Picture Perfect Project: Real Pics

 The majority of the pictures I take are on my iphone.  They're okay and I think most people would say the same is true for them, but they are definitely not the same quality as the pictures I take on my real camera.  I try to leave my DSLR camera out and easily accessible to remind me to take pictures throughout the month.  I take most of my food pictures with it and am working harder to take pictures of my family and every day things with the real deal camera.  I didn't do a perfect job, but I'm excited to share my best shots for the Picture Perfect Project this month.

FOOD:
I mentioned trying a new Cinnabon Copycat Recipe on Friday so I'm going to share the recipe with you today.  They were pretty tasty!  The recipe was a little more labor intensive than my usual cinnamon roll recipe and the rolls were a little more dense.  We enjoyed them just the same.

Copycat Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls

(original recipe found here at Jo Cooks)

I made several change so my recipe is:

1 pkg yeast

1 c warm whole milk

1/2 granulated sugar

1/3 softened margarine

1 t salt

2 eggs

4 cups flour

FILLING:

1 cup brown sugar

2 T cinnamon

1/2 cup softened margarine

1/4 cup flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans

FROSTING:

1 stick softened butter

1 T milk

1 bag confectioner's sugar

Dissolve yeast in bowl of warm milk.  Add all the other ingredients together and mix well.  Cover and let rise for an hour or until the dough doubles in size.

Roll out the dough and preheat your oven to 350.  

Combine all of the filling ingredients except the nuts and spread them over the dough.  Sprinkle the nuts on top.  Then carefully roll up the dough. Cut rolls to be 1/2-3/4 in thick.  Let them rise in a greased 9x13 pan for 30 minutes.  Then bake for 16-18 minutes or until the tops are browned.

Let the rolls cool just a bit and generously top them with frosting.

This recipe made 12 cinnamon rolls and they were best served warm out of the oven.

 CATS:  (aka professional nappers)

DRESSING THE BUMP:

 BABY SPRINKLE FOR FLETCHER:

OLIVE:

My goal for the next month is to document a day in the life project where I use my real camera to take a picture of what we're doing every hour on the hour.  It might seem like a boring thing to do, but time is flying and I know I'll love to look back on what we did every day when Olive was two.

I'm linking up with Our Pretty Little Girls for Picture Perfect Project today