Sun Oven

I have a new toy. Being of the LDS faith, we are encouraged to have some food storage for those "what if.." moments in life. Of course, we have been taking our sweet time getting there, but we are trying. We get a little bit each month, and our storage is growing nicely. One day, Jared happened to mention to me, that if we had no power, we wouldn't be able to cook very many things before our propane tank on the BBQ grill was empty. We really don't want to have to store a year's supply of propane or charcoal for many different reasons, so we were trying to come up with something else. We have watched numerous food storage videos, and presentations, and kept coming in contact with the Global Sun Oven. We did our own research, and when our church congregation put a group order together, and this was on there, we jumped at the opportunity to save some money on it.

Of course, just like any child, as soon as it came, I openend the box to "play" with my new toy. This is what I made:


These happen to be extremely yummy whole wheat cinnamon rolls. I got the recipe from my grandmother this summer while up at her house for her 60th wedding anniversary. I adapted it a bit, since the recpie calls for white bread flour. I wanted to make them a little healthier, and my wheat bucket is just staring at me to be put to use. I got out my wheat grinder, and ground up the necessary amount of flour that I would need, and put everything into the bread maker. I really should try the conventional way sometime, since if we were without power, I wouldn't be able to use my bread machine....oh well. One step at a time. :)

I then situated the sun oven out on my driveway, and got to baking. This is what it looked like after they were done. I forgot to take a picture of them outside, so I reenacted the scene on the table, out of reach of little grabby hands.

I have to say, these were sooooo good! I have never glazed these cinnamon rolls, because to me, they are plenty sweet without them, and my kids and I don't need the extra sugar. ;) If you would like to have this recipe, just leave me a comment, and I will email it to you. Even if you don't like wheat bread and things, you can still make these with white flour. They are just as good. I promise. I have made them both ways.