the infamous pumpkin cream cheese roll fool.

Okay. So yesterday (Sunday) I gave my very first attempt to a pumpkin cream cheese roll. I was for sure nervous about it but so is everyone the first time. I also made Salisbury Steak and Red Garlic Mashed Potatoes but that's for another post. I figured the decadent p.cheese roll needed it's own post. (It's also my first time to take pictures of a project so give me a lil' slack) I kept saying to myself, "oh crap! i forgot to take a picture of that." Oh well. It's a work in progress. :) Oh and can't wait to tell you what happened with the gravy for the Salisbury steak. Let's just say, I had to change. So anyways.

Mixing all yummy ingredients for the pumpkin roll. It said to use a "jell-o roll" pan but we poor! and the cookie sheet worked just fine. and what.

This is my oh so tee-nine-ey kitchen. Messy. I had to do several dishes to have a place to cook and what not. (we also are ill-equipped in the dishwasher department, which is usually fine but not so much when i was spending five hours in the kitchen of pure cooking). so yeah. clean up!

Do you like my little helper/crumb catcher.

Messy pumpkin goodness. BTDUB: While we were at the store getting the supplies my dear ladyfriend thought baking powder and baking soda were the same thing. (learn something new everyday!)

First set of dishes!

I was a little sad that I didn't use ALL the pumpkin. (then i thought, you only use so little pumpkin for a pumpkin cream cheese roll. then I realized, it's the clove and cinnamon that makes the pumpkin goodness, the really really good pumpkin goodness.) interesting.

So, the good thing about not having kids is that you totally get to lick the mixers and the bowl and the spoon!

The yummy filling. mmmm...cream cheese.

I also did not have a "cooling rack" so I set it on my awesome stand that I got for jen's baby shower. it's a rack. and it cooled. pretty much legit.

Then! I unrolled the pumpkin and smothered the inside with cream cheese goodness. so tasty too.

This is the roll first rolled up! I was oh so nervous it would crack. and it did. just a smidge. oh swell.

THEN! I wrapped it up and put it in the fridge for a while (like longer than an hour because I was cooking dinner)

As I unwrapped it I noticed my cracks had closed up and healed themselves! (much like when you pick a scab and the skin grows back.) yeah, just like that. ha!

Okay, not gonna lie. It was good. My ladyfriend feels it was a little chewy. Maybe that's from the cooling process... I'm not sure but I'm def. looking into perfecting this yummy (not so hard) roll. I'm going to try it again and see what happens.

Thanks for reading. <3>

k