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A very simple, very delicious recipe for a beautiful Cinnamon Sugar Braid … perfect for an easy breakfast morning or a mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

My teenage son loves cinnamon rolls.

So when I see a recipe that mimics the flavors he loves so much, I usually bookmark it.

Or pin it.

Or take a screenshot of it.

And man, is my phone ever filled with screenshots.

So much so that I wish the Apple gods would invent a way to categorize them in folders.

To save me from myself.

But this recipe…

I had a few minute after Madeline’s dance class, and before I needed to get started on dinner, which was exactly enough time to whip this up.

As soon as the cinnamon sugar smell started wafting through the house, Nick came running downstairs looking for cinnamon rolls.

Naturally.

He happily settled for ripping off a piece of the fresh-from-the-oven Cinnamon Sugar Braid.

I’m not a big cinnamon roll fan myself (too sweet), but man, I was just happy to look at the finished product.

Gorgeous.

Just gorgeous.

Perfect for an easy and sort of special breakfast.

An after school snack.

Or a ravenous teenager.

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Warm, gooey, melted cheese heading straight for your mouth by way of a toasted baguette? YES. YES, PLEASE.

After a couple of nights of the kids panning dinners I have made (“Can I just have a plain salami sandwich? With bread, no mayo. Just salami and bread?”), I vowed to turn the tides.

And how better to do it than a warm cheesy dip?

Cheese is totally my love language, so don’t let me fool you, this dish was just as much for me as it was for my kids.

Because really.

Pizza Dip?

I knew it was an instant homerun.

I had spied the recipe on BuzzFeed Food a few days earlier and saved a screen shot so I could remember to make it (iPhones are pretty handy, aren’t they?). It was so simple to make, and it’s quite possible you might even have all the ingredients on hand.

It kind of tastes like the warm insides of a calzone with a little bit of tomato sauce thrown in for good measure.

Or like the squishy insides of a lasagna without the noodles.

However you choose to describe it, it really doesn’t matter.

As long as it gets made.

A side dish for dinner.

An offering for a tailgating party.

Perfect for one of those nights when you just want “picky” food.

Or when you’re determined to break your kids from that “I don’t want dinner” rut.

I used toasted slices of baguette as dippers, and the next night I slathered some of the leftover dip onto grilled chicken.

Oh baby.

And BuzzFeed said, “cheese on cheese on cheese.” What’s not to love?

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Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Braid

Recipe: Pizza Dip