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10 Tips for Perfect(ish) Cinnamon Rolls

November 2, 2009

It’s no secret.  I love to make cinnamon rolls. Learning by example, my mom’s example, I was cranking out pans of these early in my teen years.  Even won Reserve Grand Champion at the county 4-H fair one year!
Although not perfect, I have leaned on a few tips for making pretty and tasty cinnamon rolls.  [...]

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Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls

October 29, 2009

Want to take your cinnamon rolls up a notch?  This will do it!  It’s hard to beat a warm homemade cinnamon roll, but adding ooey-gooey caramel and pecans does the trick for me.

Start with your favorite cinnamon roll recipe.  Mine are Mom’s Cinnamon Rolls and Big Batch Cinnamon Rolls.
Before you floss your rolls and stick [...]

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Mom’s Cinnamon Rolls

October 11, 2009

They just don’t get any tastier than this!  Other than nixing the shortening in favor of butter and sneaking in some whole wheat flour, I’ve pretty much relied fully on my mom’s cinnamon roll recipe just the way she made them (often!) while we were growing up.
Mom’s Cinnamon Rolls

1/2 c. very warm water
1 T. sugar
2 [...]

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Baking Day, Take 1

October 7, 2009

Phoebe got me excited last week when she mentioned doing a bulk baking day today.  You know how I feel about making a mess in my kitchen – I’m all for it!  Lots of Twitter friends rallied, and there was a whole lotta bakin’ goin’ on around the blogosphere today.  We even had our [...]

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Big Batch Cinnamon Rolls

December 16, 2008

Providing teacher and school staff holiday gifts always sneaks up on me, probably because school tends to let out a week before Christmas.  Although I do put together a separate gift for my child’s classroom teacher, it’s simply not financially feasible for us to purchase gifts for everyone in the building who contributes to the [...]

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Floss Your Rolls

October 20, 2008

A quick tip for making pretty cinnamon rolls:  don’t slice them, floss them!  Using unflavored waxed dental floss, slide the floss under the rolls.

Bring the ends of the floss up, cross and pull.

No more squishy rolls!

Pretty, right?  She sure thought so…

You can find more kitchen tips and recipes at Tammy’s Recipes and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at [...]

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