Sunday, January 26, 2014

Monkey Bread in 10 Easy Steps

Monkey Bread 
Recipe originally from The Pioneer Woman 

2 cans of Pillsbury Grands
3/4 cup Sugar
2 tbs Cinnamon (appox.)
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 Orange (zest only)
2 sticks Butter

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees and butter a bundt pan. 

2.  Open the Grands cans and cut the biscuits into little pieces.

3.  Zest the orange.

4.  In a large ziploc bag combine the sugar, cinnamon and orange zest.  Shake to combine.

5.  Add the biscuit bits to the ziploc bag and shake well, fully coating all the biscuits with the cinnamon/sugar/zest mix.

6.  Place the coated biscuits in the bundt pan, spreading evenly.

7.  Brown the butter on the stove top.  Add the brown sugar until combined.

8.  Pour the butter over the biscuits in the bundt pan.

9.  Bake for 30-40 minutes.

 10.  Let sit for 15 minutes, before turning over onto a plate.



Friday, January 24, 2014

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Recent Reads

I love my public library!  A couple of years ago, I discovered that they lend downloadable books via Kindle and other systems.  This revolutionized by membership, which had previously been limited to a visit once every five years or so, and now I am a regular customer.  Yes, I often have to wait weeks to borrow a new or popular book, but it is well worth it.  Here are a couple of my recent reads:


Beautiful Ruins

The Rosie Project: A Novel
The Rosie Project

 


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Recipe Porn

I can while away (or should it be 'wile away'?), an evening reading recipes online.  Time passes as I study ingredients and decide whether something is too complicated to try or not.  Here are a couple of the delicious looking recipes that caught my eye today:


 Just a taste...
Slow Cooker Balsamic Honey Pulled Pork from justataste.com #recipe

 Heavenly mashed potatoes.
The Pioneer Woman
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Cooking Classy
lavender cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting.
  
To balance all the butter, and because I love my slow cooker, a healthy quinoa, kale and chicken soup.
 Cooking Classy
Slow Cooker Quinoa, Chicken and Kale Soup | Cooking Classy