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true confessions...

...i am a bit of a pioneer woman wannabe!!! i don't go there daily, but about once a week i head over to visit her with a cup of coffee in hand. she cracks me up as she shares about her life on the ranch. but mostly, i love her recipes! i currently have 5 pans of her cinnamon rolls in the freezer. i've made several different things and the family always gives two thumbs up.

a few months ago, i grabbed my coffee and sat down to check in with her. in searching through some older recipe posts i found this one for rosemary butter rolls i knew i'd have to give it a try. of course i consistently forgot the main ingredient each and every week. how hard is it to forget frozen rolls? apparently it isn't very hard.

well, on friday i threw some random ingredients into the crockpot to whip up some warm soup. i headed to the store with whiz boy in tow, and this time, i remembered the rolls! so home we came and i pulled out my new to me iron skillet, plopped those rolls in, covered them up then carried them all over the house looking for a sunny place to set those puppies to rise.




this is my "after" picture because they i was too eager to bite into that first one. OH MY WORD!!!!!! these are by far THE BEST rolls i have ever tasted. i had to substitute dried rosemary and forgot the sea salt so i did use a bit of table salt (sea salt would make them even better!). i just have to say that when the butter sizzled as i carried the skillet to the table i was a goner, but that first bite nearly made me melt!

the bottoms are so golden and have a slight crunch. the buttery tops melt in your mouth and the salt/rosemary combination??? AMAZING!

this is one simple recipe that leaves you feeling all fancy in your cooking and needing more self-control than you ever thought you'd need!

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