Showing posts with label Little Compton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Compton. Show all posts

August 03, 2011

cinnamon swirl part 2

If I lived in this lighthouse-esq house and the mist was rolling in on an August morning, I think I'd have no choice but to make cinnamon-swirl rolls. The smell of baking cinnamon and sugar would hover downstairs until it slowly wafted up to the lone room under the small pyramid pitched roof. The breakfast table would be strewn with newspapers, coffee mugs, bowls of berries and cinnamon rolls, that is if there is actually enough room for a breakfast table in this house. But really, who needs a sitting area when you have a kitchen, so I think the couch would give way to a small farm table style table, which would likely take up the entire first floor, but that's okay with me.

These cinnamon swirl rolls were made from the leftover dough from last weeks cinnamon-swirl loaf. I decided to skip making another loaf and settled on single serving rolls.
I followed basically the same process, except after I sprinkled the rolled out dough with cinnamon-sugar I then proceeded to slice it into narrow strips and rolls those. I cut the mini rolls in half and placed each half in a buttered muffin pan. Once in the pan I let them sit for about an hour and a half or until they had doubled in size and roughly filled the pan. Bake at 375 for about 20 or so minutes (I actually didn't really time them...just check them until the tops are a bit hard to the touch then take them out and test)
I think this is a house that calls for cinnamon-sugar swirl french toast. The frisbees would fall to the ground and little kiddies would run towards the porch and into the green door and straight for the kitchen for their warm breakfast on a summer Saturday. Dreamy, no?These little rolls were delicious. A guilt free cousin to the cinnamon bun. Since it's made with bread dough and not buttery cake dough, it's light, but still just as tasty.
This is the home I sometimes dream about. We are ages away from ever buying a house, let alone a vacation house, but this one just speaks to me. I love the arched blue door and the wrap around paned windows. I imagine a big farm table behind the house for outdoor meals under the shade of the trees with dear friends and their cutie-pie kiddies.

July 15, 2011

off to the shore...

Summer weekends in Rhode Island were never complete without a loaf of banana-chocolate chip bread. We'd pick it up at The Last Stand, which sits just short of Swamp road, where we'd turn left on our way to Zach's family house. It never lasted long, usually not even to breakfast the next morning, but it makes a wonderful appetizer and a great pre-bed snack. I have a sweet tooth (have you noticed?) but Dave, my father-in-law, has a love for sweets that even rivals my own. Between the two of us the banana bread doesn't have a chance.

In the spirit of summer I decided to make a loaf today. But this loaf is different. It's gluten free. I'd never baked gluten free before, but this loaf is traveling to 'The Shore' with me this afternoon to Alex and Kerry's weekend getaway house and since Alex has celiacs it was only appropriate. I'll let you know how it goes, and if it's yummy I'll be sure to share the recipe next week.

Happy weekend everyone!