Simple Sinful Cinnamon Muffins

These muffins are simply delish and can become slightly addictive!  A while back Gumbo Lily mentioned in a post about these muffins and of course I had to try it.  She had found the recipe on King Arthur Flour's website. Well, for Mother's Day I decided to give them a try and Oh my they are so good!  Everybody loved them! The second time that I made them I had to put a limit on how many could be had in one day because somebody had about 4 in one afternoon. I'll admit I actually hid the last one because they were getting eaten so quickly and I barely got any!  Hmm maybe I'll make another batch this week! :)

A Twist on the Twists!

Friday night we had breakfast for dinner and I was having a hankering to make some cinnamon rolls.  My dilemma was whether to make them from my original cinn. roll recipe or to go with the the twist recipe since everyone LOVES that recipe.  I decided on the twist recipe. 

And here you have it...Twists gone Rolls!

They rose so beautifully!

Oh they were so delicious!

Do not be deceived that was only part of the first helping you see missing!  :)

I tried the Twists

There were 4 very happy men (DH, JB and my two bros-in-law) at my house this afternoon. They all managed to arrive just as the Twists were coming out of the oven and boy did we enjoy these yummy treats along with a cold glass of milk! I had to restrain myself from having seconds as we have yet to have dinner. The Twists were just a late afternoon snack and probably will be dessert and if there are any leftovers, a delicious breakfast pastry! Plain Ol' Vanilla has the recipe on her blog. I highly recommend trying it!

Yummy Garlic Butter Bread Sticks

The other day I tried a new recipe for bread sticks and I have to say they turned out very yummy. I found the recipe in the recipe book that came with our bread machine.

Butter-Rich Roll & Bread Dough

1 cup Water

1 Large Egg

3 1/4 cups Bread Flour

4 Tbsp Sugar

1 tsp. Salt

3 Tbsp. Dry Milk

1/4 cup Butter

1 1/2 tsp. Active Dry Yeast

-Place ingredients in bread machine and select the dough cycle

-Once dough cycle is completed put dough on lightly floured board. Divide into 24 pieces for 16 inch sticks (I prefer to do only 18 sticks.) Roll each piece of dough into thin 16 in. lines. Arrange lines about 1 in. apart on greased baking sheet.

-Allow to rise 30 minutes.

~Here is where I changed the recipe. Instead of brushing with 1 beaten egg white and 1 Tbsp water and then baking it. I baked it at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

-Once out of the oven I spread garlic butter over the tops. They were delicious!

Garlic Butter (adapted from allrecipes.com)

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic

1/8 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp. garlic salt

1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning (or a mixture of dried basil, oregano, & thyme)

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/8 tsp. ground paprika

-In a small bowl, combine softened butter, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese. Season with garlic salt, Italian seasoning, pepper, and paprika. Mix until smooth.

Note: Go light on the garlic salt and you might want to substitute it for garlic powder.

Enjoy!