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Apartment Therapy’s

smallest, coolest contest just sucks me in.

I just love this darling A-frame house.

Tiny little house + huge windows + gorgeous wooded setting= winner in my book.

Okay, I’m off to make deviled eggs.

Happy Saturday, y’all!

Apartment Therapy’s

smallest, coolest contest just sucks me in.

I just love this darling A-frame house.

Tiny little house + huge windows + gorgeous wooded setting= winner in my book.

Okay, I’m off to make deviled eggs.

Happy Saturday, y’all!

Apartment Therapy’s

smallest, coolest contest just sucks me in.

I just love this darling A-frame house.

Tiny little house + huge windows + gorgeous wooded setting= winner in my book.

Okay, I’m off to make deviled eggs.

Happy Saturday, y’all!

Hot Cross Bun

I’m sorry, y’all. I meant to post this earlier in the week — definitely didn’t intend to wait until Good Friday. But, life happened, time passed, and my week zing-zanged right on by.

Every year that I make hot cross buns, I always wonder, “Why do I only make these once a year? They are so good, I really should make them often.”

And, then, I proceed to eat three in one day and realize why I don’t make them more often.

To make these rolls, you will need to get the recipe for Barbie’s Yeast Rolls which I found on the blog, The Church Cook.

I just love this roll recipe. You can use the dough to make wonderful dinner rolls. You can also use the dough to make great cinnamon rolls and hot cross buns. The dough is super easy to work with, too. It makes a ton, too, so you can have rolls for dinner for a week or more from this recipe.

So, after you’ve made and refrigerated the roll dough, prepare your work surface with a bit of flour. Take out some dough, about 3 orange-sized balls worth, and roll the dough out. Sprinkle on half of a cinnamon sugar (1/2 T. cinnamon stirred into 1/4 cup white sugar) mixture and a handful of raisins. Fold the dough over and roll it out again. Sprinkle on the sugar and another handful of raisins. Fold it over again and then knead the dough a few times. Pinch off golf ball-sized bits of dough and roll them into balls. Place on a greased pan and cover. Allow to rise until doubled. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk an egg white with a splash of milk in a small bowl. Brush the rolls with the egg wash and bake until medium golden brown. Remove from the oven and from the pan. Cool on a rack. Prepare a powdered sugar glaze by whisking powdered sugar with tablespoons of milk until you have a thick glaze. Add a squirt of lemon juice, if you want, to make the glaze glossy. Whisk that in. Spoon the thick glaze into a plastic zip bag and squeeze out the air. Cut a tiny hole in a corner of the bag to pipe the crosses onto the buns.

These are great at room temperature or (my favorite) zapped in the microwave to warm them a bit.

Enjoy!

Hot Cross Bun

I’m sorry, y’all. I meant to post this earlier in the week — definitely didn’t intend to wait until Good Friday. But, life happened, time passed, and my week zing-zanged right on by.

Every year that I make hot cross buns, I always wonder, “Why do I only make these once a year? They are so good, I really should make them often.”

And, then, I proceed to eat three in one day and realize why I don’t make them more often.

To make these rolls, you will need to get the recipe for Barbie’s Yeast Rolls which I found on the blog, The Church Cook.

I just love this roll recipe. You can use the dough to make wonderful dinner rolls. You can also use the dough to make great cinnamon rolls and hot cross buns. The dough is super easy to work with, too. It makes a ton, too, so you can have rolls for dinner for a week or more from this recipe.

So, after you’ve made and refrigerated the roll dough, prepare your work surface with a bit of flour. Take out some dough, about 3 orange-sized balls worth, and roll the dough out. Sprinkle on half of a cinnamon sugar (1/2 T. cinnamon stirred into 1/4 cup white sugar) mixture and a handful of raisins. Fold the dough over and roll it out again. Sprinkle on the sugar and another handful of raisins. Fold it over again and then knead the dough a few times. Pinch off golf ball-sized bits of dough and roll them into balls. Place on a greased pan and cover. Allow to rise until doubled. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk an egg white with a splash of milk in a small bowl. Brush the rolls with the egg wash and bake until medium golden brown. Remove from the oven and from the pan. Cool on a rack. Prepare a powdered sugar glaze by whisking powdered sugar with tablespoons of milk until you have a thick glaze. Add a squirt of lemon juice, if you want, to make the glaze glossy. Whisk that in. Spoon the thick glaze into a plastic zip bag and squeeze out the air. Cut a tiny hole in a corner of the bag to pipe the crosses onto the buns.

