February 21

How I Celebrated

Ok guys. I didn't look up a recipe again. I just grabbed a can of Pilsbury's Grands and tried to roll it out (it was super hard). Then I spread a bunch of butter and cinnamon sugar, and popped them in the oven. They taste fine, don't worry it wasn't a disaster! However, they aren't really sticky, and could have used a ton more cinnamon sugary sweetness on top. Oh well, I put on some Nutella and got my fat kid on!

Diet Helpers 

• Sugar Free

  Here are a few recipes I found for cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy. They still have added sweetener like honey or coconut sugar, so depending on what you like to use, you will have to substitute accordingly or find another recipe.

• Gluten Free

  See above for recipes. Both sticky buns and biscuits are what you need to find substitutions for. Even the gravy contains flour most of the time.

• Vegetarian

  Make sure you use a vegetable or mushroom gravy with your biscuits.

Recipes

• Try these cinnamon buns from allrecipes
• Epicirious steps it up with their sticky buns
• And a vegan sticky bun recipe from minimalist baker
• A nice sausage gravy from allrecipes
• Or if you are prone to trust foodnetwork instead
• Try these southern biscuits from Alton Brown

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History

Punchbowl
One of the few things I remember my mom making from scratch. Desserts were usually mixes for us. She did not make them very often. Nate is lucky one of his family Christmas traditions was to get Cinnabon. I don't even know the first time I had Cinnabon. High school? I LOVE CINNAMON. Anyhow, it says that "Schnecken" were/ are considered a Philadelphia specialty.

Merchandise

Don't you guys love Cinnamoroll from Sanrio?
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Restaurants

• Diners like Denny's make it easy to find biscuits and gravy
• Here is where LA weekly says you should go for cinnamon rolls
• Discover Los Angeles can point you in the right direction for biscuits
• Obviously I already mentioned Cinnabon

Other Things to Celebrate Today

• National Cherry Month
• Celebration of Chocolate Month
• National Hot Breakfast Month
• National Snack Food Month
• Potato Lover's Month
• Berry Fresh Month
• Canned Food Month
• Great American Pies Month
• Fiber Focus Month
• National Grapefruit Month
• Sweet Potato Month
• National Fondue Month
• National Heart Healthy Month
• Return Carts to the Supermarket Month
• Bake for Family Fun Month
• Bird Health Awareness Week
• Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
• Build a Better Trade Show Image Week
• Jewish Book Week
• Lent
• Make Mine Chocolate
• National Date Week
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• National Engineer's Week
• National Entrepreneurship Week
• National FFA Week
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week
• National Justice for Animals Week
• National Pancake Week
• NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week
• Through with the Chew (Chewing Tobacco)
• Card Reading Day
• International Mother Language Day
• World Information Architecture Day