Oh Pinterest…I love how you jump start my mind, get those creative juices flowing and leave me with 15 open tabs in my browser that completely overwhelm me.  Ok that last part isn’t something I love about Pinterest, but it never fails that when I am on the computer looking for something on Pinterest, I get sucked into this downward spiral of food and crafts and weddings… OH MY!

I have tried quite of few things that I have discovered on Pinterest.  I usually get drawn into a pin by a stunning photograph of something yummy, then think that I have to make this amazing thing for my family.  Most of the time, things have gone swimmingly and there have been no complaints.  Last night, however…

It all started with this pin:

See what I mean about yummy photography!

Clicking on the photo in the pin, I get to the website ohbiteit.com.

I read through the ingredients…awesome I have all that stuff!

I read through the instructions…seems simple enough!

So off I go on another culinary adventure!  Popping open the can of biscuits they looked, well, …weird.  They seemed a bit puffier than usual, but I REALLY wanted to make these dumplings!

In a big pot, the syrup was boiling.  In I dropped the quarter biscuits.  I started to get very excited as they started to puff up.  I let them cook according to the directions, pushing them into the syrup then covering.  I mixed together the sugar and spices…ohhhh this is going to be good!

I took the dumplings out and sprinkled them with the sugar mixture, then put them in dishes to serve, finished them off with a spoon of delicious smelling thick syrup….

Looks so good!

I put the bowls on the table with a couple of pieces of sausage.  I waited with baited breath for the chorus of “mmmmmms” and “yuuuuumm”…but that didn’t happen.  I felt crushed.  I messed up something that was supposed to be AMAZING!

In all fairness to the quiet chorus, it wasn’t that great.  I used weird buttermilk biscuits instead of flaky layer biscuits.

The syrup was amazing though.  Thick and so maple-y…..mmmmmmm

I might not have hit that recipe out of the park this time, but that isn’t going to keep me from tweeking and trying again!

Oh…and Pinterest….I might have failed this time, but I’ll be back!