Friday, July 3, 2009
just make these

Tomorrow’s the Fourth of July, which means fireworks, outdoor grilling, red-white-and-blue decorations and, for some of us, road trips through the night to the family cabin.
That’s right: I’m saying that beginning sometime around midnight this evening, I will have reached the deep woods, away from everything, including Internet and cell phone usage (except when we get into town, at which point I’m sure to want a Twitter fix, so you can probably check in with me there if you’d like).
Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and, I wanted to give you these.

Since we’re all about to leave (or have already left?) for holiday, I’ll neglect the usual long commentary in our visits here and just say this instead: Make these monkey breads. Do it for the memory of my elementary school cooking projects, where the teacher made one and I had to have Mom find the recipe. Do it for my old college roommate who, no matter how long it’s been since she last visited, always has to run to the store when she drops by, grabbing frozen bread dough and cinnamon.
Do it because when you take this ordinary monkey bread and make it in muffin cups rather than a bundt pan, it’s even more delicious, more addictive, so that you and your friends won’t be able to stop pulling away pieces from the little cups, holding ribbons of gooey bread between your fingers, sugar all over your hand. Just make these. See you soon.
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