These are great at room temperature or (my favorite) zapped in the microwave to warm them a bit.

Enjoy!

Hot Cross Bun

I’m sorry, y’all. I meant to post this earlier in the week — definitely didn’t intend to wait until Good Friday. But, life happened, time passed, and my week zing-zanged right on by.

Every year that I make hot cross buns, I always wonder, “Why do I only make these once a year? They are so good, I really should make them often.”

And, then, I proceed to eat three in one day and realize why I don’t make them more often.

To make these rolls, you will need to get the recipe for Barbie’s Yeast Rolls which I found on the blog, The Church Cook.

I just love this roll recipe. You can use the dough to make wonderful dinner rolls. You can also use the dough to make great cinnamon rolls and hot cross buns. The dough is super easy to work with, too. It makes a ton, too, so you can have rolls for dinner for a week or more from this recipe.

So, after you’ve made and refrigerated the roll dough, prepare your work surface with a bit of flour. Take out some dough, about 3 orange-sized balls worth, and roll the dough out. Sprinkle on half of a cinnamon sugar (1/2 T. cinnamon stirred into 1/4 cup white sugar) mixture and a handful of raisins. Fold the dough over and roll it out again. Sprinkle on the sugar and another handful of raisins. Fold it over again and then knead the dough a few times. Pinch off golf ball-sized bits of dough and roll them into balls. Place on a greased pan and cover. Allow to rise until doubled. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk an egg white with a splash of milk in a small bowl. Brush the rolls with the egg wash and bake until medium golden brown. Remove from the oven and from the pan. Cool on a rack. Prepare a powdered sugar glaze by whisking powdered sugar with tablespoons of milk until you have a thick glaze. Add a squirt of lemon juice, if you want, to make the glaze glossy. Whisk that in. Spoon the thick glaze into a plastic zip bag and squeeze out the air. Cut a tiny hole in a corner of the bag to pipe the crosses onto the buns.

These are great at room temperature or (my favorite) zapped in the microwave to warm them a bit.

Enjoy!

A Personalized License Tag

is not something that I’ve ever had. Not that there’s anything wrong with them. I actually like trying to figure out what the tags are saying and somehow get the context of it all with the car, the driver, etc.

Yesterday, I pulled into a parking lot and saw what instantly became one of my favorite license tags of all time.

What did it say?

RURNT

I think that this is sort of a “way past ruined” type of descriptor.

Made me laugh!

A Personalized License Tag

is not something that I’ve ever had. Not that there’s anything wrong with them. I actually like trying to figure out what the tags are saying and somehow get the context of it all with the car, the driver, etc.

Yesterday, I pulled into a parking lot and saw what instantly became one of my favorite license tags of all time.

What did it say?

RURNT

I think that this is sort of a “way past ruined” type of descriptor.

Made me laugh!

A Personalized License Tag

is not something that I’ve ever had. Not that there’s anything wrong with them. I actually like trying to figure out what the tags are saying and somehow get the context of it all with the car, the driver, etc.

Yesterday, I pulled into a parking lot and saw what instantly became one of my favorite license tags of all time.

What did it say?

RURNT

I think that this is sort of a “way past ruined” type of descriptor.

Made me laugh!

Dishwasher Duty

is what J has every week day. He’s gotten to be quite good at it, too.

This morning he took the opportunity to unload it before I told him to do it. The dishes were unwashed but in J’s world this is only a minor detail.

That’s the way things go ’round these parts.

Sigh.

I hope y’all had a good Wednesday.