Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Mr. Glen Oaks and I were searching for "Cinnabon"      
cinnamon roll recipes last night and found some

copycat recipes, one seeming to be like the real thing.

Well, imagine my salivary glands going into over-

drive when I found this recipe for these pancakes.

We will test these later this morning and if they pass

the taste test, we will serve these along with the

French Toast Casserole recipe in the upcoming week

when Sister and BIL arrive.

These pancake ingredients are so similar to what you

need for cinnamon rolls that it's convenient to make

these as well. Click the link below to go to
Purple Chocolat Home for the  recipe:

Purple Chocolat Home: Pancakes and Pinterest










Enjoy, My Primmies.
Susan

Blog Milestones

In honor of her 800th post, Lori from Notforgotten Farm has given us this adorable
cross stitch design called "Remember Me". Here is the chart and floss & stitch legend:

She really appreciates her followers and would love to see your finishes of this design.
Click Notforgotten Farmhouse to visit her site and tell her about your finished piece.
Kimberly from The Red Cupboard has almost reached her 100th follower and will be doing
her giveaway any time now! (see sidebar for Cupboard Tuck Rag Doll)
Enjoy, Primmies...

Warm Regards,
Susan

We Have More Winners!

The winner of the surprise giveaway from Bittersweet and Prim is
Karen of My Colonial Home. Congratulations, Karen!

The winner of the "Boo"tiful grim witch from The Rusty Thimble is Natalie of Tins and Treasures. Brenda says the witch will be flying off to Natalie's home!
Congratulations, Natalie!

Brenda is teasing about her upcoming giveaway in August. There's another witch in the
giveaway plus 4 more great prizes. Wow! Stay "posted" for info as I receive it.
And finally, Tamera of Country At Heart is the winner of the Scarecrow Nodder from
Crafty Stitchers. Cyndy also chose another name for a Scarecrow Head Ornie and the
winner is Annie of Old Annie Primitives. Congratulations to Annie!

Scarecrow Nodder

Scarecrow Ornie

See you next time, Primmies...
Warm Regards,
Susan

We Have Winners!

Here are the lucky winners for last week's giveaways at The Olde Country Cupboard
and Samantha's Accessories:
Libbie's Home is the winner of Samantha's set of Snowman Ornies. Congratulations!
Here is Samantha's new giveaway for this week. You can sign up by becoming a member
of her blog and asking to be entered in her giveaway. You can sign up until midnight
Thursday, July 21,2011. Winners are chosen on Friday, July 22, 2011. Samantha is
giving away two sets of 3 each of her e-patterns. These are just two examples
of the e-patterns that you can chose:

Adorable Kleenex covers! Both winners will go to Samantha's Accessories and pick their
choice of 3 e-patterns as their prize.
The winners of last week's giveaway at The Olde Country Cupboard are:
Angela at Thru Nana's Window, Ellie's Country Accents, and Jessica before the Dawn.
Congratulations to all three winners. This week's giveaway will be for 3 sets of
medium and small size Beeswax Gingerbread Men:

Aren't they wonderful? Here's another freebie for you, Sandy has such fun making these, she says. The name of the pattern is Sno Folks. Go all the way down almost to the end of her blog and choose this pattern in her download box. She has lots of other freebies, too

Here is another new e-pattern for purchase from Samantha. It is #215, Christmas Is
Coming applique pillows. She offers it on her site for only $4.00. Click here to purchase.
So remember to join their blogs if you have not already and leave a comment to be entered
in their giveaways. They are having them each week in the month of July. New giveaway items are posted on Fridays and you have until the following Thursday at midnight to sign up for them. The winners of each giveaway will be announced Fridays.
Bye for now, Primmies.
Warm Regards,
Susan

Some Yum Yums To Keep You Thinking Cool

COCOA BREAKFAST SMOOTHIES

INGREDIENTS:
1 container (8 oz.) strawberry yogurt, 1-1/4 cups cold milk, 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced 1 ripe, medium banana, sliced; 3 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa, 2 tablespoons honey
DIRECTIONS:
Place all ingredients in blender container. Cover; blend until smooth.
Yield: Approx. 5 servings
Just 2.5g fat and 140 calories per 6oz. serving!
Here's the next yummy I really like:

BROWNIE AND FRUIT KABOBS

INGREDIENTS:
BETTY CROCKER*Fudge Brownie Mix Water, vegetable oil and eggs as called for on brownie mix box, 4 cups fresh pineapple chunks, 5 cups halved fresh strawberries, 10 large bananas, cut into 1-inch pieces, 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine,21 (10-inch) bamboo skewers
DIRECTIONS:
1)Heat oven to 350°F. (325°F. for dark or nonstick pan). Line 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil letting foil hang 2 inches over sides of pan. Spray or grease bottom only of foil. Make brownie batter as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Spread in pan.
2)Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side comes out almost clean. Cool completely. Lift brownie from pan; remove foil. Cut brownies into 1-1/4 inch squares.
3)Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Alternately thread 3 brownie squares, 2 pineapple chunks, 2 strawberry halves and 2 banana slices on each skewer. Place kabobs on waxed paper.
4)In small microwaveable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring once until chocolate is melted. Drizzle over kabobs!
*(Betty Crocker is a registered trademark of General Mills, used with permission)
Mr. Glen Oaks makes his brownies from scratch, he just uses the recipe on the Hershey Cocoa container. They are marvelous. We almost never use mixes anymore for baked goods. When recipes call for "cake flour" we use regular flour. I can't think of the ratio right now, it's +/- 2 tbs. I think, and sift the flour 2-3 times. Your cookbook will have a substitution chart for cake flour and all common ingredients used in cooking, usually where the chart for measure equivalencies are found. His cakes come out light and tasty, not "heavy" like some homemade recipes turn out. My mom says that many years ago before the advent of mixes cakes usually came out heavy and chewy, but not Mr. Glen Oaks'! He has the magic touch. Oh, and he swears by parchment paper for lining the pans and cookie sheets. I actually clued him in on that little trick. I think I discovered parchment paper from Martha Stewart recipes. You can also make little parchment paper pouches to bake fish with. Parchment Paper, it's a "Good Thing".