I have a cut in the roof of my mouth and I can’t stop tonguing it. I keep telling myself; “Stop it, or it won’t ever heal!” but it seems my tongue has a mind of its own. It’s like a sneaky little joker. The second I’m not paying attention I feel the unsuspecting sting…
AND…
Ha, ha, ha…!
I hear it laughing, inflicting pain on me: The unsuspecting chick who is just minding her biz.
Devious little wayward tongue…
Sucks that I need it to speak and swirl my food from side to side, or it would get cut…
Ghetto style…
But I’ll get it one day…
*Sigh*…
My son loves Dunkin Donuts cinnamon swirl muffins. Two mornings a week I buy the kid a muffin on his way to school. As I hand him the muffin he shoots me a googly eyed look, and words of gratitude – Usually something along the lines of; “Yeah, baby – I got my muffin!”
That’s 11 year old gratitude… I take what I can get.
One day last week he looks at me and says; “Ma, you need to learn how to make these”…
*Sigh*…
It never fails… Those mofos always eat something – Then request I replicate, make it better, or put my touch on it… Basically, it’s so they don’t have to go further than the cookie jar or the cake stand.
Lazy mofos…
That’s what moms are for, I guess. That and to put Band-Aids on boo boos. Gosh, I wish someone would put a Band-Aid in the roof of my mouth.
I can’t concentrate properly today…
I have to admit, those Dunkin Donuts cinnamon swirl muffins are the bomb. They are hella moist with a crunchy crumb topping and bursts of cinnamon flavor; a flavor that can only be achieved by the addition of cinnamon chips.
How can I compete?
Now is the time to mention: I live in the hood… There are no cinnamon chips where I live. I don’t even think people bake around these parts.
True story: I couldn’t find cornstarch at the regular grocery store once. Who runs out of cornstarch? Ugh!
I even trekked it to the faraway land of the Upper East Side looking for cinnamon chips and gave up after 30 minutes of frantic searching. No chips, nowhere…
So screw it – I made my own.
Did you know you can make cinnamon chips with just 4 ingredients? Actually 5 – I added a little vanilla extract to bring out the cinnamon flavor. Did you know you can make your own cinnamon chips in 4 easy steps?
- Mix
- Spread
- Bake for about 35 minutes
- Break into chips
You’re done…
That’s it…
The cinnamon flavor in these chips is explosive – And that’s what you’re looking for.
What’s the absolute beauty of making your own cinnamon chips? If you run out, you can always bake some more… If you have all 5 ingredients and 5 minutes to mix, you’re golden…
WIN…
This is to you from me – No thanks necessary.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to impress my boy with some cinnamon swirl muffins. I’m trying to score a googly eyed look. Oh, and I have to attend to this tongue, who with the stealth of a Ninja warrior is trying to make its way back into that dang cut.
*Sigh*…
Love,
Me…
