Deliciousness!

This morning, we decided to recreate some Cinnabons with one of the many copycat recipes online. In the end, while the icing was 100% bang on, the buns turned out 90% identical. I think if we remedied a few things, it would be absolutely perfect. What are those modifications?

• Use bread flour! We saw two recipes. Both pretty much the same, except one called for bread flour and the other called for all purpose flour. Since we had AP flour, we used that. The end result: The outside was flaky, in a bad bread kind of way. It didn’t have the elasticity that Cinnabons have.
• Use more cinnamon filling! The ingredients/proportions were perfect, but there just wasn’t enough of it.
• Use a glass pan! If you have ever eaten a Cinnabon before (you can admit it. We are not adverse to pastry) you know that the dough is equally baked. However, when we baked it in the metal pan, the bottom cooked faster than the top, making it more brown and uneven. A glass pan should remedy.

Other than that, they were the best thing since a real Cinnabon. Want to make it yourself? This is the recipe we used. However, you may want to borrow a few ingredients from this recipe.

Just read the whole post folks, the picture will make sense by the end of it.

The preparation was easy too. In fact, the only thing that was peculiar was, not the recipe, but how Luke interpreted it. During the preparation, the first thing on the recipe was to put yeast in warm milk. As I was mixing together salt, flour ‘n such, Luke said, “It calls for warm milk. How should I heat this up?” I replied, “Well, on the stove or in the microwave.” He said, “Yeah… but what about putting the bowl of milk in a bowl of hot water?” Well, he started to do that and since we all know that would take forever to heat up, I had to get a second opinion from Papa so we wouldn’t be waiting 10 minutes for the hot water to warm the bowl, to then warm the milk. Fortunately, Pa, bring a logical fellow, was on my side.

Why heat up milk by putting it in a bowl of hot water? Pa figured it’s because Luke enjoys complicating things*. I figure it’s because we once heated up a tablespoon of brandy in a cup that way, so it wouldn’t ignite over the stove. However, a tablespoon of brandy is less than a cup of milk. Also, I doubt the alcoholic contact in dairy is enough to ignite. If I’m wrong, then for Pete’s sake, don’t smoke as you milk them heifers!

*And that’s understandable. I mean, who doesn’t like to have loans/interest rates in monopoly?