Brunch has to be my favorite meal of all time.  I love it.  A mixture of breakfast and lunch and typically an insane session of gluttony. This rainy monsoon weekend, we had a lovely brunch with friends.  Some time ago, I made a cake that called for cream cheese icing, so I've said for months that I wanted to make cinnamon rolls.  But cinnamon rolls seemed a daunting task, one that I stared straight in the face this weekend after coming upon a quick and easy cinnamon roll recipe. Evidently, cinnamon rolls typically take forever and a day to make because of the rising thats involved.  However, I found a recipe, that calls for NO yeast which means NO WAITING.  I didn't exactly have all of the ingredients.  I was lacking heavy cream, so being my grandmother's daughter, I found a substitute; a mixture of sour cream and yogurt.  I'm not sure I'd recommend that substitution as it made the dough extra sticky, but the end result was delish!  
- Cinnamon Sugar Filling:
 - 1/4 CUP BROWN SUGAR
 - 2 TEASPOONS CINNAMON
 - 1 TEASPOON NUTMEG
 
- Biscuit Dough:
 - 2 1/2 CUPS UNBLEACHED WHITE FLOUR
 - 2 TABLESPOONS BROWN SUGAR, PACKED
 - 2 TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER
 - 1/2 TEASPOON SALT
 - 1 1/2 CUPS PLUS 1 TABLESPOON HEAVY CREAM
 
- Icing:
 - 6 TABLESPOONS CONFECTIONERS’ SUGAR
 - 4 TO 6 TEASPOONS MILK OR HEAVY CREAM
 
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
 - For the Filling: In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
 - For the Dough: In a large bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Add 1 1/2 cups cream, and stir until the dough forms a ball, about 1 minute. With your hands, fold the dough over a few times in the bowl, until the dough is smooth
 - Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly flour your hands, and pat the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle, about 9 X 13 inches. Brush the surface of the dough with the remaining tablespoon of cream. Sprinkle evenly with the cinnamon sugar topping.
 - Starting from the long side, roll the dough into a cylinder. Slice into 9 equal rounds. Place the rounds, cut side down, into an ungreased 8-inch square baking dish or a pie plate. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the biscuits are lightly browned.
 - For the Icing: While the biscuits bake, mix together the confectioners’ sugar and milk or cream until smooth. When you remove the biscuits from the oven, immediately drizzle them with icing. Serve warm.
 
| We'd already eat several before I forgot that we hadn't taken a picture of the final project | 

2 comments:
Yum, thank you for this recipe! I hate having to deal with yeast in my baking!
yum!!! I think I might have to try this one!!! And I love that you use substitutes. :) I'm a BIG fan of using whatever is in the kitchen.
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