Food Fridays!!!

I love Fridays. I love food. It seems only natural to combine the two! Fridays will now be the day that I share my passion for food, some choice recipes and all my kitchen endeavors with the blogging world. 

There is nothing quite like the smell of cinnamon rolls baking in the morning, the way the aroma wafts through the air enticing any passerby to indulge in its cinnamony goodness. The only downfall to these delightful treats is that they are really only at their peak warm, right out of the oven. I wanted to experience those heavenly smells, and cinnamon roll scrumptiousness but I didn't want to be limited to enjoying them to one moment. I decided to make cinnamon roll cookies, all the beauty of a cinnamon roll wrapped up in a cookie! If you find yourself hankering to try something new and equally delicious, I strongly encourage you to try them out! :)

Cinnamon Roll Cookies


Vanilla Cookie Dough
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


Middle
1 egg white
1 Tablespoon water
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


Icing
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


Cream together sugar, butter, salt, and vanilla. Add flour till dough comes together. 
Flatten into a disk and refrigerate for at least one hour. Roll dough into 9x12 inch rectangle.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg and water. Brush onto dough, sprinkle cinnamon and sugar evenly over the dough. Carefully roll the log, sealing the edge. Wrap in plastic, and freeze until firm. Gently cut it into 1/2 inch slices. Bake at 350 F on greased baking sheets for 12 to 15 minutes, or until light golden brown. Cool completely.
Whisk together cream, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon to make a smooth icing. Dip each cookie into the icing for a smooth finish, or drizzle the icing over the cooled cookies.

Weigh-In Wednesdays!

Aiden and I have decided to step onto the Wii once a week together and find out how our weight is changing.Wednesdays are now going to be deemed "Weigh-In Wednesdays." I am using the Wii-Fit to track his weight gain and will be trying my best to measure his growth so I am not guaranteeing accuracy. Here is hoping that his number continues to go up, while my number continues to go down. He is growing like a little weed!

Aiden Stats

Date: March 28, 2012

Weight: 13 pounds

Length: 24 inches

Date: March 21, 2012

Weight: 12.3 pounds

Length: 23 1/2 inches

Bucket List

This Bucket List will be constantly added to and updated; as there will always be more things I want to do and hopefully I will be checking some of them off!

Amber's Bucket List

• Visit all 50 states + Washington D.C.
• Get Married
• Return to Italy
• Take My Mom to Ireland
• Make a Wedding Cake
• Be a Bridesmaid
• Go Skydiving
• Pay off all my debt
• Kiss my man on the top of the Eiffel Tower
• Perform on stage
• Build/Spend the night in a tree house
• Be a Head Coach for a Volleyball team
• Have a house with a hidden room behind a bookshelf
• Watch my son open presents from Santa
• Make a "Thanksgiving" meal all on my own
• Do Mardi Gras in New Orleans
• Go White Water Rafting
• Win a call-in radio contest
• Buy a bed (I've never had a new bed...)
• Enter a baking competition 
• Attend Culinary School
• Become Fluent in Spanish
• Go Deep Sea Fishing
• Host a Dinner Party
• Picnic in Central Park
• Learn to dance (salsa or swing etc)
• Hit goal weight
• Fly an airplane
• Read the top 100 Books in Literature
• Own my own house
• Write a novel
• Get something published and widely distributed
• Be an extra in a movie
• Scuba dive
• Learn to sew/ actually make something usable/wearable

I think that Bucket Lists should be full of big and little things, some that are easily attainable and others that it will take greater lengths to check off.