{"id":2118,"date":"2015-04-29T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T19:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2018-05-23T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T21:03:56","slug":"the-elusive-cinnamon-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2015\/04\/the-elusive-cinnamon-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elusive Cinnamon Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love cinnamon rolls. I prefer homemade vs. the canned version. And who doesn’t? They are bigger, softer and just plain yummy. Before I was married, and living with my grandparents, my Grandma was watching some daytime talk show – as she did everyday – and on it was Sandra Lee from Semi-Homemade\u00a0Cooking<\/a>. (Side note, once Justin started hanging around Granny’s he found he really liked Sandra Lee and her boozy self.)<\/p>\n

That day she was demonstrating easy breakfast items. One of them was cinnamon rolls using Rhodes frozen bread dough. So I tried it and they were exactly what I was looking for. Big, soft and really yummy. So I added the recipe to my collection and would make them occasionally.<\/p>\n

But there was a problem. Every version I made after that initial bake was the worst than the last. They progressively got worse and I wasn’t doing anything different! So I started experimenting thinking maybe I was<\/em> doing something different. So I let the dough sit out overnight. Next time I would let the uncooked rolls rise for hours (over proofed. womp womp). I made my own dough. I added more butter. I didn’t use as much butter. I just couldn’t figure it out. (Speaking of BUTTER! Give these brown butter brioche rolls<\/a> a try.)<\/p>\n

And while I always have hope *this* batch will be it, they never are. Thankfully, Justin and Jules love to sample my “experiments” – because that’s what they’ve turned into. Experiments.<\/p>\n

Now, Rhodes has sweet dough<\/a>. So I tried that. And while I did get close, the middle rolls collapsed. I can make bread, croissants, rolls. Anything bread related but<\/strong> cinnamon rolls. I’ve even tried Pioneer Woman<\/a>‘s and Alton Brown<\/a>‘s but they have too many ingredients. There’s something to be said about semi-homemade. That Sandra Lee is onto something.<\/p>\n

Here’s the video of Sandra Lee making her semi-homemade cinnamon rolls. Give them a try and see if you have better success than I’ve had. Recipe here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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