Best Cinnamon Buns Ever

[housewolf]

I happened to catch an episode of Cooks Country over the weekend in which they made these Ultimate Cinnamon Buns, and decided that I needed to try them. Since I can't subscribe to ALL of Cooks Illustrated's offerings, I thought I'd try searching the web to see if I could find it - and yes! I did find it.

Gotta say, these are THE BEST cinnamon rolls/buns I've ever had - so rich that even _I_ (the queen of butter and sweet) might cut back on the amount of butter! :wow:



Here's the link:
http://www.2equalparts.com/content/ultimate-cinnamon-buns

What are your favorite cinnamon rolls/bun?

[pengillian101]

1. Those look amazing!

I haven't made them since Home Ec class.

What a shame!

I would weigh twice of me, for sure. Good stuff!

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

2. This one:

http://books.google.com/books?id=AnrlIPJJi9kC&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=Nicki+Cross+cinnamon+buns+from+heaven&source=bl&ots=l6_UsZJ_qZ&sig=bjAa9lb-FUY7P5_SYjiFtiETuq8&hl=en&ei=b9k9TPykGIOCsQOh1rjaCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Nicki%20Cross%20cinnamon%20buns%20from%20heaven&f=false

It's been reprinted over & over & over. Unbelievable.

[housewolf]

3. I'll have to try that one

The bread recipes are similar, with the CC version having a little less sugar, a bit more butter and an extra egg, but the cinnamon filling of the one you posted is more prodigious. Plus it's from the Oregonian, so definitely worth a try!

Thank you!

Good to see you! Haven't seen much of you around these parts lately. Hope you're enjoying your summer.

:hi: :hi: :loveya:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

6. Hi housewolf!

What summer? The weather has sucked. Today looks nice, but sheesh....

The recipe was reprinted in the Oregonian several times & made their Top 10 list, plus it was reprinted in a cookbook - I can't think of the name, but it's an annual compilation of 150 or so best recipes of the year.

:loveya:

:hi:

[housewolf]

7. Agreed - What summer????? But I have black raspberries, hooray, hooray!

Great way to put it! I had the heat on at night until about 2 weeks ago or so! Thought I'd forgotten what a sunny day was like.

But today, I stopped by my local produce stand and was thrilled to pieces to find black cap raspberries! I grew up in the Ohio and they were always my favorite - you could get them around the 4th of July but that was all. I haven't had fresh ones for - oh, I don't know how many years I've longed for them! Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them. One of my best childhood memories is of black raspberry pie from the Tremont Bakery. Marionberries make a pretty good substitute, but not quite the same thing. So I have enough for a pie (I think/hope) along with some tiny sweet Hood River strawberres, so for today, life is good! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Here's to you
:toast:

[NashVegas]

4. Video: Technique for Working Sweet Dough

Sweet dough is fun to play with, it doesn't take a lot of kneading, and taking out your aggressions out on it only helps.

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/03/bertinet_sweetdough

[Arkansas Granny]

5. This is the recipe I use and it's really good. I cut back a little on the amount

of sugar in the filling because it stays "grainy". Using brown sugar might help with that.

http://thebakingpan.com/sweetyeastbreads/cinnamonrolls.html