Can You Smell 'Em? Homemade Cinnamon Rolls!!

[frigilux]

I've been on a massive baking jag the past two days. Today, I'm starting with cinnamon rolls, which, having tweaked them for a few years, now carry my Damn Good designation, LOL.

First, the recipe: Like so many great recipes, is a hybrid of numerous recipes from various sources.

 

[frigilux]

Kneading the dough with the KitchenAid. After a couple of minutes, it looks dry and shaggy, so I added about 1/3 cup additional buttermilk. The humidity is desert dry in my forced air-heated home, so the flour is very thirsty.

 

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Risen and ready to roll!

 

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Half the dough is rolled out and covered with filling.

 

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Into the pans they go.

 

[whirlcool]

One could only imagine how good your home must smell like while baking. Nothing smells as good as baking Cinnamon Rolls1

 

[luxflairguy]

Can I order a dozen?

 

[58limited]

I would like to thank your "tiny fevered mind" for posting the recipe. LOL Can't wait to try this recipe out.

 

[frigilux]

I apologize for the 2-hour gap, but I received unexpected visitors!

The rest of the story: Rather than smear all the frosting on the rolls, I portion it out in these little condiment cups, snap on their lids and send them with the rolls. Frankly, I think the pots of frosting are half the appeal of the rolls, LOL.

 

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Hot from the oven.

 

[frigilux]

I like to shop at Litin Party & Everything in north Minneapolis (on N. Lyndale, a couple of blocks north of the farmers' market). They have all sorts of catering/restaurant/take-out supplies. I keep a bunch of bakery boxes on hand, which I when sending baked goods home with my friends. They're a nice little touch.

 

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Finally, the obligatory dishwasher photo. Not a BobLoad@, but we're into appliances, here, right?

Nothing too soiled here, so am using the default Normal cycle and a Cascade pac.

And that's it. Thanks for the kind comments, guys!

 

[autowasherfreak]

I will take 2 dozen please I will have to try your recipe the next time I'm in a baking mood. I just made a banana cake today with cream cheese frosting, not from scratch, but good none the less.

 

[mrb627]

Meanwhile...

I hold strong to my diet. Clutching the diet Bible while I read this. Damnit, my mouth is watering.... Perhaps I will be allowed to have a doughnut in February.

Malcolm

 

[bendix5]

WOW!!! Do those rolls look good. They are one of my favorites. Brings back memories of mom baking on Tuesday. Always 2 loaves of bread, a pan of rolls for dinners and a pan of cinnamon rolls. Usually ready about the time I walked in from school. The house always smelled so good. The rest of her day she ironed.. Thanks so much for sharing. Dano-Bendix5

 

[mixguy]

Great looking Cinnamon Rolls indeed!!

Eugene, you have experience working a bakery? What is your your method of cutting the cylinder of dough to form the individual rolls so evenly? I use thread to cut the rolls without to prevent mashing and deforming the rolls. I loop the thread around the cylinder and pull the ends to cut the roll off the cylinder. I seem to lack the "knack" to cut them of uniform thickness.

Mixfinder posted a cinnamon roll recipe in the Kitchenaid Forum using a "smear" for a filling. I never tried his recipe but it seems to very similar to one that is part of the King Arthur recipe collection.

 

[appnut]

BobLoad Certification

Will you mail me 2 dozen if I give you the BobLoad Certification?

 

[andrewinorlando]

Now Bob, that's cheating!!!

 

[frigilux]

Thanks, guys! I make these rolls every few weeks and send one dozen to friends and take the other dozen to work for the break room. I've been bringing "lounge treats" every Monday for four years, now. I usually make 2 coffee cakes, one regular cake, and a couple dozen muffins, bars, cookies, cinnamon rolls or scones. It brings everyone together on Monday and helps with morale. You'd laugh if you saw my pantry: Dozens of boxes of cake mix, a freezer full of butter, a dozen bags of chopped pecans, 50 lbs. of flour and sugar, etc. I buy in bulk when there's a super-sale.

Mixguy: I use a long scalloped knife to cut the rolls. I tried the "dental floss" method of portioning the rolls, but my scalloped knife does a fine job, and it's easier to 'eyeball' the rolls to the right size, so I use it. I have no bakery experience, but I did run the kitchen for a friend's catering service for...nearly 7 years, I guess. When she closed the business, I kept all my catering equipment. It comes in handy when I'm cooking for a big party. A big deli slicer comes in handy when you're making meat/cheese platters for 200 people, for example.

Kelly (Mixfinder) is a REAL chef/baker! I'm merely a "good cook." I make simple comfort foods, generally, but have strived to find the Damn Good version of each. Kelly is a professional and a real culinary artist.