Making Cinnamon Rolls Using a New Recipe: My First Attempt

Hi everyone! This past September, I did a lot of baking. Although I know of others who bake way more than I did, for me, it was quite a lot of baking!

One of the main recipes I made last month was cinnamon rolls. I started working on my cinnamon roll baking skills last year when I found a recipe I liked in one of my cookbooks. The cookbook, The Cottagecore Baking Book by Kayla Lobermeier, has become one of my favorite cookbooks for baking traditional style breads and baked treats.

The recipe I use is called Cinnamon Star Bread with Eggnog Icing. I liked the recipe because it didn’t use a tangzhog, which is used as a starter for many cinnamon roll recipes I found. Even though I don’t have a problem using tangzhog in a recipe, especially when making Asian bread (Which is what it is originally for), I didn’t want to use it in a cinnamon roll recipe. I wanted to learn how to use a recipe that is more “traditional”. This is why I was so drawn to the Cinnamon Star Bread recipe.

Last year, I decided to give using the recipe to not make a Star Bread, but instead cinnamon rolls. I decided to photograph my progress, but I waited until this fall to write a post about it. This way I could use the recipe more times and understood what it could and could not do before I write a post about it.

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My Search for Camping Gear for Summer 2026- How the Search is Going and Changes in Plans

Earlier this year, I wrote two posts about my search for and desire to buy camping gear, specifically camping chairs and a tent or canopy. Since I wrote those posts, the time I consider the peak summer time period (Late May through mid July) has passed. Because time has passed since I wrote those posts, I want to write an update post about my search for camping gear.

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Favorite Valentine’s Day 2026 Decorations from Walmart

Last month, the Walmart I normally shop at put their Valentine’s Day decorations on shelves. After browsing what Walmart had, I found some decorations I liked, but not enough to buy them at that time.

Since Valentine’s Day is next week, I want to show my Valentine’s Day favorite decorations for sale at Walmart.

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15 of the Happiest Things That Happened for Me in 2025

2025 was not a great year for me. I had some major disappointments and suffered from some upsetting things this year. Yet, at this time of my life, I now know that no matter how sad the year has been, there are still some happy things that happen as well.

Since we are so close to the end of 2025, I decided to write a post about the happy things that happened to me this year.

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Book Review: 12 Days of Christmas, A Little Golden Book Classic

It is Christmas Eve, which is a perfect time for families with children to read Christmas themed bedtime stories. Although there are plenty of books about Santa Claus, including The Night Before Christmas, and the birth of Jesus, I wanted to review a book for Blogmas 2025 that didn’t focus on them.

Instead, I decided to focus on a book about a tradition that was honored centuries ago: The Twelve Days of Christmas. Although the celebration is still honored by many, many just know it by the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Last year, I found a reprinting of A Little Golden Book that tells the story of the song with illustrations. Since December 24th is the night when the Twelve Days of Christmas begins, I thought it would be a perfect time to review this book.

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Lenox 2024 Snow Majesty Snowflake Ornament Feature

Last year, I decided to shop for new ornaments that are different to the ones I can normally find at Hallmark’s stores. One of the ornaments I stumbled across is Lenox’s Snow Majesty Snowflake ornament.

I don’t normally like anything from Lenox’s line of metal ornaments. They don’t always have a shape or look that I like. Sometimes, the quality isn’t as nice as the ceramic ornaments. In 2024, I really loved with that year’s metal ornament. I liked it’s design and the quality, so I decided to purchase it.

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The Ups and Downs of Decorating for the Holidays While Working on the House

Christmas is this week and I’m sad to say I don’t have a big tree up in my house. I had plans to put one up, but this year things are different. My house needs work and I don’t have anywhere to put a tree up.

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Book Review: Christmas at Hogwarts by J.K. Rowling with Illustrations by Ziyi Gao

Every year, there are new Christmas themed books. Some of them are for adults while others are for children. They tell classic Christmas tales while others tell new and original stories. There are some that are inspired by popular media such as TV shows, movies, and more.

After watching and browsing these books for years, I noticed a major trend for these books. For the past few years, there has been a trend to publish Christmas books inspired by popular media for adults… but these books are meant for children.

One of the books I was curious about was Christmas at Hogwarts. I am not a huge Harry Potter fan, but I was curious about the book. The art looked really nice and the premise peaked my interest. After debating if I would actually like the book, I decided to buy myself a copy and read it myself.

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Christmas Events in My Town and Missing Out on the Festive Fun for 2025

Christmas is less than a week away. I am both happy and sad to see this season to come to an end. I am happy to see this busy season end, but I am also sad because I enjoy Christmas decorations and all the festive activities that go along with it.

This year, I had plans to go to one of the major Christmas events in my town. Even though I had plans, nothing panned out and I ended up staying home. After this miss opportunity, I began to wonder if there are other Christmas events in my area. I began to search for events in my town, but there wasn’t anything as major as the missed event.

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Book Review: Skipping Christmas: A Novel by John Grisham

Growing up, my relatives read a lot. One of their favorite authors was John Grisham. I grew up knowing John Grisham as an author of mystery novels, which is my relative’s favorite genre of books. When the movie Christmas with the Kranks was released, the news mentioned John Grisham wrote the book it was based off. I was really surprised by this because, like I mentioned, I only knew John Grisham for his mystery novels.

When I got older, I decided to make a list of books I wanted to own and read as a child. Skipping Christmas, the movie Christmas with the Kranks was based off, was on that list. I eventually purchased a copy of it and have read it on and off over the years. After years of reading it, I decided to write a review post about it.

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