Sometimes change is GOOD!!

So, I have gone with a strict policy of if I have a good recipe that is tried and true that I will not try to "improve" on it with another recipe because I am usually disappointed - kind of the "If it's not broke - don't fix it" mentality but I have to say that today I broke that rule and I am SOOOO glad I did.  I have been told my cinnamon toast is pretty awesome. So when I saw this post from the Pioneer Woman's cinnamon toast I thought I would give it a try and OH MY WORD!!! It was wonderful.  It even got thumbs up from the boyfriend and his 17 year old son!  This one is a keeper and I will never make cinnamon toast any other way!  FRIENDS - TRY IT!!!! I bet you will love it too!!!


I halved this recipe because I didn't need 8 slices of toast.  I still ended up using the same amount of cinnamon and vanilla!

Ingredients

8	slices Bread (whole Wheat Is Great!)
1	stick Salted Butter, Softened
½	cup Sugar (more To Taste)
1½	teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
1	teaspoon Vanilla Extract (more To Taste)
¼	teaspoons Ground Nutmeg (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Smush softened butter with a fork. Dump in sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, if using. Stir to completely combine.
Spread on slices of bread, completely covering the surface all the way to the edges.
Place toast on a cookie sheet. Place cookies sheet into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil until golden brown and bubbling. Watch so it won’t burn!
Remove from oven and cut slices into halves diagonally.

Picture borrowed from FoodieWife F. because I forgot to take a picture of mine this morning! :(

For my classroom

If I didn't mention, I teach 4th grade and have taught this grade level for 10 years.  I always thought I would teacher Kinder up until almost graduation and then thought "God Bless those that teacher 5 year olds" because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I COULD do it but I also know that it is NOT my calling.  I much prefer a little bit older and self sufficient. :)  I have taught self contained classrooms, team taught, departmentalized... you name it.  Being a 4th grade teacher in Texas means a lot of writing.  Sometimes we are writing multiple things at once and it is so easy to get lost as to where each student is in the process.  I found this solution on Pinterest (of course) and with the help of one of my awesome room mom's, I have something that is a visual at a glance not only for me but my kids too.  I love it and will continue to use it until I get another job (as an Asst. Principal since I am not certified!  Yeah me!)

The sections are as follows:  Brainstorming, Prewriting, Rough Draft, Revising, Final Copy, Rubric

There are clothes pin with each child's number on them to identify where each child is in the process.