Well, for as tired/sleepy as I am, I had a great giggle over all the comments! Please excuse any typos I might make. Made the mistake of cutting grass at noon. Not a good idea! Lou, thank you for the offer. I may take you up on it. Don't know how soon I'll get to them. We have our BIG family campout/antique gas hit an miss engine/steam show in a couple of weeks. I have the honor of getting two motor homes ready, preping any food in advance that I can, and do most of the cooking while there. Mom and Dad are only able to go if we all do all the work. DB & DSIL may not even be able to go this year, due to starting a new business. It's only about 20 minutes away for all of us, but if DB has classes, he can't close the studio. DD will help as much as she can, so will DS IF he doesn't have to work. Last count, with invited guests/famiy/friends, was 22 I think. Dad & I will move in on Wed. Show starts on Fri. Some prep we will do on Thurs, and have a steak fry that night. Breakfast menu so far is home fries by request, eggs, pancakes (the only thing besides a little meat of choice mom will eat for breakfst), bacon sausage, or ham. Lunch ham sandwiches. Fri night is chili, burgers for those who don't want chili. Sat same for breakfast and lunch. Supper is burgers and dogs. Potato salad for whatever meal anyone wants. Dad wants cauliflower with cheese on Thurs. Raw veggies available anytime. Sunday is leftovers! Any of you who want to sneak in, the WILL be plenty of food. I ALWAYS have food to bring home! Ann, no, wrong side of the family, tho my aunt did make them with that dough. Yummy! Lars, the whatever you called it sauce is cause I also asked for a cheese sauce to put over the cauliflower. Dad is remembering how his mom cooked! By the time I can remember her cooking, she was getting too sick for me to learn from her. Your cinnamon rolls sound fantastic, but I don't have the energy to go to that much work. Now, before I fall asleep at the computer, I'm headed for bed! I'm already wore out before the show even gets here! My fault. But I was trying to beat the rain on radar that ended up only being a few sprinkles. I'll get caught up on sleep and be off and running again. Then I'll sleep in a lot the following week! I'm happy to try to spoil him. We don't know how many more times they will be able to go. I said last year, I was going to do this the easy way this year. Well, the meat for the chili will be cooked and seasoned ahead and frozen. The burger patties will be made and frozen ahead. I'm taking the old roaster and dumping every thing in that for the chili and letting it go most of the day. Ham will go in a crock pot on warm with a bit of water for lunches first thing in the morning and they can eat lunch whenever! Will have to keep watch of Mom. She doesn't always know it's her sugar droppign when she doesn't feel good. Dad knows his. And yes, I know the cinnamon rolls aren't a good idea, but he will compensate for the treat. That's why I spoil him that weekend. Thanks all. Tami

Here's how they came out - I baked them for 45 mins. in a quarter sheet pan and they were perfectly done (some reviewers said they'd cut the baking time to 25 mins.,don't know how they could have baked through..) I ended up with 12 very generously sized rolls. Recipe notes that it serves 6. I don't know how anyone could eat 2 of these in one serving, and I can't imagine making each roll twice as large as mine were and having them bake through to the center without overcooking the outside. I skipped breakfast and had one of the rolls w/ cafe au lait as my lunch and I was more than satisfied. The brioche is very rich, yet light and flaky. It was my favorite part, which surprised me, as I am a big caramel/pecan fan. The point is, the "goo" really is the icing on the cake in this recipe. Many sticky buns I've had are only good for the goo, and the bread part is just a means of transport - you would as soon toss it away once the sweet stuff is gone. This recipe was time and labor intensive. If I make it again I will probably try one reviewer's method of boiling the goo a bit before pouring it in the pan. I'd like to add a deeper caramel flavor. This was a humungous diet splurge for me. So as soon as I finished mine I packaged up all but one and brought them to my sister's for her family (w/ strapping teenage boys) to enjoy. One bonus from this baking adventure was coming back home to a house that smells like heaven!!

Last night our bedroom was stuffy -- not hot enough to run the A/C, but I was restless. Cool this morning; 78F with a nice breeze. Lots of surfers, SUP-ers, and swimmers out in the ocean. The Kamaole beach parks are busy with visitors and locals enjoying sun, sand and surf -- and picnics. I had time to view all this as we crawled along oceanfront Kihei Road to the library, Foodland, Salvation Army, and Ace Hardware. I'd cleaned out my clothes closet and our Owner Storage -- hence the trip to Salvation Army. We leave for home in less than three weeks, and I don't want to get into 'shingles mode' packing things away in a hurry at the last moment. Yesterday the handyman put up four-inch deep mouldings to serve as valances over the woven wood vertical shades on our three sliding glass doors. He also installed one-inch-profile wood corner protectors on seven interior corners. (Some already had them.) He'll give everything a second coat of paint Monday. I need to take my tiny brush to fill in nicks in other trim and on closet louver doors. DH picked up "The Drop" from the Redbox kiosk in Foodland for our Saturday afternoon teatime matinee. We polished off "Downton Abbey" and "Grantham" Thursday and Friday -- recorded from *last* weekend. We were watching "The Judge" (excellent) before getting to the Masterpiece programs. I sent our DGD an e-card with dog and kittens for her fourth birthday. DGS will be getting one for his tenth in less than two weeks. (We will celebrate with cake, paper cards, and gifts after we get home.) Always good to hear what everyone is *doing*. (Especially the chickens! LOL)

Wow, thanks, it looks wonderful with the cream cheese … I'll have to try that, yum!! This is a recipe my mom had, but with some tweaks of mine. I don't cream or sift or anything, just throw it all in and mix it with my hand mixer. I grease the loaf pan with Country Crock and bake at about 350º. It takes 50-60 minutes depending on how much banana and whether it's in the glass or metal loaf pan (glass takes longer). I run a knife around the edges when it comes out and let it cool for at least 1/2 hour before trying to remove it onto a plate. 1 stick soft butter (original said 1/3 cup shortening) 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp soda 3/4 tsp salt 2/3 cup sugar (I use brown but white also works) 2 eggs 1-3/4 cup flour (I use whole wheat) 2 large or 3 small ripe bananas chopped walnuts (as many as you want)