We are playing 5 crowns too! Between all the lunches and dinner visits that is. Daniela keeps winning. Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! It sure it HOT here!

ah, thanks, I was guessing just wanted to be sure.

we just bought the ingredients, hopefully this turns out...


on the way around town we passed through a street I hadn't been on yet in Maastricht. There was a Roman wall dated 1229 and very much intact still. Then a monument to the American soldiers where they crossed the river to liberate the city. So much history every corner you turn.

by shortening she meant oil

awesome work on the cinnamon rolls group!

question... it says to add shortening in the instructions, but there is no amount for shortening in the ingredients?

and if I make the large batch and use half to make the cinnamon rolls, what's the cooking temp and time for the sweet rolls? just plop them on a cookie sheet? greased?

Thanks!

Sweet Roll Dough

Large Recipe
½ cup warm water
2 pkg. Active dry yeast
1 ½ cups lukewarm milk
¼ c honey
2 tsp. Salt
2 eggs
½ cup veg oil
7 to 7 ½ c. flour
Small Recipe
¼ cup warm water
1 pkg. Active dry yeast
¾ cup lukewarm milk
¼ c honey
1 tsp salt
1 egg
¼ c veg oil
3 ½ to 3 ¾ c flour
2 cups chocolate ice cream

In bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add milk, sugar salt, egg, shortening and half of flour to yeast. Mix with spoon until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to handle easily. Turn onto lightly floured board; knead until smooth (5 min.) Round up in greased bowl, bring greased side up. Cover with cloth. Let rise in warm place (85) until double, about 1 ½ hours. If kitchen is cool, place dough on a rack over a bowl of hot water, and cover completely with a towel.) Punch down; let rise again until almost double, about 30 min. Shape, let rise and bake as directed in specific recipes.
Cinnamon Rolls
Use Small Recipe Sweet Roll Dough.
After dough rises, roll dough into oblong, 15x9”. Spread with 2 tbsp. Softened butter and sprinkle with ½ cup sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Roll up tightly, beginning at wide side. Seal well by pinching edges of roll together. Even up roll by stretching slightly. Cut roll into 1” slices. Place in greased 13x9” pan, or 18 greased muffin cups. Cover and Let rise until double, 35 to 40 min. Heat oven to 375. Bake 25 to 30 min. Makes 1 ½ doz rolls.

anyone have the recipe for cinnamon rolls? and could you possibly post asap so we can get the ingredients before the stores close? the European contingency will greatly enjoy the fruits of your efforts

Don't tell Matto that we're having a lot of fun at the house without him... particularly in regards to the coloring of spiderman.

I'd have to say in my opinion that's better than the other way around.

"We currently have more Capitan than we do Coke"

A little snacktime fun.

From Movies

That's correct, got it off etsy.

Espanol is so'so.

Merel's package arrived from the Ukraine today? Is that right?

Travel safe Veronica. See you soon!

so how well are the kids demonstrating their Espaniol?

Sippin' pisco sours in Vina del Mar with Aminta and Edgardo. So far we've been to Santiago and Algarrobo too. Edgardo will have some photos up on his FB page in a minute. Enjoying other people's Christmas trees and trying to decide about the feeling of not having to put one up myself.
Dog looks cute, AO.

Leavin' Las Vegas. I think they got all our money and the house too. And that was just on souveniers. At least I can say I ziplined the Fremont with my husband and son. Pictures at 11.

My, what big teeth you have.

The 'we' she is referring to is her and the girls. I only want to see one picture.

Congratulations ao! We want to see lots of pictures and I hope we get to meet him sometime soon.

are you also brining a hair straitener?

Just so you know, I will be bringing Dillon home with me. He's my new malamute. We had a great long walk this morning and he's doing really great.

Can't wait to see the house, listen to polka music, and eat gingerbread cookies!

Christmas tree is up.

Sitting and enjoying my amazingly clean house and enjoying toast with honey from the Dougher's. Just three bedrooms and a hallway left to vaccuum and two bathrooms to clean and I will call it quits.

Vegas baby!

no prob. I will make sure AO and Matto are sick of it by the time I leave IL!

Sorry V I did not get the polka music up in time.

In case you were looking, I've got Nathaniel. He arrived safe and sound this morning at Schiphol.

Listening to this Christmas playlist today. I particularly enjoy the track 'it's cliched to be cynical at christmas'.

third amazon package arrived today.

Pocatello, but you knew that already.

Remember to find is on latitude. Going to the beach.