Famous White Family Cinnamon Rolls

White Bread

2 c. warm water  - put in a large bowl

2 T. dry yeast – sprinkle on water

2 T. sugar – sprinkle on yeast

When yeast is activated, add the following & mix well:

1/2  c. sugar

1/4 c. oil

2 tsp. salt

1 egg

Next add 6-7 cups of sifted flour.  Mix the flour in until the dough is no longer sticky.  Let rise to more than double in  size. Shape into rolls, bread sticks, pizza, etc.

Cinnamon Rolls:

Roll the dough out.  Spread on 6 T. melted butter.  Sprinkle on 1 c. sugar.  Sprinkle on a generous amount on cinnamon.  Roll the dough up and cut into slices.  Place on a greased baking pan. Let rise to more than double.  Bake at 350 for 25-30 min. until browned on top.  Spread frosting on top while warm.

Frosting:

1 lb. powdered sugar

1 cube butter

1 tsp. vanilla

Enough milk for desired consistency

Mix all ingredients in a mixer until

smooth and creamy.

This is my favorite recipe for cinnamon rolls from my best friends Heidi and Shannon!

Baby #12

Davydd Aldie Keppner arrived at 8:39 yesterday morning. 7 pounds 6 ounces
Coming home this afternoon!

  

Treats

Okay so I have recently been selling treats for 50 cents each to all the homeschoolers in the TJLA classes during lunch to earn money for my ballet tuition.


Here's A list of what I have sold so far and how much money I made.

1. Mint Chocolate cupcakes $11
2. Cinnamon rolls $15
3. Brownies w/ Peanut Butter frosting $13
4. Halloween Sugar cookies $7

I have been selling them on one of the homeschoolers porch so everyone can see what I'm selling. But we have been getting complaints from the owners that people have been getting crumbs all over the porch that they have sweep up every week. 

So I had to change locations from the porch to the park.

And last week no one knew where I was so they treats didn't sell very well.

So I've been looking for a wagon that I can pull around the park

Also ballet tuition has gone from $48 to $68 because I'm taking an hour and a half lessons instead if one  hour lessons because I'm going up in level.

So this week my dad suggested that every few weeks I sell cinnamon rolls because they're big they're yummy and they sell well (probably because they're the biggest thing I've sold for 50 cents) 

I have also been trying to get a babysitting job but so far I've only babysat one family.

And this week is break so I won't be able to earn any money unless I can get a babysitting job this week.

Oh well
There will be more opportunities to earn money right?

Until later then.  

B.B.

Ballerina Bonn

Ballet update and history

YAY!!!!!! Ballet is starting up again and I am moving up in level!

My ballet teacher Miss Chandler has moved ballet lessons from 1hour a week to 11/2 hour a week on Wednesdays
I am hopefully going to start tomorrow so we'll see how it turns out.

I am also going to pay my ballet tution once a month so I'm going to be babysitting for some homeshooling moms.

Next year I should be able to go on Pointe if I work hard and practice every day!

Here's the studio's basic schedule:

At Chriatmas time we learn a Christmas dance and perform it for our parents on the last day of class then we start again in Janury or February and have Recital in May Then summer break and start again in August and  it starts all over again


And Here's my ballet history:

First day of ballet 2009 age 10

Mom always said I could start ballet lessons when I terned 10

When we lived in Idaho my mom found a ballet teacher named Miss Shelly who taught ballet in her basement and homeschooled her two sons and was LDS but a very strict ballet teacher  I started about two or three days before my 11th birthday and she had to have a substitut because she was sick.

I grew to love Miss Shelly and to look forward to ballet class every week and learned the basics to ballet

I learned and caught on fast I was the oldest and tallest in the class and all the rest of the girls were seven or eight and I was eleven

But then one day my mom had an Email from Miss Shelly saying that she and her family had to move to Utah to find anothr house and job I never heard from her again.

When we moved back to Arizona I started ballet again in Chandler I was in two beginning classes twice a week I had two Teachers: Miss Bre and Miss Chandler. Miss Bre was about 20 and was homeschooled when she was younger She was Christian. Miss Chandler was LDS and was 16

I liked them both but in Miss Chandlers class the girls were rowdy, wild, loud and mean and were jealous because  I was the best dancer in the class and Miss Chandler always complemented me and used me as an example.

In Miss Bre's class there was only one other girl who was a year younger then me and very was nice

Miss Bre combined our class with another class that she taught for our recital dance and we worked on it for months 

In May I had my first recital and had two dance numbers

Recital 2011 age 12

After recital Miss Bre had to stop teaching at the studio because she was training to be a nurse and didn't have the time

I had ballet class in June with Miss Chandler and I was the only one in the class during the summer

Recital 2011 age 12
(Sorry I dont have the one from this year!)

