Avoiding Tradition

You know how husbands can do that thing.  That thing most women dread.  "Oh honey, this is just like Mom used to make."  I just despise it.  I'm not your mother...and if you wanted to marry your mother, you're some kind of fruitjob.  That said, I made the most delightful cinnamon rolls this morning.   Or last night.  Just like Mom used to make.  Because this is not my secret family recipe, and I don't know that it's supposed to be a secret, I'm sharing it here.  Actually, I wasn't given a recipe, I was given a lecture.  And this is what I took from it.

• 1 Loaf of Frozen Bread Dough
• 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar
• 1/2 cup White Sugar
• 3 Tbsp Butter (no substitutes)
• 2-4 Tbsp Cinnamon (I prefer Chinese)

1. Thaw bread dough according to package.  Once risen, roll out to 1/4-1/2" thick.  Spread butter over the surface.
2. In a small bowl mix the sugars.  Sprinkle onto buttered dough.  Sprinkle cinnamon liberally.  Very liberally.
3. Roll tightly, jelly roll style.  Slice in 1" increments and lay flat in greased 9x13" baking pan, sides barely touching.  My mother-in-law reiterated  "barely".  Cover with saran wrap and allow to rise again.
4. At this point you can move the covered pan to the refrigerator until morning for quick and easy baking or continue now.
5. Preheat oven to 350.  Bake cinnamon rolls, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes.  Cover a jelly roll pan with aluminum foil.  After removing the rolls from the oven, flip immediately onto the jelly roll pan.

Saturday mornings have never tasted better.  This is a tradition worth keeping.

Comments

[Ula]

Oh, that sounds delicious! I'll have to try this one, I'm always looking for new things to bake on the weekends.

[Mary Ann]

What a funny post! My significant other? His mom makes everything soaked in LARD. Sometimes I think he's the only man alive who appreciates that my cooking is NOTHING like his mother's!