Crisis Averted!

If you have not seen the Pioneer Woman's blog, now's the time. http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/.

Just so much fun. I've started trying out her recipes. Occasionally, she posts recipes from a friend of hers, Pastor Ryan. Today, I decided to make Pastor Ryan's Monkey Bread. People, please take note: do not make this in a leaky Bundt pan. I had a smoky kitchen in about 45 seconds. I'm now going to have to clean my oven like nobody's business because of this.

That said, I transferred everything to a large glass baking dish, ran over to my landlord's kitchen and it still turned out delicious. AntiquesMan, aka Dean, has asked me not to call him the Boyf anymore, so Dean it is. I'm hoping Dean likes this a lot. Even I tried a little and I don't really like cinnamony sweet stuff this early in the morning. It's really delicious, like a hot puffy snickerdoodle.

This is the time of year we eat stuff we don't normally eat, so even though I wish MY house smelled like a Cinnabon stand instead of my landlord's, just letting it cool in my kitchen is enough to stink up the joint. But in a good way!

Christmas tree closeup is from work. It's the only tree I put up, believe me. Like my kitchen tile? My pal did it. I gotta get Christmassy here, cause I have another show tonight, which, like this recipe, is a gift.

Pastor Ryan's Monkey Bread (with thanks to Ree!)

Preheat the oven to 350

Use either a big glass thing like mine, or a Bundt pan that does NOT have a removable bottom

Don't bother greasing either one

3 tubes of Pillsbury (I used Albertson's brand - Jewel for you Midwestern folks) Buttermilk bisquits, NOT the flaky kind

1 cup sugar

3 tsp. cinnamon

2 sticks of butter, melted

1/2 cup brown sugar

Put sugar and cinnamon in a giant ziplock. Mix well. Pop open the cans of bisquits and cut each one into four. Put these doughballs in the bag and coat. Yes I said doughballs, be mature.

Melt the butter and the brown sugar until all one color

Put the doughballs in your baking dish/pan. Stop that giggling. Pour butter over.

Bake for 40 minutes.

Work out like a fiend afterwards.