Saturday Morning Sleep-In



Yesterday was 40 degrees and rainy all day, not normal weather for a Minnesota January.  Today we woke to 14 degrees and a world of ice.  That is typical Minnesota weather!  We were going to go for a long walk at the University Arboretum.  We were going to take the kids snowtubing with friends this afternoon.  But it's a treacherous walk just getting down the driveway for the paper. 

We slept in. We're staying in, having coffee, cocoa, and easy sopapillas (picture above, recipe below).  If we feel ambitious later, we may walk up to the local hardware store as I continually forget to put "lightbulbs" on my shopping list (with all these lamps, you'd think I'd remember lightbulbs!) and we've come to the point of moving a lightbulb from a lamp in one room to a lamp in another.  That's pretty bad.  So, maybe we'll walk to the hardware store and buy lightbulbs.

For our "Mom" bookclub, we're reading The Flight of Gemma Hardy (a modern day Jane Eyre), as well as the original Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and I'm am thoroughly enjoying the experience.  I can't wait for the meeting and the time spent with friends, discussing/comparing these two books.  I read Jane Eyre years ago so, this go 'round, I read Gemma Hardy first and am now rereading Jane Eyre.  I think today is a day to spend in a chair by the fire with my book.

Sopapillas

Thaw Time: 40 minutes

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Bake Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

½ of a 17.3-ounce package Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets (1 sheet), thawed

¾ cup sugar

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

Directions

Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.  Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface.  Cut the pastry sheet into 25 (2-inch) squares.  Place the sugar and cinnamon into a paper bag (or glass container w/tight lid) and shake to combine.

Bake pastries for 15 minutes or until golden brown.  Add the hot pastries in batches to the sugar mix and shake until coated.