c. water

1/4 c. flour

1/2 c. oil

4 rolls of Rolos candy

Mix cake mix, egg, water, flour, and oil. Once batter is well blended, roll cookie dough around one rollo at a time. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes!

Mmmmmm...chocolate....carmel!!!!

~Jamie

Oatmeal Carmelitas

It may not be my turn to share, but I'm bored at work and remembered this recipe. I got it from a girl in my BYU cooking class. It is SO delicious. This is one of our favorite desserts, and it's sort of healthy, it has flour and oats. . . Just try it. You'll love it.

Oatmeal Carmelitas

Crust:
2 C flour
2 C quick-cooking oats
1 ½ C firmly packed brown sugar
1 t baking soda
½ t salt
1 ¼ C butter, softened

Filling:
2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 jar (12 oz) caramel ice cream topping
3 Tbsp flour

1. Heat oven 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 inch pan. Combine all crust ingredients until crumbly.
2. Press half of crumb mixture, about 3 cups, in prepared pan. Reserve remaining crumb mixture for topping. Bake for 10 min.
3. Sprinkle warm base with chocolate chips. Combine caramel topping and 3 tablespoons flour. Pour evenly over chocolate chips.
4. Return to oven and bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.
5. Cut into bars.
Enjoy!

Heather

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ice Cream)

This recipe makes the dough the perfect consistency and yummy cookies, you just have to have ice cream on hand.

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Ice Cream)

2 sticks softened butter

1 Cup granulated sugar

3/4 Cup packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 Tablespoons pure vanilla

Heaping 1/2 Cup vanilla ice cream (frozen from container)

4 Cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 bag chocolate chips

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a stand or electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy.  Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined.  Add in ice cream until combined.

2.  Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix.  Add the chocolate chips; mix until just combined.  With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet.  Bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are cooked through.  Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack. 

3-4 dozen cookies

Originally found at Picky-Palate