Cinna-minis

I thought this was going to be easy. I was wrong. Maybe I'm not meant to make rolls or breads. Or maybe I did something wrong, again...arrgh!

I saw these irresistible mini-cinnamon buns in Can You Stay for Dinner?. The ingredients are very basic and instructions looked simple enough. No rising time needed.

Here is the recipe:

Homemade Cinna-Minis

(recipe adapted from “Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunch Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies” by Alice Medrich)

Makes 24

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
¾ cup heavy cream
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 ¼ tsp. cinnamon
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature

For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 400° F. In a medium bowl, stir together brown sugar and cinnamon. Set that aside.
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir in the cream and mix until just combined. The dough will be soft and moist.
3. On a lightly floured counter top, roll out the dough using a rolling pin dusted with flour as best you can until you have a rectangle that’s roughly 12″x7″. Smear softened butter all over the surface of the dough. Sprinkle the brown sugar-cinnamon mixture evenly over the butter. Starting at one end (one of the 7″ sides), roll the dough up into a tight spiral.
4. Now use a sharp knife to cut the roll into 24 small spirals. Place the cinnamon buns cut side up into an 8″ or 9″ greased baking pan or place one cinnamon bun into each of the cups of a greased mini muffin tin. Bake for about 12-15 minutes, until the buns turn a faint golden. Turn the cinnamon buns out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
5. While the buns are cooling, make the glaze by mixing powdered sugar with milk and vanilla in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cinnamon buns and serve immediately.

Combining the dry ingredients with heavy cream
After spreading a generous amount of butter and a more generous amount of sugar and cinnamon, roll the dough and cut in small pieces.
Place in a greased baking pan
Close-up of uncooked dough
Done after 15 mins in the oven. I know, it doesn't look much different from the uncooked version, the dough is still pale BUT it is cooked.

See? Brown sugar goodness!!!

This is a little hard to do might be because it's my first time to use a rolling pin. Aside from that, I could easily complete the whole thing in 10 minutes. Not bad for a first time? :-)

PS - I didn't make the glaze. Bawal sa blood sugar :-)

Pawis rating: 3 of 5 - carry pa :-)