I'm leaving on a jet plane and when I get back I will be in the thick of packing my children's lunches for school. Here we go again, and so soon. If you have been my friend for a while, you know that I go into Fall kicking and screaming, I think it is the routine that sends me into a spin. Monday through Friday, the same shtick over and over again. Routine is good for my personality style (flight-of-ideas, very random/abstract), but I don't enjoy it. So I need a new game to keep me going, a new plan, a new toy. Ma and Himself are rolling their eyes in that here-she-goes-again gaze. I know they are!
Mason Jars. They're my new gig for packing Himself's and my kids' lunches. Over 3700 lunches in the last 8 years packed for my kids alone, I think I can finally call myself an expert in this realm of motherhood. I have tried just about every container, hot and cold gizmo, and varieties of food, that I should have some sort of medal. The next 2 pics are with my iphone because I let my camera battery run out. See, totally unfocused am I.
Himself has even enjoyed Breakfast Mason Jar Meals. Homemade Sausage Gravy at the bottom, topped with pan fried taters, and scrambled eggs. A cute little jarred Cinnamon Roll, and a jar of mixed fruit.
Breakfast for lunch fit for the Laird of our wee clan!
And how will my kiddies get these Mason Jar Meals (MJMs) to school?
Yup. A double wine bottle carrier. Their Klean Kanteen on one side and MJMs on the others. Or gin in one and tonic in the other- for the teachers of course.
Well how about that Cinnamon Roll recipe, hum?
Teeny Tiny Baby Cinnamon Rolls in a Jar To Go!
2 cups unbleached AP flour
2 T. white sugar
1 1/4 T. baking powder
3/4 t. Kosher salt
1/4 cup butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cups buttermilk
In a large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients then cut in butter and mix until the dough is crumbly. Add buttermilk and mix until a nice dough forms. Place dough on a floured surface, knead a little, and roll into a big rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
Filling
1/4 cup butter very soft
1 cup brown sugar
1 T. cinnamon
Mix the filling ingredients together and spread evenly over rolled dough. Roll the dough length-wise away from you and slice into 12 evenly sized buns. Place in greased 4 ounce jelly mason jars that are on a jelly roll pan. Bake for 18 minutes in a 350 degree oven or until golden and baked through. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Top with icing.
Icing
2 cups powdered sugar
cream
vanilla
Place sugar in a bowl and whisk in small amounts of cream until the icing is thick but spoonable. Stir in a few drops of vanilla. Spoon over Cinnamon Rolls and let set a bit before adding lids. Refrigerate up to one week or freeze for 6 months. Makes 12. If you would like you can add a bit of cream cheese to the icing. Yum.
Have a great rest of your summer and I will see you all again in September. Tschüs!
How to Make Mason Jar Meals- Part 1
How to Make Mason Jar Meals- Part 2
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20 comments:
i adore jars...this is the cutest thing i've ever seen! i'm definitely making these ASAP. i love them!
They are just so cute! great traveling idea (or anytime)...
I Love jars..and you can SEE in them!! No more lost items!
One question..how long since everything is cooked, would you say the meals in a jar last?
The usual 3 or so days?
Oh never mind...I saw the 5-7 days on the first part of the meal prep...
Sounds like a plan! Great for lunches and meals already to eat..my guys will love this!
So smart! I love mason jars as well. They are great for everything from storing food to drinking out of. I guess you can even bake in them!
Cute Cute Jar Food!!! I love this. What a great idea, to make jar meals!
I love all your mason jar ideas, Robin, and I usually think itty bitty treats are a delight. But when it comes to cinnamon rolls, I have to say the bigger the better! I'd need at least 4 mason jars full!! : )
Brilliant, a stroke of genius all around on the MJMs.
Love the idea of meals all in one place, and in glass.
Clever, and a little hilarious, about using the wine caddy for a lunch bag.
No doubt that the teachers would much appreciate a G&T version.
My guess is that other mothers will soon be following suit for their children, and I bet the other kids at school will be very interested in them, too.
I'm on a "war" against plastic of all kinds.
If I have to use it, I go for BPA-free, but I still much prefer glass whenever possible.
It's biodegradable, it's easier to keep clean, and so much more.
Goodness. At least 3,700 school lunches in the last 8 years? No wonder you don't look forward to fall.
Have a fantastic vacation, and I hope you all come back with a refreshed, renewed feeling, and ready to take on the new school year.
Bon Voyage!
These are so adorable! Love them!
You are magic! You have sparked even more jar meal ideas for me (breakfast too???), esp for the laird of our wee clan! Btw the salad ones are a huge hit with me, loved the recipes and you're right, planning ahead for these things saves money and we're well and stocked with the food after I make it. In fact, hubby was sighing with such regret when he looked at the fridge after I shopped, proclaiming there was NOTHING TO EAT. Then I made it all and now he can't believe we have so much to eat!
oooh, great idea, robin sue! any method for getting cinnamon rolls into my belly is a-okay by me, but this one is extra cute. :)
These are so cute, I love your Mason jar ideas, very clever!
Love the tiny cinnamon rolls! Thought of you when I was at Smith Mountain Lake - hope you are having fun in Germany!!
"See" you when you get back!
Brilliant and so fun, Robin. Put on my RE FB page today!
Sandy- thanks so much for sharing!
Pretty darned cool Robin Sue!!
These look delicious and so cute! I can't wait to make them, thank you for sharing!
Wow, these do look great, thanks for sharing with us.
Oh my goodness, my mouth is watering just looking at these. Can't wait to copy this!
I just came here though another recipe someone has pinned on Pinterest - love your blog and I'm super stoked to try the jar cinnamon buns :) Thanks!
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