Madonna, I can surely stop at one, that's not the problem. What do I do with the rest of the batch? Elery is also dieting, he wants to lose weight to make it easier on his "new" hip and knee. I'm along for the ride, so I'm not sabotaging his efforts, we're both eating the same things. But I just picked up beef AND pork, and we have those 3 deer that Elery shot last fall. My freezers look like this: Freezer #1 with beef produce: Freezer #2 (upright) with pork, one whole shelf is just bacon: Freezer #3, beef and venison: As you can see, there's no place to put leftover cinnamon rolls, and I don't dare eat them ALL. Then again, I could invite Amanda and Dave and the kids over, except that Amanda is celiac and can't eat them either! Annie

Shortbread petticoats are easy and well-liked. Here is my recipe, though many good ones have been posted here. Mine is a little sweeter than most. Shortbread Petticoats 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup sweet rice flour (available at Trader Joe) 1 3/4 cup all purpose unbleached flour pinch of salt parchment paper Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and mix. Add rice flour and salt, then regular flour. Mix thoroughly. Divide and form dough into 4 balls. May need to be refrigerated for 10-15 minutes if very soft. Flatten each ball on parchment paper with floured rolling pin making a circle about 3/8" thick. Prick surface of dough with a fork 6-8 times. Use fork tines to mark the edge of the circle all around. Place parchment paper with dough on cookie sheet. Bake 45-50 minutes at 300 degrees until slightly browned around the edges. While still very warm, cut each circle into 6-8 wedges. 2 dozen+ cookies

The coffee is what got me through it!! LOL Annie, you'll have better company in the kitchen than I did. So much more fun to make stuff with the kids! One day..........I'm going to have some grandkids too... one day..... The citrus slices are very easy. Slice grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes about 1/8" thick. Put a rack on a cookie sheet and lay the slices on that. Dry in a very low oven or food dehydrator. I used the oven just because it was cold and nasty and I didn't want to drag out the dehydrator from the garage. It would have worked better, as I had a few slices get 'overdone' and turn dark. I hung a few slices on my tree and they look really cool with a light from behind, like stained glass. And yes.....that's an Ibuprofen bottle....... Deanna

Probably too late now but I think I would have went ahead and doubled the recipe and saved the other half for later if that had happened to me. I remember one time my niece was telling me she made some recipe for a casserole that called for Velvetta cheese and it called for a POUND of cheese so she used the large Velvetta cheese package. She couldn't figure out why the recipe was so nasty and over powered by the Velvetta and I told her..."well the large Velvette is TWO pounds"...she was like "OH GAH!"