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Cinnamon Rolls

Some of my readers and I are cooking our ways through Ree Drummond’s book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  Feel free to join in at any point and share your cooking moments with us.  The next assignment is at the end of this post.

I am so ashamed.  I have yet to make these darn cinnamon rolls.  Yes, yes…there’s the whole rollingpinaphobia thing going on, but the real truth is that I simply have had a lot going on (as evidenced by my lack of posting over the last week!).  Every time I’ve planned to carve some time out to make them, it just hasn’t worked out.  But because I don’t want to abandon the Pioneer/Pirate Project completely, I am putting up this post so that those of you who made the cinnamon rolls can post about your experiences.  Then I when I finally get around to them, I can come back and update.  So did YOU make the darned rolls?  How did it go?  Tell all…

My blogging friend Sandpiper posted about her experience some time ago, accompanied by her beautiful photography.  Make sure you click this link and check out her yummy-looking goodies:  Sandpiper’s cinnamon rolls

I’m going to go ahead and give you a new assignment too.  I’m having fun with this project, despite my own personal speedbump of the cinnamon rolls.  Let’s move on to the Dinner (translation:  lunch) section of the book and try Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich on pp. 88-90.  This recipe is also on the Pioneer Woman’s site here, so join us even if you don’t have the book.  I’m a little afraid to make this because, from the looks of it, it could become Big D’s favorite sandwich as well, and when Big D has a favorite he wants it every week.  Let’s make these sandwiches by Friday, June 18.

Have fun, and again, sorry about the cinnamon rolls.  I promise…I WILL make them someday, with or without a rolling pin!

Rollingpinaphobia

Yesterday I was supposed to post about my experience of making The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls as a part of my challenge to cook through her book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  I didn’t post it.  I didn’t post about my experience because it hasn’t happened yet.

For one reason, I forgot.  I had given an extra long due date last time, and time just got away from me.

Secondly, I’ve been really, really busy.  Which, ironically, was why I gave extra time to complete the assignment.  But apparently it was still not enough time.

Thirdly, I had planned to make them for this crew…

… for breakfast the morning after they stayed for a slumber party to celebrate Dirty Harry’s tenth birthday.  But I didn’t take into account that this crew would keep me pretty active taking them to a minor league baseball game, out for pizza, and awake until almost 3am for fear that they were going to throw one another over the bannister of my loft.  Homemade cinnamon rolls were not in my arsenal after a mere four hours of sleep. 

Fourthly, and most significantly, I’m afraid of rolling pins.  And cinnamon rolls require the use of a rolling pin.  However, I have enrolled in a rollingpinaphobia support group and am on my way to a healthy recovery.  Hopefully, I can post about my rolls later this week or early next week, and we can then all get on with our lives and the next butter-drenched recipe.

Thank you for your prayers and patience and understanding.  Rollingpinaphobia is a delicate and serious disorder.


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