Cinnamon Rolls
The moral of this story: Don’t always believe the recipe.
This is my third or fourth time making these from the Joy of Cooking recipe. The previous versions have been fine, but a bit tough. Way back in LXX, I used a different recipe.
Following the recipe may (or may not, I haven’t tried) work for hand mixing. It does not work in the KitchenAid. Getting everything to combine – twice – results in far too much mixing, which results in far too much gluten.
I added several “scrape down the bowl” steps because even though the dough is very moist, it refuses to “clear the bowl” without mixing forever.
I combined the “add flour” and the “add butter” steps. The recipe has the butter added after a 15 minute rise/rest of the flour-added dough. That also requires far too much time in the mixer.
The dough was a goopy mess. I did the “wet bread” thing: Let it rise a bit, fold it a couple of times, repeat for hours (two in this case, which is three folding breaks).
The result was perfect. Light and fluffy with a slightly crisp crust.
I’m sure it didn’t hurt that I also doubled the amount of cinnamon.
The time is why I don’t make these very often. They were breakfast this morning, but I made them last night and just baked them this morning. I’m not getting up at 0400 just wait two hours for dough to rise, not to mention the “make the dough” work.
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