Oatmeal Dinner Rolls

Don't you just love homemade bread? I know I do. For me, making it is almost as good as eating it. Today I'm sharing a recipe that my mom has made countless times for my family. I just made these yesterday and my family had some for dinner along with our beef stroganoff. 

Without further ado, I present...

Oatmeal Dinner Rolls

2 cups water

1 cup oatmeal

3 Tbl oil

1/3 cup warm water

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 Tb. white sugar

½ tsp salt

4 ¾ cup flour

1 Tbl yeast

Boil water in small saucepan. Add oatmeal and oil; cook and stir one minute. Cool to lukewarm (about 10-15 minutes). Put cooled cooked oatmeal in bread machine and add other ingredients in order shown, using dough cycle. When done, divide dough in half and cut into 9 parts each. Use 2 round cake pans and shape rolls into equal balls, putting 9 rolls in each pan (one in center and others around it). Let rise until double. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Yield: 18 rolls

What's your all-time favorite bread? I'd love to hear!

SHS: August 7th & Scripture and a Snapshot

1. Seeing Double/Two

The WindSeeker is Cedar Point's newest ride! I'm too scared to go on it, but it looks cool!

2. Whatever

Taking a ride on the Ferris Wheel is a must whenever I go to an amusement park, especially Cedar Point's, which provides an amazing view of Lake Erie. I love taking photos of Ferris Wheels, too.

I'm linking up this photo with PupSqueak Photography's Snapshot Saturday.

3. Sweet

My Grandpa is finally selling the house that he and his wife have owned for over fifty years since he's getting too old to care for the place. (My Grandma already lives in a nursing home because she has dementia.) Last week my family went over to go through stuff and take whatever we wanted. I found these adorable wooden decorations that belonged to Grandma and decided that they would make wonderful subjects to photograph.

4. Space

This doesn't seem spacious, but I'm stumped on this prompt...

5. Bright

I'm so thankful for the many godly friends God has blessed me with! It is truly wonderful having friends who love Jesus and desire to serve Him wholeheartedly.

Dear readers,

Thank you so much for your sweet, caring comments! I'm so often encouraged and challenged by what you have to say.

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. 
-Philippians 1:3-6

Many blessings,
Jess

     

Image-ine

Ever wonder why this blog has the name it has? The story behind it is actually pretty simple.

When I first created this blog it was so that my dear friend April who did not have Facebook at the time could see photos I was taking, particularly ones of my beautiful home country, Papua New Guinea. My life as a missionary kid has been a blessing indeed and you can read a speech about my experiences that I gave a couple of years ago on my other blog, Jessica's Journal. I'm hoping to post my testimony very soon, so stay tuned!



Being the creative girl that I am (not!) I thought of the song I Can Only Imagine by Amy Grant as I was pondering what name to give my blog. At the time, I must have been listening to the song frequently. It's still one of my favorite songs, but I don't listen to it very often anymore because my interests in music are always shifting. I also chose the name Image-ine because when a photographer wants to capture an image, he or she will often imagine the image in their head before pulling out their camera to shoot.

That's it. The reasons behind why I named my blog what I did.

However, since then, I've come to realize even more why that name suits this blog. For a number of years I was fascinated with reading through Revelation, and for as long as I've been a devoted Christian, I've always been eager for the day of Christ's return. Pursuing Christ through Photography is my blog's tagline and what an excellent underlying theme it is! I'm pursuing photography as a God-given talent and imagining what being in the very presence of God forever and ever will be like! Maybe this hits home even more because I'm a missionary kid who's had to say so many goodbyes in a short lifetime. For whatever the reason and unbeknownst to me when I first started Image-ine, the name has grown exponentially in significance.



Have any questions for me? I'd love to answer them! Take a moment to share the meaning behind your blog's name if you'd like. :)