Self-Control

I just love to watch this. Especially the little blonde boy with the grey shirt - the sniffing gets me every time! My younger brother Jacob used to love marshmallows as a kid. He would ask for a cup of the mini ones as a snack. I've never been a huge plain mallow fan, however, if they placed one of those shortbread cookies in front of me (you know the ones that come in that blue round tin) I would really have to concentrate.

(Oh the temptation video by Steve V on Vimeo via A Cup of Jo)

Cinnamon Rolls by the Dozen

After drooling over this post on this blog I knew I had to try my first attempt at making cinnamon rolls. This recipe is so easy and she is serious when she says these could be the best cinnamon rolls ever. It could be due to the fact that there is enough butter and sugar in these bad boys to make your muffin top double in size just by looking at these tasty little devils!

So the recipe says, "Servings: 8" - I took this to mean 8 cinnamon rolls. But once I started to make the dough I realized that was a typo - we ended up with over 40 rolls! Nate and I have cinnamon and maple frosting oozing out of the front door! We ended up taking 4 plates and a whole pan to different friends in the neighborhood.
(ps: the frosting calls for brewed coffee - I omitted the coffee and added a little more milk)

I pulled the first batch out of the oven just as the Sunday morning session of our church conference was starting and Nate and I ate our way to pure bliss. Actually, I ate one and he ate two and we were maxed out!

Nate was a pro slicer...


Letting them rise for about 20 minutes...
(this is just two of the four pans)


Fresh out of the oven and then smothered
with lots of maple frosting...


YUM.