C. Meton

"Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?" - Asked by Agur, Jakeh's son.

This started out to be cinnamon rolls, but I measured nothing and it was like a thick, cake batter rather than a pastry dough. I had a bandaid on my finger, so I didn't want to knead by hand, so I dumped it in a cake pan and it turned out to be... Something or Other! (as my Mom might have said).

I started out with yeast, but my yeast was over 2 years old and I knew it wouldn't work, so I added baking powder. Use your own preference of yeast or baking powder. The yeast will give it more of a fresh-baked bread flavor and the baking powder, if used without yeast, will leave it more like a cake flavor.

2 cups warm water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup flour
1 cup raisins
1 cup oatmeal
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon Saigon cinnamon (this is the hot stuff)
5 drops of cinnamon oil (Don't overdo the cinnamon oil, it will burn a hole in your stomach. Cinnamon oil is very strong.)
2 tsp baking powder

Spray a 9" x 12" x 2" pan with Pam (I used butter flavor). Pour the batter into the pan and level it off with a spatula. Dribble honey back and forth across the mixture about every inch or so to form a grid of thin trails of honey.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.

This comes out of the oven quite moist and may stick a little to a metal spatula, but is really good if eaten hot from the oven. After trying a hot piece with coffee, try another with melted butter on it. Not too bad, but the cinnamon oil makes some bites hot, reminiscent of those "red hots" cinnamon candies.

If you have trouble finding the hot cinnamon, I got the cinnamon oil online at http://www.americanspice.com/ and I got the Saigon cinnamon from a Watkins dealer at the California State Fair.

C's Oatmeal Raisin Something-or-other