# James Otto Sweet Heart and Damning Suicides to Hell **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764 "2013-02-19T03:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 91
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1801 "2013-03-21T20:09:26Z")
Really? Its so warm and gooey and delicious with a good cup of coffee. Although, I avoid the nuts if I can. But I think it is nice and personal to make a great homemade breakfast for out of town guests. And both the monkey bread and breakfast casserole can be made before. I agree about the bananas though. I don’t have the foggiest about the moniker. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1802 "2013-03-21T20:28:45Z")
I’d rather have cinnamon rolls 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1803 "2013-03-21T20:30:49Z")
Am I to late for the PM party? Edited to add my favorite cookie recipe. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip! > **[Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10740/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cookies-iii/)** > > Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for those of us who love pumpkin pie and chocolate. These cake-like cookies are delicious and perfect for fall. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1804 "2013-03-21T20:30:53Z")
I didn’t get a PM. :: sniffs :: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1805 "2013-03-21T20:31:02Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Only if you pussies man up and start putting some killer chocolate chip cookie recipes here! These are amazing: > **[Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies](https://www.browneyedbaker.com/peanut-butter-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies/)** > > Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies combine three of everyone's favorite cookies: chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, and oatmeal cookies! ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1806 "2013-03-21T20:38:57Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I’d rather have cinnamon rolls 🙂 Do you make them or buy them in the tube? Is there a good, easy brand that you prefer? I also love cinnamon rolls, but I have never made them at home. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1807 "2013-03-21T20:48:21Z")
> [@saje](#): > > ok, i’m in I guess… I’d love to send you a PM, but apparently you have that disabled? I suppose you could send me one first… Everyone else that requested one, it is finito! Check your PM inboxes, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1808 "2013-03-21T20:56:10Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > Do you make them or buy them in the tube? Is there a good, easy brand that you prefer? I also love cinnamon rolls, but I have never made them at home. If I do the tube route I use Cinnabon brand. If I am going to make my own, this recipe rocks. I modify it because I don’t have a bread machine, so I make basic dough and do the rest of the recipe as is. > **[Clone of a Cinnabon](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20156/clone-of-a-cinnabon/)** > > This Cinnabon recipe makes rolls just like the ones from the chain bakery. A bread machine makes mixing the dough a snap, and the rest is super-easy. Ingredients: 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup margarine, melted 4 1/2 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup white sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast 1 cup brown sugar, packed 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1/3 cup butter, softened 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt Directions: 1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start. 2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. 3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). 4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1809 "2013-03-21T21:00:45Z")
I have a recipe to share. These have been dubbed “Cinnamon Crack Buns” by people of my acquaintance, so when I saw a call for cinnamon rolls, I had to post it. And yes, they are ridiculously low-class and incredibly easy. You need a 9 x 13 pan, a sauce pan, a stovetop, and an oven preheated to 350. 2 cans of crescent rolls (I told you it was low class, and you ain’t seen nothin’ yet) 2 apples or peaches (slightly before ripe seems to work best) 1 stick of butter (the original recipe wanted 2 sticks. It was too much) 2/3 cup of dark brown sugar (original recipe was over a cup and I think it was white sugar. It was too much sugar and needed the punch of brown) pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla (I usually use a little more) 1 can of Mountain Dew, Sprite, 7-up, or pineapple pop/soda/soft drink cinnamon more sugar (optional, see the instructions) Melt the brown sugar and butter in a sauce pan with the vanilla and salt. Stir and cook until it bubbles and thickens. Slice the fruit into 8 wedges each. Dredge each slice in cinnamon and (optional) sugar. Roll each slice in one triangle of crescent roll. Arrange 8 rolls along one long side of the pan and the other along the other long side, leaving a little bit of a gap between the rolls and the edges of the pan. Top the dumplings with cinnamon. Pour the bubbling butter/sugar mixture over the top of the dumplings. Pour the pop along the edges of the dumplings and down the open space in the middle. Bake until the tops are firm and kind of hollow sounding. Serve warm if you can. Drizzle the tops or the plate with more of the sauce. They are flaky, gooey, addicting goodness. Too sweet for me to eat many, but if you like fruit desserts, they are incredibly easy. And a friend of mine who NEVER cooks EVER made them and she said they were just as easy as advertised. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1810 "2013-03-21T21:04:29Z")
