In my friend Billy’s new cookbook Whip it Up! (comes out soon!) there’s a section called “Choose Your Own Adventure Rolls.” I thought…OOH. YES PLEASE. LET’S MAKE THE ALMOND ROLLS. Because DOUGH and ALMONDS and DO I REALLY NEED TO EXPLAIN WHY?! No.
After I measured out all the ingredients for the dough, I went to take a picture and realized I left my camera at my parent’s house. I thought, “Oh! I’ll just use my older camera!” Which… lead me on an hour long hunt around my house that left me empty handed. I grabbed my phone and Cooper’s point & shoot camera and here we are.
All of this happened on the last day of Mercury being in retrograde. Figures, right? Fortunately, the batteries on both the camera and the phone died RIGHT before I was finishing the last shot. Oddly enough, I find those particular photography challenges exhilarating. I mean… it’s kind of unnerving and stressful, but I think it’s fun to try new equipment out and test myself. Also, I’m lazy. I didn’t want to drive to my parent’s house. Let’s just be real here.
The rolls turned into Almond Joy Rolls with the addition of milk chocolate and coconut shreds mixed in the cream cheese filling. I know, you’re thinking where’s all the chocolate? There’s melted chunks studded throughout the inside of the rolls! They’re doughy, they’re gooey and holy mother….they need to get out of my house right now before I eat them all. Thanks, Billy for an awesome recipe. So proud of you and your book! And thanks for cellphones that have pretty decent cameras. Look, Mom! There’s a benefit to having my phone attached to me. We have Almond Joy Rolls to enjoy now and I now I can say that I totally “phoned” it in.
