tasty tuesday

hey y'all!

how's everybody doing this fine tuesday?

things are a little crazy around here, because hello...quinny decided to grow up and be a big boy. 

he's pooped in the potty AND transitioned to a big boy bed all in one week. 

i was trying to hold out until his second birthday, but there's just no slowing this boy down.

shenanigans.

anywho, after it took me almost two hours to get him down for naps, the last thing i wanted to do was clean my house...

so i thought i'd blog instead.

 sorry hubs.

so today's recipe is seriously the bomb dot com. 

can't get over it's deliciousness.

i made this for our christmas morning breakfast this past year and it was perfection.

and practically fool proof.

double whammy. (but in a good way)

so since i've been craving this lately...

(thinking about making it for cheat day...yes, please.)

...i thought i'd pass this wonderful recipe along.

gotta give credit where credit is due.

i found this recipe on allrecipes.com.

you can follow along there or here. 

whatevs.

just make this and try not to weep tears of joy.

seriously. i dare you.

overnight cinnamon rolls

what you need:

3/4 cup of raisins

20 frozen dinner rolls

(make sure these are not already baked, you basically want frozen dough here)

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup instant vanilla pudding mix

(don't mix it, you'll be using just the dry powder)

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1/4 cup butter, melted**

what you do:

part one

soak the raisins in warm water for ten minutes; drain. 

place the rolls in a lightly greased 1o inch bundt pan 

or a 13x9 cake pan.

in a small bowl combine your cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla pudding mix. 

(don't prepare the mix! just throw in the powdery yellow stuff)

sprinkle your raisins and cinnamon mixture over the rolls.

then pour your butter over the rolls.

then cover it with a clean (preferred), damp cloth and let it stand overnight at room temperature.

part two

in the morning preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

warning: your rolls will more than likely be ginormous. that's ok.

 actually, it's smiled upon. :)

bake the rolls for 25 minutes.

let cool for 5 minutes. (if you can last that long!)

turn out onto a plate (if using a bundt pan) and serve 'em up!

mmm....finger lickin' good!

**quick trick for melting butter: 

put desired amount in a glass bowl, dish, whatever

 and melt it on the 

defrost setting. 

it won't crackle and burn that way. 

start it on the lowest setting and 

move up from there if you have to. 

never ruin your butter again! please!**

{  for a photo of the rolls i made this past christmas morning, go here and scroll down. :)  }