> [@liquorinthefront](#): > > So I wonder what James Otto’s favorite cookies are. His favorite are chocolate chip cookies. Go [here](http://www.gactv.com/gac/pac_ctnt/text/0,,GAC_26058_100822,00.html) to see him tell all about it. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and James always!!! Holly P.S. I’ve heard it said that if you see a turtle sitting up on a fence post, it had help getting up there and that right there is what I feel like thanks to all of you who have helped make this chat named after me as long as it is, 37 and still counting. 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1811 "2013-03-21T21:07:56Z")
I baked this [Apple Muffin recipe](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-muffins-2/) once, and it turned out quite well actually. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1812 "2013-03-21T21:12:50Z")
Someone tell me more about dark chocolate chips. I think I’ll need to get into the cookie making business. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1813 "2013-03-21T21:28:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If anyone wants a good sugar cookie recipe here you go. > > 8 ounces butter > 1 cup sugar > 2 eggs > 1 teaspoon flavoring(I use almond flavor, but vanilla or lemon are good too) > 3 cups flour > 1/2 teaspoon baking powder > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda > > Cream the butter and eggs together, blend in eggs and flavoring. Mix the flour with the baking powder and soda and mix in with the butter/sugar/eggs. > > Let the dough chill until it has firmed up some. Roll the dough to the desired thickness. I cut fairly thin but slightly thicker still works. Cut into desired shapes and bake in a 350 degree oven until cookies are lightly browning along their edges. Cool and ice. Icing is a mix of powdered sugar, a little flavor(again, I use almond) and enough milk or cream to make a thin glaze. If you put sprinkles on the glazed cookies don’t wait until they are all iced or it will have set. Ice some, sprinkle, lather, rinse repeat. Just wanted to interrupt this 37 page monster to thank **Baker** for the cool recipe. So, thanks, **Baker**! I just made these and they’re very good. :):):)😉 Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1814 "2013-03-21T21:30:39Z")
^^^ Thank you for your help in keep this chat named after me going. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you always!!! Holly ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1815 "2013-03-21T21:56:50Z")
> [@Robb](#): > > Someone tell me more about dark chocolate chips. I think I’ll need to get into the cookie making business. They are like regular chocolate chips except, um… dark. Personally I like my chocolate chip cookies straight from the back of the Tollhouse package, made with semi-sweet chocolate chips as the good lord intended, but I realize that there are some freaks out there who like to try out variations. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1816 "2013-03-21T22:20:01Z")
> [@Robb](#): > > Someone tell me more about dark chocolate chips. I think I’ll need to get into the cookie making business. Well, they’re in the baking aisle next to the regular chocolate chips. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1817 "2013-03-21T22:31:02Z")
I made [banana bread scones](http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-banana-bread-scones-wit-155500) for breakfast this morning - tropical style with Chobani pineapple yoghurt instead of the plain and desiccated coconut, plus I add in rolled oats, wholemeal flour, and chia seeds for the health benefits. The scoop of additional chocolate chips is for the mental health benefits. You can freeze this recipe before cooking as directed, but I find it comes out no different by just dumping the mix into 8 piles on a tray straight from the bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1818 "2013-03-21T22:44:56Z")
Why do you health nuts have to add a handful of oats to cookies and pastries??! Dammit, just eat a dry handul of oats and leave the banana bread alone! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1819 "2013-03-21T23:12:35Z")
Oh, see now I love oats and porridge, must be my Scottish side. Plus it’s meant to be good for breastfeeding. But we’re agreed about the chocolate requirement, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1820 "2013-03-21T23:24:37Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Oh, see now I love oats and porridge, must be my Scottish side. Plus it’s meant to be good for breastfeeding. > > But we’re agreed about the chocolate requirement, yes? Oh yes. When I was at the baking school I learned an interesting factoid about chocolate. The botanical name for the tree that produces the cocoa pods is _theobroma cacao_. _theobroma_ is Greek for “food of the gods” Fitting, yes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764.md?page=92)