Cindies

Cindies

I started cooking/baking my mom's recipes a while ago, and recording them in this blog.  I didn't want to forget all my favorites, and thought it would be a good way to share the recipes with my brother's.  As with happens with many of my projects, the ideas gallop away in my head and before I know it, the project has taken on a life of it's own.  I went from gathering the recipes to print out on some letter-sized paper, to taking photos of finished product with the idea of creating a recipe book complete with recipes and pictures.  Ugh!  What a project.  It went from printing out black and white copies of recipes for Mother's Day 2009, to a color cook book... which was then forgotten in the busyness of life.  I am now determined to finish this crazy project... I wanted it to be completed by this coming Mother's Day... but not sure that is an achievable target either.  The good news is I am back on the case at least, progress is being made... time will tell!

This here is a recipe for cinnamon buns, or "Cindies", as nicknamed by my dad.  More often than not, Cindies would be a Saturday morning treat. They are built upon the scone recipe, and are best the day of baking... if not straight out of the oven!  (Another adaption is to grate cheese in the middle for some cheesie scrolls!)

Scones

2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
½ cup butter – cold and cubed
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 205C (400F).
Mix dry ingredients.
Cut in cold butter with pastry cutter or use fingers until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Add milk all at once with a metal spoon.
Tun out onto floured surface and pat out with fingers until approx. 1/2” thick.

Filling

Butter
3/4 cup+ brown sugar
Cinnamon

Butter the scone mixture.
Sprinkle with brown sugar... may need a bit more than 3/4 cup.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Roll the scone/sugar mixture into a log.
Slice log in 1" segments.
Place each segment on a baking tray.
Bake for approx 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Yields 12.

Apple Crisp



Apples being peeled...

Crumble assembled and ready to place on top of apple mixture



Apple crisp ready to be consumed!

Topping
1/3 cup flour
3/4 rolled oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 butter

Filling
4 cups sliced apples (about 5 medium)
1/2 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of lemon

Method
Pour flour, oats & brown sugar in a bowl & mix well.
Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Apple part: Arrange apples in greased casserole dish, sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice Spread crisp topping over.

Bake @ 350F for about 35 minutes or until fruit is tender.

Serve with warm or cold, with whipped cream or ice cream.

PS... noticed with the clean up that there were only a few items to get cleaned... that's always a treat!