US meets UK

Happy Easter!  Although these are on my “do not eat” list, that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a splurgetastic time with them.  I made these a looong while ago, as in when I first made pretzels.

I would say “we” miss Cinnabons, but once Nick found out there was cream cheese in the frosting he stopped missing them. He pretty much has a cheese phobia, so although he enjoyed Cinnabons once he can never go near them again.

I was feeling emboldened after my pretzel success and decided while I still had a dough hook and stand mixer at my disposal I should get busy with them. I hunted around for a cinnabon copy recipe and there are TONS! I found one with UK measurements and just decided to go for it. I didn’t take as many pictures this times because I forgot. If you use the same recipe I did I’d double the frosting, I can’t imagine using that tiny amount for all the rolls.

I was getting pretty worried because unlike the pretzel dough which actually did double in size this dough ball pretty much stayed the same. But I forged onward, Nick rolled out the dough and then we slathered it in butter.

Sprinkled copious amounts of brown sugar and cinnamon on the buttered side and attempted to roll it up. In retrospect I would have heavily floured the board instead of lightly floured it because it got a bit sticky.

Put them in the oven until they browned and out they came!

Because Nick has the cheese phobia I made penuche icing for his and cream cheese frosting for mine. In retrospect I should have picked a different frosting because penuche is butter, brown sugar, confectioners sugar and a tiny bit of milk. Between the rolls and the penuche icing I used the entire container of brown sugar. Lucky for me, Nick has the largest sweet tooth I’ve ever met.

In the end they aren’t exactly cinnabons, but from what my tongue remembers they’re pretty close! The main difference is that my buns didn’t rise a second time (FAIL) so they didn’t get as huge and doughy. They were still delicious though and I’d make them again in a heart beat.

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