I LOVE 4-day Weekends!!! Awww, so good! In preparation for Christmas I made my first batch of homemade cinnamon rolls (the time intensive kind!). Baking them made me feel so empowered …I’ve been meaning to try making them for ages, but just never got around to it.   

Here is my beautifully kneaded dough, fist marks and all .

Brushed with butter and layered wiht brown sugar and cinnamon…

Rolled into a long cylinder…

Skinny little buns ready to be layered into the pan. 

Steve greatly enjoyed my cinnamon roll endeavor. He was a big fan of them, recipe and all. As for myself, the recipe (from Cooking Light) was probably not my favorite. It was good, but cinnamon rolls need to be AMAZING, no questions asked…if you know what I mean. Plus, they were a lot of work!! Lots of cycles of kneading and rising again and again and again! I have an awesome recipe for sticky buns that are super easy to make, but I’ll keep trying for a winning cinnamon roll.

Happy Black Friday!!