Don't you want to lick this picture? I do. Then I want to lick each of my fingers multiple times to make sure I get all of the glaze off.
My kids love my cinnamon rolls but the time that I have to make them can be limited to after school or weekends. For Tylor's school treat he wanted cinnamon rolls for his classmates. Ugh.
I found this recipe in Cook's Illustrated. Don't stray too much from the recipe because it is so good!
Cinnamon-sugar filling (Preheat oven to 425')
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (gives it a little more caramel flavor)
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1 tablespoon melted butter
Combine all and set aside.
Biscuit Dough
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk (you can use regular milk and add 1 1/4 tablespoon white vinegar)
6 tablespoons melted butter (divided into 2 tablespoon portions)
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Add buttermilk and 2 tablespoons butter and stir with a wooden spoon (the dough will taste metallic if you use a metal spoon, trust me). The dough will look shaggy. Transfer to a floured surface and knead (adding small amounts of flour) until the dough is just smooth and no longer shaggy. (yes, I used shaggy twice in a paragraph) Pat dough into a 12"x9" rectangle. Brush dough with 2 tablespoons of butter leaving a 1/2" edge. Press filling into dough. Roll dough, starting on the long side, into a tight log. Pinch seams to seal. Cut into 8 equal slices. Butter a round cake pan with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. Place one roll in the middle and the rest around the outside. Bake for 20 to 23 minutes until lightly golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before icing.
Icing
2 tablespoons cream cheese softened
2 tablespoons buttermilk (I used regular milk and it was fabulous!)
1 cup confectioners sugar
Whisk together until smooth.
These are best served within 30 minutes. Like biscuits they will get a little dry and hard the longer you leave them. As if you will be able to resist!!
I saw this idea for giving out cookies on one of Debbie's posts on Pinterest. Fabulous idea for me GD class last Sunday!
This was something I saw on Pinterest. Of course I had to change it up a little bit. Will I ever just leave a recipe alone? Probably not. Start with two tubes of refrigerator biscuits, 1 cube butter melted, and 1 cup brown sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon stirred together.
Snip the biscuits in half. They cook through better and they are a better size for kids to hold on to and eat.
Spray the inside of your crock pot with cooking spray. Dip the biscuits in the butter, roll in the brown sugar mixture and place in the crock pot. Layer evenly. Poor the extra butter over the rolls and then sprinkle the brown sugar mixture over that. Put the lid on.
Cook on high for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Test the center for doneness. Turn the monkey bread out on to a platter. The Pinterest recipe had this drizzled with icing but it doesn't need it.
My MIL has been searching for dining room chairs for months. I have gone with her four times for 4+ hours each time. We have purchased twice and had to return them both times. I love spending time with my MIL but this has not been fun.
I went to my favorite paint guy, Ski, at Home Depot and we color matched it with some difficulty since it was a stain we were trying to match. Then Ski suggested - due to the black dirt on the chair - a really good cleaner, Krud Kleaner. Boy does it do the job! I had to clean for about an hour but it was worth it!
This is the end result. You can't see the wood grain because this is a paint but I was not willing to strip it down to wood so I could try to stain an old wood that may or may not soak up the stain.
Don't you want to lick this picture? I do. Then I want to lick each of my fingers multiple times to make sure I get all of the glaze off. 
This was damage inflicted on my not coffee table more than 10 yrs ago. I don't want to talk about it. No, really. I don't.
I listened to Debbie about taking my time. It took about 4 hours to strip and sand this to nice smooth finish. My arms are tired just looking a the picture again. I have Grandma Hanna stick arms. Genetics are conspiring against me being a wood finisher.
