A shining accomplishment

With everything negative that has been strolling through my brain and life in the past few weeks, somehow this amazingly positive experience slipped through the cracks. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was going to teach myself how to bake. I gathered up my tools and ingredients and gave it a shot. The results were amazing: warm, sticky, golden brown caramel apple sticky rolls. Holy crap. My house smelled heavenly for days.

I got to use yeast and sugar and cinnamon and everything. I made such a mess. There was flour and butter everywhere.



The thing that makes these rolls so special is that there are diced apples laced through the gooey caramel sauce. The recipe says that you can add apple liqueur to the caramel. I think I may try that next time for a more intense flavor.

Letting them rise a second time before baking. What you don't see is the huge, beaming smile on my face.

These rolls are fabulous. I'm going to make a variation of them for Christmas gifts for friends and family. Minus the apples but with a crazy yummy coffee maple glaze instead.

This recipe came from Ree Drummond of Pioneer Woman fame. Her link is in my sidebar. Big thanks to Tony (again) for the amazing photos and help with the clean-up. He was well rewarded!