YUM!

When I started this blog it was going to be an all around blog. Not just for hair, but it would seem like that is what it is turning into.
Anyway, I have some GREAT recipes for you to try...

This one came from Food for Thought.
Cinnamon Rolls
She halves it when she makes her's, I did the whole thing and it was a lot but we have a lot of people in our house. They are really easy and REALLY good!
Enjoy!
Dissolve 3 Tbsp. yeast in 3/4 cup warm water. Sprinkle with about 2 Tbsp. white sugar to help it along. Allow to set while mixing dough. **hint, when using yeast do not use medal bowls or spoons.

Heat in microwave (about 3 minutes):
2 cubes (1 cup) butter
2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. salt

Pour into mixing bowl and add:
4 cups flour
3 eggs
yeast mixture
about 4 more cups flour

Knead about 5 minutes in mixer

Remove dough hook, cover with damp towel and allow to raise until double - about 1 hour, or more.

Spray counter, thoroughly (flouring it will dry out dough).*** I did not know this, and it really made a huge difference!!
Remove dough from bowl; pat or roll out into rectangle -about 1/2 inch thick. spread with melted butter, sprinkle lightly with white sugar, then brown sugar and cinnamon. Roll up from long side and pinch closed at the end. The wider your rectangle, the bigger the rolls will be. Slice into about 1 - 1 1/2 inch slices and place on greased cookie sheet. Allow to raise again about an hour or so. Bake in preheated oven 375-400 about 10-15 minutes. Watch them closely the first time until you see how you want them and how your oven bakes.

Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
2-3 tsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2-4 cups powdered sugar.
Mix well (this will freeze fine)

Brownies
These are gooey in the middle and have a perfect, sweet, little crunch on the top! YUM!
And I don't do anything unless it is easy, so you know this is easy!

8 oz of unsweetened or semi-sweet chocolate chips or 8- 1 oz squares of baking chocolate
1 cup butter
5 eggs
3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt

Melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat; set aside. In a mixer mix eggs, sugar and vanilla at high speed for 10 minutes- you want to beat a lot of air into the batter. Blend in chocolate mixture, flour and salt until just mixed. Pour into 9x13 pan. When I grease my pans I use Wilton's Cake release. You may think I am crazy, but this stuff works like MAGIC! It is amazing!
Bake at 375 for 40 minutes and enjoy!

Fun!

This one is one that looks hard but really is so easy! part the front in 3 parts and secure with elastic. then pull all three together into one and secure with elastic. Then pull all hair into one pony tail. I used 2 small bobby pins to make the "messy bun look" (there are lots of ways to accomplish the messy bun look. I will do a few posts on how I do it in the following weeks, so watch for it.) Then I added a really big purple flower under the big pony tail's elastic. It really made the look complete! Baby Cheeto was not really happy to have her hair done today, let alone take pictures so this is the best I could get. Let me know if you want better pictures or a video.

Game Day

This is a spin on this style. Little Bean and Little Man had a cheer/dance clinic performance. This kept the hair out of her face, it so cute with her new shor hair do and I liked that I could put purple and white (the school's colors) in her hair with worrying about it falling out. I know it is hard to see the purple but it is there ;)

First I put a few curls in it with a small barrel curling iron. Then I parted the hair out. Then put the ribbon under the first layer and tied it lose in the back, leaving a bit hanging down her back.

Locks of Love

Locks of Love

I am so proud of my Little Bean! I told her it was taking lots of time doing her LONG hair every and asked if it would be okay if we cut it. She was a little sad, she loved having long hair. I told her that her hair was long enough to donate. I explained that I had done it a long time ago when I was in 8th grade and the hair I cut off short helped a little kid that was sick and needed my hair. And that her aunt did it about 2 or so years ago. She was all in as soon as she heard that she could help someone else.

3 braids and a Pony

Part the hair on one side and from ear to ear. Then braid into 3 french braids.side viewstake all the hair BUT the braids and put into a pont tail then wrap the ends of all 3 braids around the elastic secure with a small bobby pin. We needed to use a little hair clip along with the bobby pin this time Add some adorable hair bing and you are done!

Foam

Okay, I know how bad this can turn out, but here is a trick that I have learned. Most of you all ready but just in case you don't-
Depending on what kind of curl you want will help you pick your size of roller. We like lose curl at the end of the hair so we use the bigger ones.
Start by putting the roller up a little bit higher than the ends. tuck the ends under and roll up a bit to secure the ends. KEEP IT LOSE!you should not see any indentation in the roller. The foam should stay the same size as when you start. Really the key is to keep it just tight enough to keep the hair in place. Doing it too tight will make it really hard to unroll when it is dry and that is when you get frizz!This is a fun way to roll the hair, besides just keeping it straight. When you braid the hair it makes it look like a wavy perm. You don't have to french braid it to get a fun look. you can just do a regular braid with each section of hair. Give it a try and let me know how it turns out!

Day After Braids

I had her hair in two french braids the day before. So I threw on a waffle head band, added a flower and put a little hair spray so the part down the middle would be hidden. 2 minutes so easy, super cute!

Give Away Winner

Congrats Katie W!!!!

Let me know if you want the powder blue or red waffle beanie and if you want a flower or 2 korker bows and the colors.
Thank you to everyone who entered! I will try to get another give-away up and going for next month!

A trick

So I was looking around the other day and stumbled across this. It is so easy and such a neat tick I thought I would share. Sorry I do not remember where I saw it, but I am for sure not taking credit for it!!!

Take a regular kid sock and cute a hole in the toe.

Then roll it up like this:

you will notice you will have a rough side and a more flat side

Rough: Flat:

The part the hair how you want- if you are going to do 2. Little Bean did today. This is super cute with just one also.Slide the sock onThe have her lay her head to a side and spread her hair around the sock. I use another elastic to secure the hair. Little Bean's hair is so long that we have lots of end left
so I divide the ends and wrap the around the bun and secure with a little bobby pin.

So cue and really it took me less than 5 minutes!

GIVE AWAY!!!!

Okay, I know I have not posted much on here lately. Now that the crazy time of year is over with and it is the new year, I have decided to do a give away! Here is how it is going to work.

Post about this blog on your blog and then leave a comment here saying you did it. As with other give-aways, if you put it on facebook it will give you an extra chance!
Here is what you will get

1-1" waffle band (white)
1- 3" waffle band (gray)
1- 5" waffle beanie (your choice powder blue or red)
your choice of 1 attachable flower (pink) clip or 2 koker bows(color of your choice).
Good Luck!
You have until the 15th of January!