LOL! No, it’s not that kind! I wrote previously that I was going to start learning how to bake. I started out trying to create a sourdough starter from scratch. That didn’t work!
Then, over the weekend I decided to make pizza dough from scratch. I followed the directions to the LETTER!!! But the dough wasn’t doing what the book told me it would…so I questioned whether it was going to work. It did, but I don’t think it worked as well as it was supposed to. Don’t get me wrong, it was still edible, if not plain good, it just didn’t rise as much as I think it should have.
Then, my darling hubby, sprouted a “boo-boo” lip whining about, when are you going to make Cinnamon Rolls. So I did. I got up, cleaned up the kitchen from the dinner of pizza, then started to “whip-up” a batch of cinnamon rolls. This was the first recipe that did exactly what it was supposed to do!
Making the rolls reminded me of my Mom. Way back when, she got her first food processor and that was one of the bonuses of a food processor, all the time it could save you in the mixing and kneading of bread dough. After my Mom unpacked her food processor my Dad found the enclosed recipe book and immediately ordered a batch of cinnamon rolls. Mom, dutifully, whipped up a few recipes of cinnamon rolls and never made them again. I think Mom decided that even with the food processor, it was still too much work.
I could relate to Mom last night. While I had all the ingrediants, it was easy to knock out a batch of cinnamon rolls, the challenge was in getting them done for breakfast this morning. After the dough had raised the first time, I rolled it out and spread on the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Rolled them up and cut them into rolls. Well, I stuck them in the fridge at that point, and set the alarm on my clock for 4am. These rolls still had to raise a second time…so they needed to set out for 3-4 hours before I could bake them. At 8am, Bri woke me up and told me it was time to bake. I could smell yeast and cinnamon all throughout the house. Thanfully they didn’t take long to cook and the boys could have their “fix”.
While they were good, I am going to make some changes to the recipe for the future. I may just have to make them again next weekend. I think I better order some more of the really good cinnamon from Penzies, God forbid I run out! LOL!
Oh! For the record, these were really easy with my handy Kitchen-Aid mixer! The longest parts were the waiting for them to rise.
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This brought memories for me! I remember a couple times when my boys were little and I thought, hey, homemade cinnamon rolls…ummm, that was like 20 years ago?! Can you say ‘work!’