Today we had hoped to go apple picking and celebrate fall with lots of apple-related cooking (like apple pie!) but it rained.  So we decided to cheer ourselves up by making cinnamon pastries.  This is a recipe that our grandma taught our mom as a way to use up extra pastry dough when you made a pie.  It’s really easy but so delicious.  Since we didn’t have any apples to make an apple pie, we had a full pie’s worth of pastry. (And you can always buy store-made pastry!)  The steps are simple…roll out the pastry dough, spread melted (or softened) butter on the pastry, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, roll up, slice and bake for 12-15 minutes at a 450 degree oven.  Be sure to check between 12 and 15 minutes because, depending on your oven, they can burn quickly…

These are just so cute! And easy! And delicious!