Sometimes I fall down . . .

"Train your minds and your hands that you may be equipped to serve well in the society of which you are a part. Cultivate the art of being kind, of being thoughtful, of being helpful. Refine within you the quality of mercy, which comes as a part of the divine attributes you have inherited."
~President Gordon B Hinckley

I try to be as good and as kind a person that I can be, most of the time. Sometimes I do very well at it. Sometimes though, I fall . . .

Yesterday I made an unkind comment about an aquaintance to another, and immediately, as soon as I had spoken the words, my conscience pricked me, and I felt bad. I felt as if I was letting someone down, as if I had been caught with my hand in the cookie jar. I just knew, as soon as the words left my lip, that I had spoken in a way that was not befitting the daughter of a king.



How many times has my father had to forgive me for things that I have done or things that I could, and should have done better . . . How can I be so judgemental of another when they are, just like me, trying their hardest to do their best in a world that is not all that easy to cope with, and with all the failings and shortcomings we, as humans, have to deal with every day . . .

I have always tried to keep to the line of thinking that most people do the very best that they know how to do according to their experience . . . and that, when they know better, they inevitably do better.



I owe someone an apology. Not the person I spoke about . . . they don't know what I said . . . but to the person I said it to. I was trying to be funny, but, in retrospect, it wasn't all that funny after all, and it was very unkind . . . I've really let myself down there . . . but worse than that . . . I've disappointed my Heavenly Father . . .

Just goes to show, I have a long ways to go yet, before I am refined . . . but I'm getting closer. Thank goodness for repentance . . . and thank goodness for forgiveness . . . where would we be without it?



Speaking of mistakes . . .

I started off to make these yeasty sweet rolls one day at the weekend, but all I ended up with was a soupy, yeasty mass. I am not sure how that happened. Perhaps it was because I tried to take the easy way out and do the dough in the bread machine. Me and yeast doughs do not get along. At any rate, I ended up with a bowl full of filling and nothing to fill it with . . . and then I had a quick rethink and thought why not . . . We love cinnamon rolls done this way, why not these???

I was inspired. These are incredibly moreish. I love it when a mistake turns into something delicious! I bet you can't eat just one!



*Quick Cardamom Lime Sweet Rolls*
Makes one dozen
Printable Recipe

Imagine a flakey biscuit, rolled up and filled with a tasty, spicy filling of brown sugar, lime zest and cardamom. Sliced and baked and then drizzled with a delicious lime sugar glaze, these are incredibly moreish.

For the Dough:
2 cups flour
1 TBS baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
3/4 cup plus 2 TBS milk
For the filling:
1/2 cup packed soft light brown sugar
the grated zest of one lime
3/4 tsp of ground cardamom
Softened butter
For the Glaze:
3 TBS fresh lime juice
1 cup sifted icing sugar



Pre-heat the oven to 2o5*C/425*D. Butter a 13 by 9 inch baking pan well. Set aside.

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together into a bowl. Cut in the vegetable shortening with two round bladed knives or a pastry blender, until the mixture looks like fine bread crumbs. Make a well in the centre. Pour in the milk and mix together with a fork to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead several turns. Pat out into 8 by 12 inch rectangle. Spread generously with softened butter.



Mix together the brown sugar. lime zest and cardamom. Sprinkle this evenly over top of the softened butter, patting it down lightly to adhere. Roll up from the long side as tightly as you can, as if for a jelly roll. (Swiss roll) Seal along the long edge by dampening with some milk and pinching together. Cut into 12 one inch wide slices. Place in the buttered baking dish. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until nicely browned.

Stir together the lime juice and icing sugar until smooth. Drizzle this mixture over top of the warm rolls. Serve warm. Delicious!



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