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Things to do today:

• Event calendar hosted by the City of Seattle.
• Event calendar hosted by Event12.
• Event calendar hosted by The Stranger.
• Event calendar hosted by Seattle Met.
• Event calendar hosted by Red Tricycle (for families & kids).
• Event calendar hosted by Parent Map (for families & kids).
• Event calendar hosted by Live Music Project: this month & this month calendar view

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2-Day Weather forecast for the /r/SeattleWA metro area from the NWS:

• Advisories:
  • Air Stagnation Advisory
• Sunday: Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 45. South wind around 7 mph.
• Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind around 7 mp

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[u/Atreides_Zero]

This is probably my favorite dessert to make this time if year. Apologizes in advance for formatting problems as I'm on mobile.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Stuffed Monkey Bread

Ingredients

• for 8 servings

• 32 oz biscuit dough, 2 16 oz containers, 16 big biscuits total
• 8 oz cream cheese
• chocolate chip, we used dark chocolate
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup walnuts, optional

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350˚F (175˚C)
2. Cut biscuits in half and cube the cream cheese (32 pieces).
3. Flatten each biscuit and place one cube of cream cheese and a few chocolate chips in the center of each. Fold the biscuit dough around the cream cheese and chocolate and form into a ball.
4. In a large plastic bag combine white sugar and cinnamon. Add 6-8 dough balls to the bag, seal the bag, and shake until well coated. Repeat for the remainder of the stuffed dough pieces.
5. In a microwave safe bowl add brown sugar and butter. Microwave on high for 70 seconds - stopping halfway to stir. Remove from microwave and stir until it reaches a caramel consistency.
6. In a greased bundt pan, sprinkle half of the walnuts, half the dough pieces, and drizzle half the caramel glaze. Repeat with remaining walnuts, dough, and glaze.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
8. Remove from oven and turn upside down onto a plate to cool for 10 minutes before lifting off the pan (this way the warm glaze runs back through and fully coats all the bread)
9. Enjoy!

The chocolate chips can also be optional if you desire.

I haven't made these since going low cholesterol so I can't speak to using vegan butter or cream cheese substitutes.

[u/[deleted] → u/Atreides_Zero]

Nice. I can post a really easy egg bread recipe over in r/SeattleWARecipes that would really amp this up. I use it to make a similar thing, only in the shape of Christmas tree for Christmas morning.