Sopapilla and Sharing

So the other day some some sweet ladies were in my line at the store and I filled them in on a Sopapilla recipe I have grown to love pretty quickly. They were obviously quite excited about this and wanted the aforementioned recipe for themselves. I told them I got it from "allrecipes.com" but I wasn't quite sure. It turns out I was right so all probably went well but next time I think I'll refer people to this easy to remember place. For those of you who are visiting because I've directed you here so you can get your hands on this delicious and easy recipe, I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. The only modification I made to the recipe was that I used "buttery" crescent dough for the top crust which I thought was a nice touch and I served with fresh macerated strawberries.

Sopapilla Mexican Cheesecake 

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup honey

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Beat the cream cheese with 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
3. Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape each piece into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough. Stir together 3/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Dot the mixture over the top of the cheesecake.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle with honey. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 12 squares.

GLOBECANS!! Enjoy. <3

Little Shop of Mexicans

Globe, I have neglected thee. It's just that I'm SO BUSY pacing my house figuring out what to do with my life. There are a lot of important things to figure out and it just gets hard sometimes you know.

Two things are on my mind which has developed a limited space for things at all.

#1 election. You know my election woes globe, and I'm sure you also know that yesterday was voting day: the day where people vote. One thing I noticed about the election was that a lot of people won. A lot of other people lost. I've been imagining the Reid father-son conversation today - after of course Rory has viciously devoured his friends ben and jerry in a fit of bottled up rage that only a toothpick lookalike politician and Sharron Angle are capable of. "Rory my boy, I'm so sorry for your loss." "thanks dad, we tried our best but Brian is a" "lets not blame this on any one factor son, you've still got a lot of learning to do to catch up to the campaigning talent of your old man." . . The real issue in the election statewide for nevada is mexicans. Harry Reid won because he's "an immigrant's best friend" and Angle is a colorblind racist. The same is true for Shelley Berkley who is a woman and hence, probably makes killer quesadillas in the House of Reps kitchen. Brian Sandoval won because he is a mexican and Joe Heck and Dean Hell-er won because mexicans at the polls mistook their last names for the old country. It was a victory night for a lot of people, mostly mexicans. Something historical has happened globe. California and Nevada have both elected Brown governors. That's all I have to say on the matter.

#2 I had the pleasure of seeing a tremendous performance of Little Shoppe of Horrors put on by the MVHS theater department. I laughed, I cried I wonder why'ed and I went home. Then i came back for MORE!! Notable moments for me included the trashcan fight involving one of my favorite singers of all time and the Romiette-ish moment where the excellently portrayed Seymour and the tear-jerking female lead decided on sacrificing the not-so-virgin to the plant god of wealth. Also, whoever was on piano is very very talented and the voice of Audrey II was very delightful, especially at the matinée.

GF#RI.

JC