Fried Chicken and Cheesesteaks

 Do you want your tea to be just like Lucy's first visit into the wardrobe?   An appropriate cake for a girl and a faun sharing a pot of tea.       Grease a 13 x 9 pan, preheat oven to 350   In mixer bowl stir together: 3 cups flour (or sub GF) 2 cups sugar 4 tsp baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tsp salt freshly grated nutmeg dash of mace   then mix in: 2 cups sour cream 4 eggs   Pour into 13 x 9 pan, then  use mixer and beater: swirl: cream together  3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter, softened 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 Tablespoons cinnamon (I like to use some each of cassia and ceylon if you have two types on hand) 1 teaspoon cardamom  (any other warming spices you'd like) put well creamed soft mixture into a zip-top bag, snip tiny corner of bag and swirl over the top of the cake.   It will sink in during baking.    Bake ~40 minutes, until tester comes out clean. If desired make a glaze:  2 cups ...

Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons ground ginger (for a spicy cookie - use less if you like) 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (again, for a spicy cookie) 1.5 tsp ground cloves pinch of salt pinch of ground allspice, just because it there in the spice drawer 2 teaspoons baking soda dissolved in 2 tablespoons water 1 cup molasses (I used blackstrap, but regular will be fine too) 5 cups all purpose flour In electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until creamy. Add spices and salt and mix well. Add the baking soda mixture and molasses - beat for a while until thoroughly combined or until you reach the commercial break of the holiday special you are watching. Add the flour one cup at a time, then beat for two more minutes until well mixed. Let the dough stand while you go eat dinner or some other activity of your choice for about an hour. Place a piece of wax paper or parchment paper on the counter. Put about a third of the dough in the middle...

These are SOOOO good, and they make your house smell like a Cinnabon while they are baking. (Cinnabon is, I'm quite certain, a registered trademark. I am not claiming these are the Cinnabon recipe. But two different people told me they were better) In the bread machine, run these ingredients on the dough setting (the second time I made these, I actually set the dough cycle to run right before going to bed, and didn't die because there was milk in the recipe. On the other hand, we keep our house in the mid 50's overnight during the winter nights, so take that into consideration if you try it in the African heat): 1 cup warm milk 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup butter, melted 4 1/2 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 packed (2 1/2 tsp) yeast When finished, punch dough down and transfer to board: Very lightly flour, and roll/stretch out, then brush w/ 1/4 cup butter, melted (or spread if you thought ahead enough to have some very spreadable): Combine 1 cup brown ...