Sunday 23 December 2012

Mmmmm Cinnamon Rolls - even thought it's hot and muggy!

Merry Christmas Everyone,

Here you are.  This makes enough dough for 2 batches so you can either freeze half, make 2 batches of the filling or make half the recipie.  I made a full mix the other day and put half in the freezer which I have defrosted and cooking tomorrow morning as a gift.

Annabel Langbein’s Sticky Buns

Dough
125 grams butter
2 cups milk
3 tsp dry yeast granules
¾ cup sugar
6 cups high grade flour
1 tsp salt

To Fill

6 tbsp at least of softened but not melted butter
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon

Place the butter in a small pot and heat gently until melted.  Removed from the heat and add the milk.  The mixture should be at blood temp before you sprinkle the yeast and sugar over the top.  Stir for 1 min or 2 until the yeast is absorbed.

Mix flour and salt together in a large bowl.  The milk mixture and stir until just combined.  Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surgace and knead until smooth and silky about 60 – 100 kneading strokes.  Place the dough in a large lightly oiled container cover with a clean cloth and leave to rise in a warm place until it has almost doubled in size.  Approx 1 hour.

When risen, divide the dough in half.  Roll 1 half out to about a 60 x 30 cm rectangle on a lightly floured board or bench.  To fill brush or spread with a knife the butter onto the dough…I would use as much as you want more if you wish than this amount.  Then sprinkle with the combined sugar and cinnamon and then roll up the dough tightly along the longest edge.  I tend to start at one end of the longest side and then work towards the other if that makes sense.  I gently wet the far end with a bit of water to seal.   Cut into slices about 4 cm wide and you should have about 20 scrolls.

Now you can either put into a lined round cake tin or lined throw a way metal dish or as I have been doing lately fill muffin trays with liners and put one slice in each and then put aside with a clean tea towel over the top to rise for 20 mins in a warm but not hot place or the butter will melt for 20 mins.

Put into a preheated oven at 200C for 12 – 15 mins until golden and cooked through.

I then let them cool if in muffin pans on a wire rack otherwise leave in cake dish/pan…I then make a mix of water, icing sugar and maple syrup to your taste and then when Cinnamon rolls are warm not hot drizzle as much or as little as you want or another option is to heat ¼ cup sugar with 3 tbps of water until dissolved and boil for 5 mins and brush the scrolls with hot syrup as they come from the oven or dust with icing sugar….

ENJOY! And I would love to see photos of you all enjoying these and will put them up on the blog.





Tuesday 18 December 2012

OMG Finally! I am back!

OMG finally I am back if you have been missing me!  I am so sorry but I have been having problems logging on and using my passowrd etc...

This morning I will quickly link some cool sites and blogs that I have found with some cool christmas tag and goodie ideas...I have got this set up so I can def log on again so will be back real soon.

http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/post.cfm/reindeer-hugs




http://paperandlace.co.nz/category/free/

FREE christmas printables {Shhh My Darling}


http://www.spoolandspoonblog.com/



http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/faiths-festivals-celebrations/christmas/activities.html#.UM43KG-TxLt

http://scrapinspired.com/page/4/



http://www.simpleasthatblog.com/



Enjoy everyone and I will be back real soon!

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Things added to my favourites to share with you!

Firstly sorry for the lack of posts in the past week...Between a very slow computer, hayfever and this humidity I have been running on very go slow but have all doors and windows open today, fan on and hopefully hayfever meds will work today...Enough about me now onto Christmas Stuff!!!

Yay Christmas Stuff!  Our school as I imagine many of yours are on count down mode until the last day of school.  We finish on the 18th which is a half day with prizegiving the night before.  Though if you have older children they may have already finished for the year or be in the process at the moment.  With this in mind, i will be posting Teacher Pressie ideas in a seperate blog post tonight.

Following are some of the great ideas I have been finding on Facebook, Blog Posts etc....I will be playing catch up on blog posts over the next few days so i hope you don't mind getting a hugel slort of them coming towards you!

Okay here goes everyone...The first of the things I have to share with you is

DIY Snowman Gift Wrap and Tag Video




http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/11/27/creative-snowman-gift-wrap-idea-video/

Rudolf Treat Bags and Video



http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/11/30/diy-rudolph-treat-bags/

A Christmas Wreath made from Coffee Filters from Martha Stewart

http://www.marthastewart.com/951768/homemade-granola/%40hub/952629/countdown-christmas#951723

DIY chalkboard Coasters



http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2012/12/05/chalkboard-coasters/

I love this and she is doing a Handmade Holidays Blog Posts which are just after my own heart.  There is a huge list of items from this year and 2011....



Papervinenz has a Card Tutiorial



http://www.papervinenz.com/2012/12/day-one-snow-day-card-tutorial-unique.html


An awesome site Tiny Me has free Christmas Printables

http://www.makemytinyme.com/printables/

Here is another post about Christmas Cookie Packaing ideas



http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/12/04/5-christmas-cookie-packaging-ideas/

As you can see I love the celebration shoppe blog...Here's some more DIY Advent Calendar ideas for this year if you want to do 12 Days of Christmas type thing or book mark for next year.  If you do decide to book mark them for next year you also know what to look out for in the Post Christmas/Boxing Day Sales



http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/12/05/7-diy-advent-calendar-ideas/

Here's a no bake idea from Martha Stewart



http://www.marthastewart.com/315958/no-bake-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-oatm?czone=food/cookies-cnt/everyday-favorites&center=0&gallery=274451&slide=282201#

Simple Sugar Cookies

Christmas Cookie ideas from Martha

http://www.marthastewart.com/276951/christmas-cookies#282857


So these are just a few of the things I have been putting into my favourites and bookmarking over the last few days...let me know if you want me to keep sharing...

Enjoy your morning and I will be back real soon!