Yesterday was kind of productive. By productive, I mean that I was successful at one thing, and that one thing is not necessarily important by any means. I baked the best sticky buns ever! I found a recipe on the food network a couple of months ago from a bakery in Boston. Well, yesterday I was really craving a cinnamon roll, and I had just exercised, so I wasn't feeling any guilt. Well, I kept putting it off because I was busy doing nothing until 3:00 when I went to the bank and the health center for my allergy shots. (I did make a chicken cheesy rice casserole for lunch though.) I got home and watched last week's office episode (season 5 opener) and did some sudoku (I know, really productive so far). So after that, I had to get ready for tennis and leave. I came back home and was still craving the sticky buns, so I had an ingenious idea--make the sticky buns. Well, the recipe from the bakery made their own brioche dough, which takes about a whole day to make (at least 9 hours plus preparation and baking time). So I thought I would be creative and make my own recipe. I used a pre bought Pizza Crust as the dough. I rolled it out, and put brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans on the dough. Then I rolled it up and sliced it into 12 buns. After that, I made the yummy gooey stuff. I melted butter and brown sugar together, then I took it off of the heat and whisked in cream, water, and honey. I poured the goo into the pan and placed the buns on top of the goo. I baked them for about 40 minutes and inverted them. Then I poured the gooey sauce all over the buns. I had to eat a hot one, but I couldn't without my coffee, so I made a cafe au lait. It was a great night! The only thing missing was a little French cafe.
I can guarantee you that according to my standards, today will be nowhere near as productive, except for the fact that I've already eaten one sticky bun and probably will eat another one before the day is over--with a latte of course.
-Christie
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