Sunday, October 3, 2010

And more food fun!

A few weeks back it seems that EVERY customer ordered their cinnamon pastry warmed up -- the reduced-fat cinnamon swirl coffee cake, the cinnamon roll, the morning bun -- you name it, they wanted it warm. Well, the next question would be then, is do you know how intoxicating and inviting the smell of warm cinnamon is?!!? The put me on the hunt for a cinnamon roll recipe that would be gooey, soft, and DELICIOUS!!! Well, this is what I found! And I've even had requests from Tiana for it and that is an amazing thing! She doesn't usually fall prey to such horrid things, but these are something she's willing to risk a stomach-ache for! These are not meant to be healthy -- so enjoy every last buttery morsel!
OOEY-GOOEY CINNAMON ROLLS

This recipe is adapted from copykat.com’s cinnabon recipe:
Warm 1 cup milk and 2/3 cup butter in microwave
Add 1 cup warm water, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 Tbls salt, 2 beaten eggs & 2 Tbls instant yeast, mix.
After a sponge is formed, add 7-8 cups of flour while mixer (with dough hook) is running on low.
Place in greased bowl to rise, cover. After an hour (or when dough is doubled in size), punch down and turn out on floured surface. Roll into a big rectangle.
Filling: 3/4 cup melted butter, 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup ground cinnamon
Spread butter over rectangle. Mix cinnamon and brown sugar and spread over butter. I use my hands and I get really messy, but it works.
Roll up rectangle and cut into rolls. I use white thread, but unflavored, unwaxed dental floss works. Place in greased pans and let rise (or, you can do what I did: put it in the fridge ((unrisen)) overnight and then bake in the morning) . Bake 350 degrees 25-30 minutes. If baking cold, put pan into cold oven and bake about 35 minutes.
Frosting:
1 stick butter
4 oz cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla (I use 1 tsp. vanilla and omit the lemon juice)
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Beat everything until smooth and then for another 2 minutes until really fluffy. Frost while warm.


7 comments:

GIEJ Long said...

Ha ha, we had a delicious warm cinamon roll at Arnies today, BEFORE the meal. It was brunch, and they called it "sticky bun" - it came with any meal, along with a cup of orange juice or champagne (guess what I had, ha). But anyway, not such a good idea to give the kids that before the meal. You can imagine that that's all they had, and some fruits from the platter...
Thank you for the recipe, I had been looking for a cinamon roll recipe, so here I have it :-) It looks so yummy!!!

Unknown said...

Wow...these look wonderful, and I'm just so glad I'm only l-o-o-k-i-n-g at them from afar...but they do LOOK like Cinnabon's lovely treats. Havasu just got a Cinnabon inside of our Sholotsky's. Since you already stated that these are just for yumminess and NOT meant to be healthy, I won't ask you how many WW points each one has, and I probably won't save the recipe, but they do look like they're "to die for"...and I hope you all enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed looking at them!!! :-)

Donna and Jim said...

Looks absolutely amazing. I don't make sweet treats like that because I WILL EAT THEM. Looks fantastic though.

Pat said...

You made my greatest weakness! The look beautiful!

Cora said...

You make me sick! Yummy

Colleen said...

Oh my gosh - these look sooooo good!! however they won't fit into my plan to lose 10 lbs by Thanksgiving!

Debby said...

Oh no Mel,looks delicious!!!!I saved the recipe.Cinnamon rolls are Avi's favorite,lol.Mine too ,but won't eat ;)