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Bake up some sticky, gooey deliciousness! Caramel Pecan Rolls

I am a huge caramel fan, so I increased the caramel and nuts from the original recipe to add even more topping to these rolls. This uses the same dough as the Cinnamon Rolls I posted earlier.

A plate of yummy goodness!

Walter Wellman – World War II Soldier

Walter Wellman was born April 25, 1919 to George and Veronica (Moeller) Wellman. He was Georgie’s cousin.

Walter Wellman

Orange you glad I am sharing this recipe?

Homemade Orange Rolls

I really enjoy this variation on my homemade sweet rolls. I made the recipe a few times tweaking the quantities and flavorings. Fortunately, I live with someone who is happy to act as taste tester.

Fashionably dressed: These ladies had some serious style!

It’s fun to look at how the fashions changed over the years.

Louise and Georgie in Chicago in 1939

Are you hungry?: Let’s bake homemade cinnamon rolls

I use the same basic recipe to make a variety of sweet rolls. There is cinnamon and its variations – raisin or raisin and apple. I make a delicious orange roll. There is a sticky pecan roll. I will cover each variety in a separate post.

Orange rolls

I’m Lost: Where was this picture taken?

Who is in the picture? When was it taken?

Georgie and Walt. Taken in the summer of 1970

When you inherit a lot of pictures, you are often missing information about a picture or 200. Sometimes, you find information written on the photo, or in the album it is in. It may be fairly complete – with date, place, and people. It may be only one of these pieces of information, it may be none. Sometimes, people are identified with nicknames or middle names.

Creating a quilt for a challenge project: Book to fabric

Every other year, my local quilt guild has a show, and there is always a challenge project.  It encourages people to create something special in a theme to share with the visitors.  It often has restrictions as to size and other details.

Eternity

Michelle’s Uncle Paul: A birthday remembered a little late

My uncle Paul was born on April 1, 1939. He always seems to me to have the right sense of humor for someone born on April Fool’s Day. 

At my Grandma’s 75th birthday party with all her kids – Mardell, Chuck, Claudette, Paul, Linda, Mom, Grandma James and Delores.

Preparing meals for easy week night dinners: Chicken Broccoli Casserole

When Walt or I are home during the day, we enjoy cooking dinner.  When both of us have to work, we like to choose something that is quick and easy so that we are not eating dinner at 8 pm.  One of my methods of dealing with quick, weekday meals is to make bigger batches of meals when I am home and freeze the extras for later.

Dinner is ready!

Soups, chile, and spaghetti sauce are all easy ones to make big batches of and freeze, and we usually have several of these on hand.  I also do casserole dishes and lasagna.  When I make dishes like this, I prepare them in smaller pans. For example, I make lasagna in loaf pans, then freeze it before baking. 

Elizabeth Wellman Link: Happy Birthday!

Elizabeth Wellman was born April 2, 1890 to Gerhard and Maria Wellman in West Point, Iowa. 

She was born to German immigrants. Gerhard had come to America from Germany in 1884.  Maria Kruempelmann had arrived in 1885. 

George, Bernard, Gerhard, Elizabeth, Anthony, and Aloyius Wellman. This picture was taken in 1905.

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