Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

I made this cinnamon bread for Big Breakfast a few months back. I had found it on a blog somewhere (can't remember where) and thought it sounded just wonderful. I did some searching and found a recipe that was just like the one I made.

Here it is.

Ingredients:
1 unsliced round loaf sourdough bread
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make Vanilla Honey Butter: Whip butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar together until smooth; stir in honey and vanilla. Set aside.

Cut the bread lengthwise into 1/2" slices, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread vanilla honey butter in between slices. Rotate the bread 90 degrees and slice the bread again into 1/2" pieces, without cutting through the bottom crust. Spread more vanilla honey butter in between new cuts. This doesn't need to be perfect - just make sure there is lots of butter in between all the cuts. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Generously sprinkle in between all cuts. (You may have extra butter and cinnamon sugar. It will just depend on how large your bread loaf is.)

Wrap in foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes, until bread is warm. Unwrap cinnamon bread and place on serving platter. Combine powdered sugar and milk - adding milk until you get the consistency desired. Drizzle icing over bread and serve immediately. Enjoy!




Parents Review: Wow. It was really rich. Almost too rich. It was good, but I think it made my teeth hurt with all the sugar.
Kids Reivew: They loved all the sugar that was involved. :-)

Quick Whole Wheat Yeast Rolls

Yes. These yummy rolls actually look like muffins. I know. I had no idea how these would turn out. I don't do a lot of yeast bread baking because sometimes they seem too finicky for my liking. These were SO GREAT.

My mom and dad came into town tonight and I had some chicken parmesan in the crock pot and I wanted to make some whole wheat rolls to go with it. I ate 2, even though my stomach told me one was plenty. They were so yummy!

Here's the recipe.



The only things I changed was I made 1 1/2 recipe so I would have 12 rolls/muffins, I used 3/4 whole wheat flour and only 1/4 of regular white flour, and I basted a little butter over the rolls before I popped them in the oven.

Parents Review: You really should try them. They weren't hard and the yeasty-bready- smell in the house made my taste buds water. They did not disappoint. David and I both thought they were a hit.

Kids Review: Loved!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread - REVISED

So, Chocolate plus Peanut Butter plus Banana. This is a winning combination - don't you think?

I tried this recipe tonight for the first time.

I started by mixing the ooey-gooey ingredients

The batter - once you add the milk - turned to a really creamy consistency.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this bread. My main flavors that I am used to for this type of bread is my chocolate chip banana bread recipe. It is super sweet and buttery and oh-so amazing. This chocolate bread was definitely not as sweet, and surprisingly, I didn't think it was very chocolatey.




I ate a slice plain - like this

and I ate one with peanut butter on top - like this


I used half whole wheat flour in this recipe and I I also replaced the peanut flour this recipe calls for with more whole wheat since I didn't have any.

Here's the recipe.

Parents Review: It was good, but it wasn't HALF as good as my original chocolate chip banana bread. Personal opinion. I didn't think it was sweet enough or chocolatey enough for what I had in my head. The texture was great, but I could have used a little more flavor.

REVISED REVIEW: The next morning I pulled out the bread and we all had another slice. I actually thought the flavors were quite a bit stronger this morning and I really enjoyed it. I didn't want you all to think I totally disliked the bread, so I had to come back and tell you that this morning it was quite tasty. Eat up friends!

Kids Review: They loved it. No complaints in their department.

It's always fun to try new things, but sometimes they don't all get hit out of the park. You all may love it, so don't just take my word for it. I brought a little mini loaf over to my pal Julie and she said it was awesome. (she's a really nice person too though, so we can't always trust her). :-)

I hope your weekend is great. I have some home-made Spaghetti Sauce to whip up tomorrow. Mmmmmm I can smell it already!