Cold weather and Cinnabites

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I am not sure about all my other friends but I am freezing this morning. Cold weather, mixed with rain an the wonderful threat of snow later today, doesn't have me very thrilled. I believe that this is the sorta of day that you stay at home, under the covers snuggling with your favorite book or person : )

Sadly neither of these is on my agenda seeing that I have to go to work in about an hour or so. C' est Le Vie...

Anyhow, last night Brandee, who at the time was not feeling so well, decided that she wanted something sweet, mainly Cinnabites from McD's. Neither myself or my other half was willing to go out in the weather, and might have also had something to do with it being around 9pm. So I decided that we would find a way to make our own Cinnabites, Turns out there is a way and it is pretty quick, easy, rather delicious and something that kids will love... Even better they are rather healthy seeing that McD's cinnabites are deep fried, these are baked : )

Enjoy!




Cinnabites

• 1 1/3 cups of flour all purpose
• 1 cup of crispy rice cereal, crushed
• 2 tables spoons plus 1/2 cup divided
• 3 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt (optional)
• 1/4 cup of butter flavored crisco ( I use less than this about 3 teaspoons)
• 1/3 cup of milk
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1/4 cup of melted butter

, Pre heat the oven to 425 degrees.
mix flour, cereal, 2 teaspoons of sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
Cut in the shorting, mix well, it is going to look like corn meal.
Addmilk a little at a time until moisten.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls.
Mix cinnamon and sugar together, drop the balls into the butter and then roll in the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
Place on a greased cookie sheet. repeat until all the dough balls are coated and on the cookie sheet

Bake in the oven for 1o to 15 mins, check them by sticking them with  a tooth pick, if the tooth pick comes out clean them they are done.

serve warm with cream cheese icing for dipping.

Cream Cheese icing

• 1 package of soften cream cheese
• 1/2 stick of butter soften
• 1 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

in a mixer or bowl place the cream cheese, butter and vanilla, mix until well blended, add powder sugar in small amounts keep mixing until well blended. If the icing gets to thick, add small amounts of milk, no more than a tablespoon at a time until icing is thinned a bit.