WARNING! It’s Valentine’s Day & I’m Getting Fancy!

February 14, 2015 by Laurie Nguyen 8 Comments

I am not a “fancy” person.  While I like dressing up and attending formal events on occasion, I am a pretty regular gal.  I rarely do fancy things for holidays, other than making a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, so it must be a super, special occasion or I’ve had a rare, but sudden, burst of inspiration if I make something fancy and pretty.

 

While Valentine’s Day is not my favorite holiday, I had the aforementioned sudden burst of inspiration and decided to make heart shaped goodies: cinnamon rolls and brownies. The brownies are easy enough.  I’m simply using a heart shaped cookie cutter once my made from a mix brownies have cooled.

 

 

The cinnamon rolls are a different story. I made my favorite cinnamon rolls (recipe here) and attempted to rolls my cinnamon rolls into hearts. Take a gander.

 

 

How did I do this? It was quite simple. Instead of rolling the dough into one big cylinder, I rolled in from parallel edges, forming two cylinders, until they met in the center. Then I cut them into 1 inch pieces.

 

 

After removing a piece from the counter, I formed it into a heart by pinching the bottom into a v-shape, like so.

 

 

 

And how did these babies turn out?  Well,  results were mixed.  See?

 

The one on the right looks just how I imagined. The one on the left? Not so much, but both taste so yummy that I can overlook any flaws in appearance!

 

Lesson learned, I still don’t do fancy.  🙂

Do you?  Any disaster stories you’d care to share?

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