Flour makes my world go round – Hive and Nest

Sorry I haven’t been blogging much; I’ve been being productive.  I’ve had such a stagnant summer, that it feels good to get up early and have something to show for my day besides quarrelsome children and a messy playroom.

I went on a big sock round-up yesterday and spent hours sorting and matching. (Let me just mention for the thousandth time how much I hate socks.) I still have one little pile to go and then the rest will be tossed in the garbage. This is their last chance to find a mate or it’s off with their heads!

I’ve made bread three times since school started last week (still not enough bread to feed my family, however. They’re like a swarm of locusts).   I even dragged out my wheat grinder to do my own flour. I’m more of a white bread kind of girl, though, so I made a couple of loaves of that as well.

This morning I also made sticky buns.  Like cinnamon rolls but a million times easier. So ooey and gooey; I’m still riding the sugar high.

Here is the recipe in case you would like to treat your family. Or the people at work. Or even total strangers (I’m sure they’d like Sticky Buns too.) Make them the night before and bake them in the morning.

2 loaves Rhodes frozen bread dough, slightly thawed 1 4.6 box of “cook & serve” vanilla pudding mix (NOT instant) Grease a 9 x 13 pan.  Cut each loaf of bread lengthwise, then into 1″ slices.  Place the pieces of dough on the bottom of the pan in a single layer. In a medium-sized bowl mix together dry pudding mix, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and milk.  Mash together with a fork and spread over the tops of the bread pieces. Cover with foil and allow to rise overnight.  For best results make this right before you go to bed and  leave it on the counter to rise. In the morning preheat oven to 350º.  (If the top of the rolls looks bald, gently use a spoon to redistribute excess brown sugar mixture.  It doesn’t need to be spread around as it will melt in the oven.)