Sweet Rolls

Fuzz had a new friend over yesterday, so I decided to make a good impression by baking fresh cinnamon rolls and infusing the whole house with their lovely fragrance. But my timing was very, very bad. I started making the rolls a few minutes after our friend arrived, put them away for an hour and [...]
Published on April 21, 2013

Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Published on January 8, 2011

Day Before Cinnamon Rolls
Published on July 18, 2010
A few weeks ago I made some chocolate chip cookies with instant yeast – an ingredient I don’t usually keep around the house. For one thing, I hardly ever make yeast bread and another, if I did make yeast bread I’d use regular yeast. So I had some leftover instant yeast and was …
Published on June 21, 2008
Baking with whole grains is trendy right now, but this recipe is 50 years old. It was an entry in the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off. I’m not sure if Pillsbury has updated it for modern times or if they left it as is. The recipe is easy to follow, but watch the flour. It …
Published on February 28, 2007
These rolls (adapted greatly from from Cooks’ Illustrated — if they don’t work, blame me not them) were a big hit with my family. If you want to bake them up fresh at breakfast, cut the dough into spirals the night before and let them rise slowly in the refrigerator overnight. Glazed Cinnamon Rolls – [...]
Published on February 22, 2006