Carbs = Happiness

What is it about biting into something that is warm, and soft and sweet? *sigh* These are what my dreams are made of. I have had a lovely, fattening few days up here at the cabin. So far I've made cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies and french toast with fresh strawberries & butter cream sauce (sorry, I forgot to get a pic of that). I always feel that's what cabins are for. When here I like to stay in my pajamas, bake, cook dinners for people that enjoy them, go on short walks, watch movies and sleep... that's about it.

If I'm going to be here for more than a night or two I will bring something to work on. Since this trip is long I brought two projects. The never ending Ainsley scrapbook and the jewelry making things I got 5 years ago and haven't touched for almost 3. I'm determined to use it up making a ton of baby bracelets to sell. I have no faith in my jewelry making abilities but I can generally manage to make baby bracelets. I still think they are really basic and not original or cool in anyway.. but they are cutesy and i can picture them on little baby arms.. so we'll see.

The cinnamon rolls turned out divine. Tom's already bugging me to make more, and since we have new guests now that didn't get a chance to have any it's really only my duty as a hostess to comply. ;) They are so soft and moist, and I think the cream cheese frosting gives it a little something extra. The cookies I made from a new recipe I'd never used before. A friend had posted them on her blog and since she'd said the were 'the best choc chip cookies ever' I had to give it a try. They turned out a little different than hers, mostly because she used a 1/4 c to measure out the dough and I used a tbsp. I like little cookies, seems like there's more to go around, and you can't feel guilty eating just one more little one.. lol. She warned me to make them bigger because they were crispy on the outside and the chewy on the inside and she wasn't sure the little ones would have enough mass to get the chewy on the inside part. I, however, am a rebel.. and had already dished out one pans worth, so I forged on with the little ones. And, except for the first batch which I cooked too long, I thought they were amazing. They still had both a crispy and chewy factor, and really loved a departure for my usual recipe for a change. I did do one pan of the larger kind, but either to a lack of baking powder or flour they didn't stay big like hers. But they were still tasty. I may make cookies again this weekend.. maybe peanut butter.. or my usual choc chip. New is always fun.. but familiar is warm and cozy.

Tomorrow's plan for increasing my depressing waist size is a big american breakfast:Eggs, hashbrowns, sausage, bacon and more french toast.. (maybe i'll remember to snag you a picture.. but it's hard to think clearly when that magical goodness, as Tom calls it, is in front of me). And I think for dinner we're making homemade pizza. I've got a homemade dough recipe from the same book that I got my cinnamon roll recipe, so I'm pretty confident in it. I've never made pizza dough from scratch before tho.. so I guess we'll see. And I'm really supposed to use have reg flour and half wheat.. and i was too cheap to buy two kinds of flour for this trip.. hopefully this will not affect it too much. Don't worry, I'll let you know how it goes.
Now, unbelievably, it's 2:30 in the morning.. I have GOT to go to bed. Must be able to focus tomorrow.