Cinnamon Rolls

1 cup warm milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup margarine, melted
4 1/2 cups flour - give or take
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Dump the above in your breadmaker, set to dough. If you don't have a breadmaker, mix your milk and sugar, then proof your yeast. Add your salt, butter and eggs, then work your flour in. Knead, and let rise aprox 1 hour. After it's risen, knead down, roll into a rectangle. I don't measure mine, but the "experts" say 16ish by 21ish. Once that's done, mix the following ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, softened

And spread it on your dough. Roll the dough into a cylinder (long way), and using a sharp knife, cut into 12ish rolls. Place in greased pie pan, cover and let rise another 30-45 minutes. Bake in 400 degree oven for around 15 minutes, or when they start to brown.

Then, make this:
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

And slather on. Eat!

Chocolate Delight

The husbands very favorite dessert.

1 cup finely chopped pecans (pecan pieces)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup melted butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 (16 oz.) container cool whip
3 cups milk
2 (3.9 oz.) pkgs instant chocolate pudding
Preheat oven to 400. Mix flour, pecan pieces and butter. Press into a 9 x 13" pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix/ beat together cream cheese & sugar until smooth. Fold in 1/2 of whip cream topping and spread on top of cooled crust
In a large bowl combine milk & pudding mix, beat until thick. Pour over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining cool whip.

Coffee Cake

Sorry, I've been absent. Things have been rather hectic here, but I have a few new recipes to post (sans pics, sorry - my memory card reader isn't cooperating).

So here's one I made and loved.

 2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter
1 egg
3/4 cupish milk - enough to add to egg for 1 full cup
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup cold butter  

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan. Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup flour, 1/3 cup white sugar, 1/3 cup packed brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Put mixture in the freezer to set.

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Crack an egg into a measuring cup and then fill add milk to make 1 cup, mix. Stir in vanilla. Pour into flour mixture and mix just until moistened. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with half of your chilled streusel.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove and add the rest of your topping. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Cool and eat! The half struesel mixture will have sunk into your cake, making a gooey, cinnamony, delicious center.

Awesome cake

'Tis not my own though, so I'm just linking it. We made it for Pia's 3rd birthday and got a ton of compliments on it. Delish!

Smitten Kitchen's Pink Lady Cake

Chocolate Delight

1 cup finely chopped pecans (pecan pieces)
1 cup flour
1/2 cup melted butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 (16 oz.) container cool whip
3 cups milk
2 (3.9 oz.) pkgs instant chocolate pudding

Preheat oven to 400. Mix flour, pecan pieces and butter. Press into a 9 x 13" pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.

Mix/ beat together cream cheese & sugar until smooth. Fold in 1/2 of whip cream topping and spread on top of cooled crust.

In a large bowl combine milk & pudding mix, beat until thick. Pour over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining cool whip.

Cake Mix Cookies

Yes, this isn't a scratch recipe, shame on me! But, we all need some help sometimes, and this is a fun way to get it.

Tried these for the first time and love them!

1 box of cake mix (18.5 ozs) - ANY flavor
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter (softened)
2 tsp oil
1 tsp vanilla

Mix - batter is super thick. Add pretty much whatever you want. I did pecan in some, toffee in others, and some plain - used a chocolate mix, next time I'm going to try strawberry!!

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-11 mins.

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 ounce package softened cream cheese
1/2 cup soft butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Cream together cream cheese and butter. Add vanilla, and then add the powdered sugar till you get it to the sweetness/consistency you like.

White Chocolate Toffee Cookies

2 1/2 cups of flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

1 cup of softened butter
3/4 cup white sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

White chocolate chips
Toffee pieces

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix dry ingredients, set aside. Cream together butter and sugar. Add brown sugar, and vanilla. Mix in eggs, one at a time.

Slowly add dry ingredients.

When mixed, add in chocolate and toffee pieces. I use about 1/2 bag to 3/4 bag of each. Just add till you're happy.

Plop onto baking sheets - you really want to use wax paper and nonstick spray, the toffee can get really sticky. Bake for 8-11 mins, lightly browned.

Enjoy!