Semi-Homemade Cinnamon Buns

Dough:

• One 1 lb. frozen bread loaf, defrosted
• 3 Tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Glaze:

• ½ cup confectioner sugar
• ½ tsp. almond extract
• 1 TBSP. milk

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Flour your table

Roll out defrosted loaf of bread into a long rectangle.

Spread melted butter on top of dough, now sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.

Start from the longer end and roll up dough.

Place rolls into a greased pan

Cover rolls and let rise until they double in size for about 1 & 1/2 hours.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Mix glaze ingredients & pour over hot rolls

Enjoy!!

Merry Christmas

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Cream Cheese Danish

I love Danish from my local bakery.  I wanted to try to make it myself and the result was amazing.  A great semi homemade type recipe that looks like it took hours to make.

Cream Cheese Danish

1 puff pastry sheet

1 (8 oz.) brick cream cheese

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

one egg for egg wash

Glaze:

1 tablespoon milk, may need more start out with 1 tablespoon

1/2 cup confectioner sugar

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

defrost the puff pastry prior to making this recipe

the puff pastry has three sections.  leave middle section alone and cut 10 strips evenly down both sides, use the line as a guide where to stop so you leave middle in tact.

place pastry on a sil pat on a cookie sheet

mix cream cheese, vanilla and sugar. spread evenly on middle of dough.  alternating sides wrap the strips one over another, see photo to see how its braided.

crack one egg into a small bowl, beat egg and brush it over the top of pastry.

Bake in oven 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes

when finished cooking cool then make glaze

pour glaze over pastry slice and enjoy!!

 

 

 

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Stained Glass Cookies

If you are looking for a no bake recipe for cookies I think you will find this a fun recipe to try.  Its very colorful and looks great on your Christmas dessert table.  this is a good one to have the kids help mix up and older kids can cut them for you.  Enjoy!!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 pkg (16 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 pkg (16 oz) colored miniature marshmallows

1. Melt butter and chocolate chips in double boiler over medium heat until smooth and creamy. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
2. Fold in package of marshmallows until coated.
3. On 2 sheets of waxed paper about 24 inches long. Spread the marshmallow mixture lengthwise to form a log on each sheet. Roll up to keep a log shape. Fold up the ends of the waxed paper.
4. Place the logs on a baking sheet and chill in the freezer for at least 1 hour.
5. Unroll the paper and cut the logs into cookies.
6. Enjoy!!!

Chocolate Chip Orange Cookies

If you like orange chocolate you have to try these cookies.  As soon as you take your first bite you get hit with the smell of orange and then you taste the citrus combined with chocolate.  This cookie is delicious.  if your not a fan of orange I suppose you could leave the zest out, but I find that a bonus to this cookie.  Enjoy!!

Chocolate Chip Orange Cookies

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 large egg

2 teaspoons grated orange peel

12 ounce package milk chocolate morsels

Directions:

Combine flour, baking soda and salt on a bowl set aside.

beat butter, sugars in a large bowl until creamy. beat in egg and orange peel

gradually beat in flour mix.

Stir in chocolate chips.

drop by the tablespoon onto a ungreased cookie sheet

bake in a 350 degree preheated oven 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

cool on a cooling rack

Enjoy!!