Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Today I bring you a breakfast dish. We are normally never awake during breakfast hours so this really was a  brunch, seeing as we didn't eat it until 1pm!
For our enjoyment this morning I made Cinnamon Roll Pancakes and if you are wondering yes, this is another recipe from pinterest. I've had this one pinned for a while but have just never gotten around to it.
In my opinion I didn't like this at all. D thought they were pretty good.
I think my flour is old, so that didn't help and the glaze was just too much cream cheese tasting for me. I HATE cream cheese. Okay well I guess HATE is to strong, since I do eat a 7 layer dip that has cream cheese in it. So I guess I dislike cream cheese in everything other than my mom's 7 layer dip.
So after those two setbacks I will call them, as a first impression I will not make this dish again.
So yes the flour i'm sure is old or just wheat I think. I don't know what my mom has cause it's in a container and I have no idea what kind it was. All I know is that it was not white. Which I guess would have been a clue as to not use it. But I really wanted to move ahead with the dish and see how it came out.
Well now let me rethink maybe I will make it again and this time get new flour or just use a bisquick mix and make it thick.
Then the cream cheese glaze was just a big no. At first I didn't have enough of the powdered sugar and I added more. Then I tasted it and was horribly disgusted, I was wondering what the heck was wrong or if it was just going to be that much cream cheese flavoring. Then I read the recipe and noticed I didn't add any vanilla extract. Well I added that and it did get better to an extent.
I tried a little piece of my pancake and it was just so old tasting I guess that I just was like well i'm going to smother it in the glaze and hope that helps. It did a little bit I guess. I ate one out of two. Plus all my bacon.
The cinnamon part came out well, I guess that would be hard to mess up.
But putting the cinnamon in the pancake is a tricky thing. Like the recipe says you have to put it in at the right time cause you don't want it to melt over the edge. This happened to me on two out of four pancakes.
D said he did like the dish so I guess I will try them again some time.
I won't be adding glaze to mine and I For sure will get new flour or just bisquick like I stated earlier.
So for me this was not such a great recipe, finally something I didn't like! But D likes them so if he does ask for them again I will make them.
But I do encourage you all to try them out. I think they are fun to make, and kind of a medium difficulty. So if you are trying to impress someone totally go for it! Also if you enjoy cream cheese frostings and other cream cheese what not then this will also be more enjoyable for you.
Please try this recipe out and let me know how you like it. Make me make it again. Prove to me that first impression are never the best impressions.
And look out for my post tomorrow night or Thursday. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make risotto!!! Something I have never ever done before! I'm really excited. I know I will add onion to it, and probably mushrooms to my part. I have no idea what to add to D's part, also it will be with chicken stock. Have no idea what else will be added to it just yet. Also I may make it with orzo instead of the grain you are supposed to use, that totally escapes my mind right now.
Happy Eating
Em

Easy Calzone Rolls

 Tonight's dinner comes again from pinterest. It's my new obsession. Easy Calzone Rolls 
This was a fun and quick dinner to make. The most annoying part of this meal is having to wait for the bread to thaw out. It took pretty much 6 to 7 hours. But if you take it out before you leave for work then you should be all set to put it together and throw in the oven real quick when ya get home.
I didn't work today but D did so it was really nice for him to come home and be able to eat something as soon as he got in.
I was surprised at how much we loved this. I was wondering if I should put pepperoni in it instead of the salami. But I told myself I would try it the way it is supposed to be made and make changes for the next time I make them. Well needless to say no changes need to be mad. It was just perfect! And so so filling.
This recipe made two HUGE rolls!

I didn't have a rolling pin so I just had to use my hands to stretch and pound it out. Was a lot of fun! I haven't messed around with any kind of dough in a while. It made me feel like a kid again. 

The salami, ham and cheese combination is just perfect. D mentioned about adding bacon next time. But I think other than that I wouldn't add or change anything else. 

Okay I lied I would add one thing and that is a butter garlic crust. Just brush it over the top before it goes into the oven and the whole thing will be to die for. 

We didn't bother with the sauce cause we're not big fans. I dipped mine in ranch, like everything else I eat and D just ate his as is. 

Looks yummy doesn't it?

Also for my oven it cooked perfectly in 20 minutes. It had a nice hard crust on the outside and the bread in the middle was nice and soft.

Look at that gooey goodness 

So in the end I would like everyone to try this recipe. It is really really good. It's also quick and easy to throw together. 

Till tomorrow,

Em