After summer break I started class again with Miss Chandler once a week with some of the girls who were in one of Miss Bre's other classes and that is the class that I'm in now!

And this year we had recital again and I had a real good time with my teacher and class mates and I love and appreciate them for all they do for me Thanks guys! your the best! 

B.B.

Ballerina Bonn

Fruit Pizza

So I found this recipe in a familyfun. magazine, so I  tried it. And it was SO YUMMY!!!

Its a sugar cookie crust with a orange cream cheese spread and fruit on top!


     Crust:

• 1 pound (or more) homemade or store bought sugar cookie dough
• 1 tbsp. melted butter
• 2 tbsp. sugar 

     Frosting:

• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/4 c. sugar
•  1 tsp. orange zest
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

      Topping:

• fruit and toppings of choice (I used strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi.)

Heat oven to 400.

Spread dough on an ungreased 15-inch pizza pan. Brush on butter and sprinkle two tbsp. sugar over dough. Bake crust 12-15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

In a medium-size bowl, combine frosting ingredients with a rubber spatula. stir until smooth.

Spread the frosting over cooled crust. Gently press in fruit. Serve and enjoy!

P.S. I'm not sure how much this makes, but as far as I know it works for my family!

B.B.

Ballerina Bon

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Cream together:

• 2 c. butter, softened
• 2 c. sugar
• 2 c. brown sugar

Add and mix in:

• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Sift together, mix in:

• 3 c. flour
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda

Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350. for 5-8 minutes (Don't Over Bake!)

For variety, add any combination of:

• 2 c. chopped walnuts 
• 2 c. chocolate chips
• 2 c. gumdrops 
• 2 c. raisins
• 2 c. coconut
• 2 tsp. cinnamon

Makes lots!



B.B.
Ballerina Bon

Blueberry Sour Cream (Breakfast) cake

Blueberry Sour Cream (Breakfast) cake

• 3/4 c. butter, softened
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 c. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 c. sour cream

     Filling:

• 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries 

     Glaze:

• 1 c. powdered sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp. milk

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture with sour cream.

Spoon a third of the batter into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Combine brown sugar, flour and  cinnamon; sprinkle half over batter. Top with half of the berries. Repeat layers. Top with remaining batter.

Bake at 350. for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing  from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake, serve and enjoy!

Vanilla Pudding/Pudding Sauce

Vanilla Pudding/Pudding Sauce

• 4 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2/3 c. sugar or honey
• 1/4 tsp.  
• 4 c. milk
• 4 egg yolks, beaten 
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 4 tsp vanilla

Mix cornstarch, salt and sugar in a saucepan (if using honey, add with milk and eggs.) Whisk together milk and eggs thoroughly, and gradually stir in. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, till mixture comes to a boil.

 (Don't be tempted to turn up the heat; if it gets hot to fast, the eggs will cook. And scrambled eggs in vanilla pudding would be bad. Really, really bad!)

Boil for at least 1 minute, still stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Serve warm or chilled.

Notes: For chocolate pudding: increase sugar and add cocoa with cornstarch. For banana pudding add one blended banana with butter and vanilla.

An awesome ballet video

I thought I'd share this with you because I think its awesome! see what you think, enjoy! 

Okay I admit it all I can think about right now is "Pointe shoes" and your probably sick of  hearing about them, but this is probably the last one for a while so bear with me!

"Pointe shoes"

As long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a ballerina dancing on my toes! 

See why I love ballet?

I have always admired how ballerina's dance on there beautifully pointed toes!

 When I was little I didn't know they had special toe shoes for support, I thought they just danced on there toes with normal ballet slippers. 

It wasn't until latter that I found out that ballerina's had special toe shoes for support, sense then I have researched  "Pointe shoes" and here is what I've found.

"Pointe shoes, sometimes called toe shoes, are a special kind of ballet shoe used by advanced dancers for pointework.
 "Pointe shoes" were developed  from the desire of ballerinas to appear weightless.
 The shoes allow a dancer to literally dance on the tips of the toes.

Yeah I know I already posted this but still.

Parts of a "Pointe shoe"

And one of the things I found is that you have to be a certain age and level in ballet to wear "Pointe shoes."

Sure you get sore feet and occasional blisters but I think my work, practice, and pain will all pay off in the end.                                                                                                                                                   

 And my ballet teacher told me that in the next year or so I will will be able to to start wearing and practicing in "Pointe shoes," as you can imagine I'm pretty exited! 

I don't know about you but I think "Pointe shoes" are the most beautiful shoes in the world! (just saying)

A new blog

Okay so I just made this blog and the main reason I made this blog is to share my feelings about ballet, homeschooling, and being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

So I hope you enjoy my blog!