Cinnamonkeys

We call these Cinnamonkeys, but I've also seen them called cinnamon pull apart muffins.
(Personally I like cinnamonkeys better. ;o)

Original Recipe can be found here

 Preheat ove to 350 F

Servings - 12 cinnamonkeys.  If you are like me, this means 6 servings. ;o)

Bread Dough - 2 lb
I think if you buy bread dough in the store 1 can = 1lb. Usually for this I just toss the ingredients into the bread maker and let the machine run for an hour before using the dough. I have tried this with refined flour and whole grain spelt flour and both are amazing. The spelt is nice and light, so I think I will go back to that since it is healthier.  B loves it either way too, and he didn't grow up on whole grains.

~1/2 stick of butter
~2/3 cups honey
2tsp cinnamon

These quantities are subjective, tweak them around to find your optimum sweetness/cinnamon level. This mixture should leave a little left over in the pan to drizzle over the top if you like. Be warned however, it will make them a little more messy. :o)

Instructions:
Melt butter in pan, add honey and cinnamon.  - You want the honey to get warm enough to brush onto the dough easily. I recommend keeping the pan on a warm burner so the honey doesn't start to thicken again. 

Meanwhile, roll out the dough (I don't roll it all out at once) to ~1/4" thick, or less (it really depends on how thick you like them.  Thicker segments = less cinnamonkeys, but are still delish!).  Next cut the dough in to ~2 - 2.5" "squares." - I'm not precise here, this is just an approximation

Place 8 dough squares on a plate or cutting board and brush them liberally with the honey/butter/cinnamon mixture.  Stack them on top of each other and then place them sideways in a muffin tin.

Repeat until you fill the tins/run out of dough.

Bake @ 350 F for 10-12 min.

Pull apart and Enjoy!

Zucchini Bread

I tried a new recipe today. Here it is. 

Ingredients:

3 cups whole grain flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil (you could cut this back for sure; I used olive oil but I probably won't next time-- wrong flavor)
1 cup honey
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated zucchini (I'll add more next time-- maybe another half cup)
1 cup chopped walnuts



Directions:

Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and honey together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 40 to 60 minutes (it was closer to 40), or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool-- soooo much better once it has been in the fridge for a couple hours!

Mimi's Cafe Bread

Have you ever had that stupendous carrot raisin bread that they serve at Mimi's Cafe? This is a very good imitation of it. So fantastic! Taken from here

Mimi's Carrot Raisin Bread
Ingredients:

1 1/2 C flour (I used whole white wheat)
1teaspoon baking soda
2t baking powder
2t cinnamon
1/2t salt
3/4 C oil
1 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 C walnuts chopped (I forgot to add these)
1/2 C crushed pineapples drained
1/2 C raisins
1 C shredded carrot

Method
Sift first five ingredients In a separate bowl whisk oil, sugar and eggs. Stir liquid mix into flour mixture. Add the rest of the ingredients. Grease a 9-in pan or four mini loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 mins. For the mini loaves you want to bake for about 30.
**After its done baking leave the bread in the pan for 10 minutes. Then transfer it to a cooking rack. If you take it out right after its in the oven, it will fall apart, and so will you**