FEATURE RECIPE: Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Loaf

Pillsbury Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Loaf - Photo from Pillsbury.com

Have you ever found yourself standing in the kitchen, holding open the refrigerator door and staring into it - wishing you could find something to fill that after dinner sweet craving?

Well stare no more, because just four ingredients and three simple steps is all you need to satisfy that sweet-tooth that just won’t go away.

These four ingredients are staples in my house, and probably yours too.

So grab a can of Pillsbury

biscuits, the sugar, butter and cinnamon and satiate that craving!

Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Loaf
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
2-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup margarine or butter, melted
1 (12 oz) can Pillsbury Grands! Jr. Golden Layers refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

Step 1
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Generously grease 8x4 inch loaf pan (do not use dark-coated pan). In small shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon; mix well.

Step 2
Separate dough into 10 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Dip each quarter into melted butter; roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Arrange in greased loaf pan.

Step 3
Bake at 400 degrees F. for 19-27 minutes. Cool 2 minutes. Loosen edges; remove from pan. Place on serving plate. Serve warm.

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Buttermilk Pie serves up sweet memories of my uncle

I share this recipe with you, in memory of my uncle Lee Roy Poe. How much I enjoyed baking "Uncle" this Buttermilk Pie. Each visit when he and my sweeter-than-sugar Aunt Helen came to Michigan from Arkansas I would make him this pie. I don't remember exactly when I started making it for him, it seems like something that I've always done and always enjoyed doing.

Uncle had a heart of gold and was one of the kindest men I've ever known. He always made sure to tell me how much he loved my Buttermilk Pie. It was always good and just right, according to him. I guess it could of been that he really thought it was that good or the fact that he would never say otherwise. I know that my aunt made this pie just as well and if not better than I did. Although if you asked her, I'm sure she would say otherwise. Uncle wasn't the only one with a heart of gold.

I think for me, it became more about doing something special for someone I cared so much about. My uncle was the kind of person that made everyone feel special. He was a joy to be around - his smile always showed how happy he was to see you.

I'll continue to make this pie for family, each time it will serve up those sweet memories of Uncle Lee Roy.

It's the little things in life that mean the world. Make a difference in someone's life and show them how much you appreciate the little things they do.

For you, Uncle Lee Roy. The world is a better place because of you.

Buttermilk Pie

Buttermilk Pie

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
1 1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs separated
3 tablespoon flour
1 1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon lemon juice
pinch salt
1 pie shell

Directions
Cream butter and sugar in medium mixing bowl. Add egg yolks one at a time while mixing.
Beat in flour and buttermilk.
Add lemon juice and salt. Mix well.
Set aside.
In another mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
Fold into filling mixture.
Immediately pour into pie shell.
Bake on middle rack in 325 degree preheated oven for about an hour or until top browns.

In loving memory of Lee Roy Poe
Feb 10, 1924-Dec. 26, 2012
Sadly missed - Forever loved