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I know better than to go off what pins say. I know to check the link. I know to DOUBLE check when go to make the pin, because memory is a fickle thing. I KNOW all these things, but I did none of them. NONE. Though, amazingly, nothing ended up on fire or permanently stained, so I count myself lucky. And I WILL check and double-check next time. Probably.
There are now two versions of this pin floating around, but the one I pinned it from just had a simple line of instruction... "Use cinnamon rolls for a pie crust! Genius!" ...or some such. Yes, so self-explanatory, who really needed to check the pin? It was ALL RIGHT THERE! (...except the part where you are NOT supposed to use cinnamon roll dough because it puffs too much. Yeah, that part was... misrepresented just a wee bit. But we'll get to that.)
I smooshed the dough out, and at some point I must have gotten suspicious, not just because mine looked nothing like the picture - I figured they would have had to cut the rolls thinner, and not press as much, and I actually wondered how they'd cut them down. And maybe some part of me was working and thought... this can't be right. Something seems... off.
So I went and READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. Which clearly state to NOT use cinnamon roll dough, because it's puffier. And would probably heave all of the filling out of the pie pan and into the bottom of the oven where it would smoulder like... uh, a burned smouldery thing (I'm tired, and have a headache, you're not going to get much in the way of witty prose, sorry). Which would have been impossible to scrape off.
So I baked the rolls just in the pie pan, according to the instructions on the rolls. And they turned out... kinda dense. And cinnamon-roll like. Surprise, surprise...
Not too puffy, actually, probably could have put the pie filling in. And, really, still could! I'd weenied out and bought a can of filling, that stuff's already cooked, I could just dump it in! And then cover it with the cinnamon roll frosting! Genius!
Mmmmm.... just need to let it finish cooling in the 'fridge... (in other news, the girl at work continues to INSIST on abbreviating "refrigerator" as "frig" when she sends out the emails about cleaning it, even after I sent a very polite email back once saying that's not really what that word means... and somewhat in that vein...)
AAAAAHHHHHH! Who spooged... um, I mean, the icing melted a bit. Not exactly as pretty as it was. Ah well.
That's okay if it tastes good! Which it... doesn't, really. It tastes like some crappy canned apple filling dumped over a not great cinnamon roll. Will I still eat it? Yes. Can't let sugar go to waste. Will I ever make it again? No.
Will I try the pin the right way? Probably not. I don't see the point in making all that extra work with the crust when you could just... add more cinnamon to the pie filling if that's the flavor you're going for.
Stay tuned for the nextexciting mildly entertaining crummy adventure testing out dubious pins!
There are now two versions of this pin floating around, but the one I pinned it from just had a simple line of instruction... "Use cinnamon rolls for a pie crust! Genius!" ...or some such. Yes, so self-explanatory, who really needed to check the pin? It was ALL RIGHT THERE! (...except the part where you are NOT supposed to use cinnamon roll dough because it puffs too much. Yeah, that part was... misrepresented just a wee bit. But we'll get to that.)
I smooshed the dough out, and at some point I must have gotten suspicious, not just because mine looked nothing like the picture - I figured they would have had to cut the rolls thinner, and not press as much, and I actually wondered how they'd cut them down. And maybe some part of me was working and thought... this can't be right. Something seems... off.
So I went and READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. Which clearly state to NOT use cinnamon roll dough, because it's puffier. And would probably heave all of the filling out of the pie pan and into the bottom of the oven where it would smoulder like... uh, a burned smouldery thing (I'm tired, and have a headache, you're not going to get much in the way of witty prose, sorry). Which would have been impossible to scrape off.
So I baked the rolls just in the pie pan, according to the instructions on the rolls. And they turned out... kinda dense. And cinnamon-roll like. Surprise, surprise...
Not too puffy, actually, probably could have put the pie filling in. And, really, still could! I'd weenied out and bought a can of filling, that stuff's already cooked, I could just dump it in! And then cover it with the cinnamon roll frosting! Genius!
Mmmmm.... just need to let it finish cooling in the 'fridge... (in other news, the girl at work continues to INSIST on abbreviating "refrigerator" as "frig" when she sends out the emails about cleaning it, even after I sent a very polite email back once saying that's not really what that word means... and somewhat in that vein...)
AAAAAHHHHHH! Who spooged... um, I mean, the icing melted a bit. Not exactly as pretty as it was. Ah well.
That's okay if it tastes good! Which it... doesn't, really. It tastes like some crappy canned apple filling dumped over a not great cinnamon roll. Will I still eat it? Yes. Can't let sugar go to waste. Will I ever make it again? No.
Will I try the pin the right way? Probably not. I don't see the point in making all that extra work with the crust when you could just... add more cinnamon to the pie filling if that's the flavor you're going for.
Stay tuned for the next
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and sugar should almost never be wasted. except if it is really really terrible. I've only done that once. the low cal cheesecake incident. blech.
are you still writing the tea, conditions that call for tea? I keep seeing teacup/teapot images and wanting to send them your way but if you aren't doing that any more it seems pointless.
Since my client is now 20 minutes late - I think tonight is a night for drinking something stronger than tea.
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I am (supposed to be) still doing the tea thing, I need to get back into that. I'm just having a hard time posting right now. I think I get a little hermit-like in the winter, I've noticed I'm pretty much ready for bed by 7pm most nights, which is weird for me. So, yes, motivation would be nice!
I also need to know the size of your wrist.
And, I know I'm late in commenting, but that was really inconsiderate of that person not to show up and not CALL. I hate waiting in limbo!